Texan Oil Giant at Centre of Anti-Protest Legislation Quits – Greenpeace
Greenpeace says it’s time for the new Government to administer the coup de grâce to the oil industry after Texan…
Year: 2017
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Political Caption Competition
This photo will never come back to haunt me
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 29th November 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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I loath to agree with David Farrar, but he’s right about Golriz Ghahraman
This could have been dealt with right at the beginning, the fact the Greens once again have been tripped up by their own incompetence is soul destroying.
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The latest on resisting the TPPA
David Parker has promised to hold consultations after the TPPA-11 has been agreed and before it is signed. That could be at very short notice and in a very short window, unless people intensify the pressure on the government to follow Canada’s lead and go back to the table.
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National’s $11.7 billion hole is right where they left it
The claim of an $11.7 “fiscal hole” became a dominating irritant throughout the election campaign, even though in large part it failed simply because no one else (except Bill English) agreed that it existed. TV3’s “Newshub” even created this now-famous, handy, infograph to illustrate the fact that Joyce and English were effectively on their own;
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Genuine Open Government Empowers People and politicians alike
The old adage: “Information is Power”; imposes a real moral burden on democratic socialist politicians. If democracy is all about giving power to the people, then withholding information from them is, objectively, an act of deliberate disempowerment.
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E tū calls for national memorial ahead of Erebus anniversary
New Zealand’s largest aviation union, E tū is supporting calls by the Erebus families for a national memorial to New…
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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson: We have an employment crisis that needs serious resourcing
This matters because work without dignity is merely wage slavery with no quality of life and in a country with the type of leadership we have historically shown on so many progressive issues, it is unacceptable to me to see us go backwards on something as vital as quality employment.
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EXCLUSIVE: WAIKATO DHB – the Nats flunky taking the organisation down with him?
Many will have heard mainstream or social media chatter in the last few months about the ripoffs and rorts perpetrated by the rather unsavoury Nigel Murray, now former CEO of the Waikato DHB.