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Last week, Key says Kiwis "have to tighten their belts, we have to do the same". More job cuts for public servants. This week, buying 34 $200,000 limos for him and his mates to replace 3 year old ones. How many teachers would that employ?…
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From I/S at No Right Turn: Two stories from today's Dominion-Post: Number one:Compromised official gets top job: Months after former Mental Health Commission head Selwyn Katene resigned amid allegations of dishonestly misusing taxpayer funding, he got another top taxpayer-funded job. Dr Katene resigned suddenly from…
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Last week I wrote about Speaker Lockwood Smith rolling back transparency on MPs expenses, by making travel spending secret again. John Key came out against the move -- which looked like easy image grooming on his part, taking the popular position safe in the knowledge…
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Neither major party has a particularly proud record on encouraging transparency with respect to MPs' spending. But The Greens certainly got something moving last year: MPs' expense accounts are likely to be opened to public scrutiny after a face-saving move by Prime Minister John Key…
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I have very mixed feelings about all this scrutiny of the spending of public figures. On the one hand it is clear that abuses of the system exist - major ones like the outlandish cases that were happening in the UK, or Bill English's Double…
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Update: Goff has announced Jones, Carter, and Ririnui have been demoted. The heat should now go on Key to act on his Ministers. --- Phil Goff is back in the country and, as predicted, his first move is going to be to take their portfolios…
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Press Release From the Labour Party In a short statement outside the Beehive today Labour leader Phil Goff conceded the 2011 election to National. "Colin Espiner has already called the election for National" said Goff. "When a truly neutral tory like Colin describes Labour's 'faint…
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A couple of weeks ago, David Farrar was all for investigating MPs' expenses here. He was covering the UK scandal in depth. He tired to make a mountain out of a molehill when the Greens released their expenses. Now his tune has suddenly changed. Now…