Out of her depth
I wonder if Patrick Gower could keep a straight face while writing this: Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has dropped her additional Disability […]
Nats attack workers’ right to protest
I am outraged to learn that the Department of Labour told its employees they were not allowed attend the pay equity rally at […]
National Government’s “drum roll” for privatisation
Fran O’Sullivan had some interesting things to say in today’s Herald on Mark Weldon’s recent address to SOE board members, telling them to […]
Jam tomorrow
I see John Key is promising new ideas to stop job-losses: We’ve got an economic strategy … and I intend over the next […]
Atlas drops the ball again
Why does this myth that the private sector is better persist in this country? At every turn, the bosses show themselves to be a […]
Justifying the unjustifiable
Spending time with DC neo-cons must be going to Farrar’s head. I thought better of him than supporting the Honduran military’s overthrow of President Manuel […]
Tories fearing Goff
The last few Question Times, the Tories have been whipping out old Goff quotes. Patsies are set to bring them out. Key goes off […]
No more Mr Nice Guy
John Key has a carefully constructed image as a “nice guy”, with a self professed “sunny nature” no less. There is ample reason […]
Nats give ticket-clipper to private hospitals
The government has changed the rules so that DHBs can make standing contracts for private hospitals to perform public elective surgeries. If DHBs […]
Two birds with one stone
In 2007, in election mode, John Key was talking up National’s commitment to the environment and the Enviroschools programme: Without a trace of […]
Pay equity protest TODAY
It’s pissing down with rain here in Wellington but the pay equity protest is going ahead. Grab your workmates and head down to […]
A rolling maul or treading water?
In the face of widespread criticism that his government is asleep at the wheel, John Key has boldly relaunched some tired old spin. […]
Bluehost have been a pain, but it is all over now.
Ok. The new server is up and running after a few painful days with the system being suspended, and then after moving it […]
Bugger the polls
With every new cock-up or dereliction of duty from this Key government, righties point to the Roy Morgan polls and say ‘seems the […]
Banks and tax avoidance
The appeal by the BNZ against the IRD assessment of $466 million for avoiding income tax has wound up in the High Court […]
Emperor’s new clothes?
I was in relaxed, Saturday mode, perusing the Dom Post at my leisure. Then I read this from Tracey Watkins and checked that […]
National’s successes
National’s 2008 election victory was undoubtedly a great success for the Party. Just two terms after humiliating defeat under the leadership of Bill English, […]
Nats ignored Treasury’s warnings on cancelling Cullen Fund payments
In the newly released Budget papers Treasury acknowledges that cancelling the Cullen Fund contributions would only reduce debt by 5% (more than offset […]
Tax cuts, one-off payment, or something better?
Budget papers just released reveal that Treasury recommended a package of measures to reduce debt including an 8-year suspension of the Cullen fund […]
Libertarian laughs
[Hat tip: onegoodmove]
Labour’s labours lost
I remember just over a year ago, Helen Clark announcing that the number of people on the unemployment benefit had fallen below 18,000 […]
Rough and tumble
I didn’t listen to the House today but Tom Frewen did, and he points out there was: Squabbling over minister’s answers to opposition […]
So, what are you going to do?
Over at the Labour MPs’ blog, Red Alert, Brendon Burns has written a piece criticising Agriculture Minister David Carter on the welfare of […]
Reminder
No Right Turn reminds us that submissions on the government’s election funding issues paper are due in tomorrow. It doesn’t have to go […]
Roger Award nominations open
Nominations are now open for the 2009 Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand, which is organised the Campaign […]
Cash (for the rich) in Auckland’s attic?
The soften up for the next big fire-sale of Kiwi assets is well under way in Auckland, as Rogernomics morphs into Rodneynomics. On […]
Crossing the line
Tuesday’s post, A Rankin headache started: There must be an automatic recoil on the Government benches when Christine Rankin’s name is mentioned. In […]
Don’t just stand there
John Key’s government has reacted to the thousands of job losses occurring each week in this country in much the same way a […]
Moreu on the Jobs Summit
Change of tune
A couple of weeks ago, David Farrar was all for investigating MPs’ expenses here. He was covering the UK scandal in depth. He […]
McJobs
John Key, 20 May 2007: My legacy will be a strong New Zealand economy with higher wages, lower taxes and greater competitiveness. My […]
What, me worry?
Apparently, Minister for Unemployment Paula Bennett doesn’t like reading too much, She prefers to have things explained to her with whiteboards, charts, and […]
Sell-outs
Tariana Turia has put out a press release today having a bit of a cry that Labour MPs have been calling ‘sell-out’ when […]
The truth will out
Key’s excuse for not telling Parliament why he lost confidence in Richard Worth is that it isn’t in the public interest to say. […]
Server move
The hosting company has moved the site to a new server last night at about 10pm. That is nice, however they didn’t bother […]
Asleep at the wheel
Yesterday, Goff asked Key for some evidence that his government is doing something to save jobs. Key squirmed and squirmed. Goff: What have […]