RIP Efeso Collins
Very sad news today with news of Fa’anana Efeso Collins’ untimely death.
Go well Grant Robertson
Yesterday it was announced that Grant Robertson was leaving politics.
Open mike 21/02/2024
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Daily review 20/02/2024
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Bene bashing 6.0
So what does National do when its minor support party tries to steal media attention with dog whistling racism? It reverts to some good old beneficiary bashing.
Open mike 20/02/2024
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About the One News Poll
The latest One News Verian poll suggests that there has been absolutely no honeymoon for the Government.
Daily review 19/02/2024
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Open mike 19/02/2024
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Open mike 18/02/2024
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Where Oz goes, we go? To war with China?
Testifying to the Defence Select Committee last week, Air Marshal Short said Australia was “reshaping” its Defence Force for “a singular threat from a singular direction.” This was described as being an obvious reference to China.
Get ready for your water to be privatised
The National Government’s repeal of the Three Waters Legislation and its pursuit of “new forms of infrastructure funding and financing” suggests that privatisation of water is on the drawing board.
Open mike 17/02/2024
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Daily review 16/02/2024
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Open mike 16/02/2024
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Daily review 15/02/2024
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Open mike 15/02/2024
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Daily review 14/02/2024
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Open mike 14/02/2024
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A sad lament from the serial left
Attacking leftists attempts to expose the Atlas Network of right-wing think tanks, Chris Trotter offers this gem “Morally speaking, is taking money from oil companies really all that distinguishable from giving money to oil companies every time we fill up our petrol tank?”
National and the Gutting of Local Democracy
We have remarkably little democracy left in New Zealand.
Daily review 13/02/2024
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A Trump-led Withdrawal from NATO
Just as he did in 2017, Trump is clear in 2023 that the United States should withdraw from NATO.
Open mike 13/02/2024
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Daily review 12/02/2024
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Who are the four lobbyists with Parliamentary swipe cards?
National has trashed its comment last terms that lobbyists should not have special access rights by handing out four swipe cards to lobbyists and refusing to say who they are.
Open mike 12/02/2024
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The apparatus behind the curtain – Part 2: The mainline
In a guest post Seddonville Miner explores links between the Atlas Network and the Taxpayer’s Union.
The Subs and the Next War
In March 2023, former Australian prime minister Paul Keating attracted significant media attention when he described AUKUS as a manifestation of the United States’s campaign to encircle China with hostile military allies and partners.
Should America elect a well intentioned but hapless President or an evil and dangerous President?
Robert Hur, the Republican prosecutor investigating President Biden’s retention of classified documents has concluded he should not face trial because he was “well-intentioned, but sometimes hapless and forgetful”.
Alex Foulkes To Stand For Green Party Co-Leader
Faulkes describes himself as a staunch Eco-Socialist and trade unionist
Open mike 11/02/2024
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Simeon Brown works to make transport system less sustainable
This week we have seen National confirm it will cancel the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax and this will cause the cancellation or suspension of many projects designed to address congestion. And it has been confirmed that axing the clean car discount has seen sales of electric vehicles plummet. And that electric vehicles will shortly pay more to use the road than petrol vehicles.
Open mike 10/02/2024
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Daily review 09/02/2024
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Open mike 09/02/2024
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