Open mike 05/04/2023
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Daily review 04/04/2023
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RMA reform will not solve the climate crisis
National has proposed RMA reform as the basis for accelerating the roll out of renewable energy generation. It appears that it has never met a problem for which the solution is either a tax cut or RMA reform.
Open mike 04/04/2023
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Daily review 03/04/2023
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Open mike 03/04/2023
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We should have a chat about Artificial Intelligence
As we adjust to the advent of civilisation threatening climate change there is a new threat that is emerging, the unregulated development of artificial intelligence.
Open mike 02/04/2023
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Open mike 01/04/2023
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Daily review 31/03/2023
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Trump indicted
Breaking news that Donald J Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury. More details to follow …
Open mike 31/03/2023
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Daily review 30/03/2023
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Open mike 30/03/2023
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Daily review 29/03/2023
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Nash is goneburger
Stuart Nash has been summarily sacked from Cabinet after an email to donors emerged indicating he had told them about sensitive Cabinet discussions on issues concerning them.
Open mike 29/03/2023
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Daily review 28/03/2023
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Open mike 28/03/2023
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Daily review 27/03/2023
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The real reason New Zealand’s literacy standards are tanking *
* the answer is National Standards, the effects of which are still being felt.
Open mike 27/03/2023
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Wayne’s budget has nothing to do with saving money
We have heard numerous claims from Auckland mayor Wayne Brown and his supporters that the proposed budget is about saving money and getting rid of a nearly $300 million hole. This is a huge disservice to Aucklanders and hugely misleading.
Open mike 26/03/2023
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Letting women speak in Aotearoa New Zealand
A progressive online space for discussion about the Let Women Speak events this weekend.
Open mike 25/03/2023
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Debating with nazis
So Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull aka Posie Parker is coming to Aotearoa New Zealand and intends to spread her message. Wikipedia describes her as someone […]
Daily review 24/03/2023
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Open mike 24/03/2023
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Daily review 23/03/2023
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Open mike 23/03/2023
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Daily review 22/03/2023
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She who channels her inner Monroe
A Guest Post on the vexed questions posed by Kellie Jay Keen Minshall, her apparent preparedness to ally with religious fundies and right wing extremists, and the predictable calls from sections of the left for her to be banned from entering/speaking in Australia and NZ.
Climate change – the final final warning
The latest report from the International Panel on Climate Change has synthesised reports on the climate crisis from hundreds of scientists over the past eight years and has boiled it down to one message: act now, or it will be too late.
Open mike 22/03/2023
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Daily review 21/03/2023
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