The Liberal Agenda – JustSpeak Election Forum – Auckland – Thursday 20 July 2017
This Thursday at 6.30pm Paula Penfold hosts a criminal justice election forum at Auckland University Library Basement, brought to you…
Year: 2017
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Unconditional Basic Income for Youth Launched – TOP
The Opportunities Party today launched its policy of an unconditional basic income (UBI) for all New Zealanders aged 18 to…
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MANA & Maori Party Agree to Entrench The Maori Seats
MANA and the Maori Party may not agree on everything but there’s one thing we do agree on” said MANA…
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You won’t believe what National are doing about suicide now
It’s far easier to ignore the 41 000 homeless, 10 000 in prison, 500 suicides, 305 000 kids in poverty, 550 000 suffering hardship and 1600 dying each year from freezing houses when you don’t know the numbers.
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Let he who is without sin cast the first stone
The poor are ground down by a welfare state more befitting the 19th and 20th centuries than today. But there is at last a bright spot. There were two breathtakingly bold policies buried in the depths of the Green’s paper Mending the Safety Net that have scarcely been discussed:
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Political Caption Competition
Australia announces new kindergarten policy
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SAFE Calls on WHO for Global Leadership on Factory Farming
New Zealand’s appetite for animal products coupled with intensive animal agriculture (or factory farming) has become a hefty burden for…
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Tuesday 18th July 2017
5: Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Visitor Logs Will Soon Be Public
4: Outrage Mounts as Saudi Arabia Plans Imminent Executions for 14 Accused Pro-Democracy Protesters
3: THE INCREDIBLE LOST HISTORY OF HOW “CIVIL RIGHTS PLUS FULL EMPLOYMENT EQUALS FREEDOM”
2: Qatar lashes out at UAE over QNA hacking
1: Afghanistan: civilian deaths at record high in 16-year war, says UN -
‘Trains to Huapai’ campaign launched – PTUA
A ‘Trains to Huapai’ campaign has been launched by the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) to push transport authorities to…
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GUEST BLOG: Danyl Strype – A Change of Government Requires a Change of Attitudes
NZ First’s persistent refusal to announce a preference between working with Labour or National puts those of us who would prefer the coming election to yield a Labour-led government in a very awkward position