Daily review 06/07/2023
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Open mike 06/07/2023
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Daily review 05/07/2023
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The Mind of Xi Jinping
An excellent interview with a well-connected American who would like to see the US and China work together, and knows Xi Jinping well, provides some real insight as to why he is a serious leader. Interviewed today by Richard Harman, Tim Groser backs it up.
New curriculum: science to be taught in the context of the great challenges of our time
“science would be taught through five contexts – the Earth system, biodiversity, food, energy and water, infectious diseases”
Open mike 05/07/2023
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Daily review 04/07/2023
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Open mike 04/07/2023
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Daily review 03/07/2023
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The Green Party’s Pledge to Renters
“Right now, the rental market more closely resembles a game of monopoly than a public good – and it’s landlords who hold all the cards. This didn’t happen by accident. For decades, governments have made rules to prioritise those who own property and failed to protect people who rent.”
Twitter and commenting on The Standard
“Something went wrong”
Open mike 03/07/2023
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The very Kafkaesque attack on Kiritapu Allan
Being subject to allegations of inappropriate behaviour the detail of which has not been released by unnamed public servants must make Kiritapu Allan think that she is living in a Franz Kafka novel.
The Women’s Rights Party
“We are the only political party in New Zealand that puts women first”
Open mike 02/07/2023
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Open mike 01/07/2023
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Daily review 30/06/2023
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Greens release rental stories collection
“All four residents came down sick within the week and stayed sick until we moved out. Three of us could not move out until the end of the lease, which took two months. Two of the residents had throat swabs done, both coming back with lung infections of bacteria primarily found in the intestines.”
Open mike 30/06/2023
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Daily review 29/06/2023
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Open mike 29/06/2023
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Daily review 28/06/2023
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Proper Race Politics In Your Face
Who has the better take on the Treaty of Waitangi? Julian Batchelor or Sir Apirana Ngata?
Sepuloni 1 Luxon 0
Yesterday in Parliament National attempted to embarrass Carmel Sepuloni in question time by asking her detailed economic questions. But the attempt backfired.
Climate: where we are heading
The United Nations University has released a sixteen minute film featuring world leading climate scientist and carbon budget specialist Professor Kevin Anderson talking about the utter catastrophe we are heading for if we don’t take radical action on climate now.
Open mike 28/06/2023
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Daily review 27/06/2023
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Hipkins in China
A weakened Russia is a Russia made more dependent on China. New Zealand is also deeply reliant on China.
Open mike 27/06/2023
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Daily review 26/06/2023
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NACT’s Law & Order Policies: Dog Whistle Or Proto-Fascism?
NACT’s Law & Order policies are a dog whistle and signs of proto-fascism.
National releases uncosted corrections policy
National has released a hotch potch policy of changes to Criminal Justice that is uncosted and seeks to achieve that which is already in force or proposed.
Open mike 26/06/2023
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Why selling Auckland Port Operations is a particularly silly thing to do
It is a given that the right in power want to sell public assets off and the left want to retain those assets. And it appears that the right’s eyes are on Ports of Auckland.
Why Public Ownership Is Great
In the absence of any political party stating clearly that public ownership of major infrastructure is a very good idea, here’s 10 good things public ownership of infrastructure does that private ownership doesn’t.
Open mike 25/06/2023
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