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Manus Island operator seeking to buy and manage Housing Corporation Homes
The Government is seeking to sell 2,500 Christchurch Housing Corporation homes. The shortlist of potential purchasers includes an Australian company recently successfully sued for human rights breaches of refugees on Manus Island.
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Kiwi Treason
Abuse of power, foreshore and seabed, helen clark, humour, International, Maori Issues, maori party, twitterVegemite and marmite taste the same, rugby is naff, John Clarke’s an Australian. What?
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John Key chickens out of #panamapapers interview
Globalisation, john key, journalism, making shit up, national, spin, tax, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit upThis morning John Key refused to be interviewed on Radio New Zealand after learning that they intended to ask him questions about the Panama Papers. And some elements of the media are for some strange reason trying to say there is nothing to see because he personally has not been implicated.
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Daily Review 05/05/2016
Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
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Paula Bennett, Climate Change Minister?
climate change, disaster, Environment, global warming, john key, national, national/act government, paula bennett, Politics, same old national, scienceDespite having no scientific background, no relevant experience and no related portfolios Paula Bennett is the new Minister in charge of Climate Change Issues.
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Deportee
Abuse of power, australian politics, crime, International, Kelvin Davis, Minister for International Embarrassment, workers' rightsStandard Exclusive:
Te Reo Putake interviews one of the first batch of deportees from Australia under the Liberal Government’s hardline approach to Kiwis who serve jail time in the lucky country.
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Andrew Little in Australia
Contrary to Key’s scaremongering about “making things worse” Little’s, visit to Australia seems to have been positive and constructive.
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Jumped tripped or fell
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Conservatives and Human Rights
In Australia a recent attempt by Abbott and some supporters to give the Minister of Immigration the power to cancel an Australian’s citizenship status was met by a cabinet revolt. In England there is talk of the UK withdrawing from the European Convention of Human Rights. So much for the Conservative commitment to the rule of law.
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Capital gains tax to be introduced
National appears to be doing an about face on a Capital Gains Tax for housing.
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International laughing stock
John Key has finally achieved the world fame he has clearly always wanted, but not in a good way. Here’s a roundup of the international coverage of his harassment.
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What did Key know about Sabin’s issues?
Now that Mike Sabin has resigned attention is on what John Key knew and when.
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60 tweeps to follow this election
Bryce Edwards had his go at a list of the top 100 tweeters to follow this election, but with only 24 women making […]
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Random tweets on Dirty Politics
In no particular order, some tweets from those in Wellington with the book. Or those who have read something more than I have.
