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EDS attacks Nick Smith’s Ruataniwha Dam process

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: - 19 comments

The Chair of the Environmental Defence Society has heavily criticised the Ruataniwha Dam process for requiring the voluntary sector to test the scientific evidence, for requiring the analysis of highly technical scientific evidence within a very short time period, and for not including a freshwater expert on the Board of Inquiry.  He has described the process as being fundamentally flawed and has stated that the process appears to be designed to facilitate the granting of consents.  There is something wrong going on here.

Cunliffe wins – now what?

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: - 91 comments

David Cunliffe Labour leader-1Day one of David Cunliffe’s tenure as Labour leader and the tone is being set.  There will be unity in the party and Labour is going to take the fight to National and John Key.

Axe the Copper Tax

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: - 39 comments

social welfare not corporate welfareA coalition of organisations as diverse as InternetNZ, TUANZ, a number of corporates, Unite Union and even Kiwiblog are starting a campaign to oppose Government plans to stop the cost of copper broadband connections to retail users being reduced to the fair price determined by the Commerce Commission so that Chorus can recover unbudgeted costs on the fibre rollout.

Nats take a big hit on RMA reform

Written By: Eddie
Date published: - 86 comments

National is facing humiliation over it’s failure to get the numbers for its controversial Resource Management Act reforms as both the Maori Party and United Future refuse to back the legislation in its current form.

Opposition to deep sea oil drilling will not be tolerated

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: - 55 comments

Anadarko TO PAY FOR OIL SPILLThe Government is planning to kowtow to the oil companies again and is intending to introduce by way of a SOP law changes to prevent us from submitting when oil companies apply for consent to drill exploratory oil wells at sea.  The Government obviously listens intently when the Oil Companies speak but does not want to listen to us.

Meanwhile, at nationalmps.co.nz…

Written By: Marty G
Date published: - 19 comments

Remember how a couple of months back National set up NationalMPs? It was meant to be their answer to Red Alert, Labour’s frequently raucous, unstagemanaged blog where Labour’s MPs write what they want. But the Nats’ attempt is deadly dull. Either the leadership is gagging them or the Nat MPs are dreadful bores.