Does the West Coast Regional Council Exist?
Does the West Coast Regional Council actually exist? Te Reo Putake’s submission on the Zero Carbon Bill says the science is unproven.
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National party to be banned from future budget lockups
After a significant security leak National will be forced to ban itself from future budget lockups.
Who needs water anyway
Or waterways are starting to stink as much as our murky tax havens.
Routine incompetence
Is this the least competent NZ government ever?
Graph of the day
Those who would censor
NZ’s first book banning in over 20 years. Another own goal from “Family First”.
Destroying a savings culture
Key: “The removal of the $1,000 kick-start contribution will not make a blind bit of difference to the number of people who join KiwiSaver.” Wrong. Completely and utterly wrong.
Sledging sucks
Hey, all you folk angry with Aussie cricket team sledging – how do you put up with John Key PM?
Who needs $4.8 billion anyway
Yesterday a report from the NZ Super Fund (the Cullen fund) provided further evidence of National’s economic “genius”. We could have used the $4.8 billion that they just chucked away.
Nats’ economic genius at work in the property market
On Monday Bill English reckoned that pressures in the property market were “easing”. Yesterday’s headline “Spring house price surge in October”…
No point in state houses
There’s no point in state houses. Not according to the Nats anyway. Unbelievable.
Cause of poverty and inequality found!
Good news citizens! The National government has revealed unto us today the cause of poverty and inequality.
Parata and the media
Marlborough Express – disgraceful
Update: Race Relations Commissioner Susan Devoy to hold a press conference at 1pm.
A float with no %name%
The Nats have spent $48.7 Million of our money “preparing” Mighty River Power for sale, and they couldn’t even get the very basics right.
Selling out our education
Profit-driven private sector cowboys are damaging the reputation of our education system. Naturally, National wants to make matters worse by subsidising foreign owners of profit-driven charter schools. Brilliant.
NRT: Insanity
I/S at No Right Turn on the insanity of scrapping the home insulation programme.
Latest education stuffup quickest U-turn ever
Brownlee and Parata announced school closures and explained the rationale. Now they’ve backed down and they’re trying to blame a Ministry mistake. This was the quickest U-turn in the history of politics. Update: And this morning it seems that closures and mergers are back on again – does anyone know what is going on?
Incoherent education policy
The right hand of National’s education policy doesn’t know what the far-right hand is up to…
National standards aren’t
The predicted problems created by a “national standards” system are coming home to roost already.
Slow follower
When it comes to making any kind of effort to saving the planet from catastrophic climate change I guess being even a “fast follower” was just a little too ambitious for the Key government.