Arguments In Favour Of Raising Cigarette Prices Are A Costly Smokescreen For Revenue-Raising
Another year, another hike in the price of cigarettes.
Year: 2017
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Political Caption Competition
Two hawks in the bush is worth 3 on a horse
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Andrew Little to visit Pike River Today – Labour Party
Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little will visit the Pike River families today from 11am. Mr Little has been involved with…
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Wednesday 18th January 2017
5: We Talked to an Ex-KGB Colonel and Putin Critic About the Trump-Russia Dossier
4: NoDAPL: Standing Rock and the ‘Deep North’
3: EPA UNDER SCOTT PRUITT COULD COST THE U.S. BILLIONS IN ADDITIONAL HEALTH CARE COSTS
2: Hard Brexit will hurt UK more, say EU diplomats and business leaders
1: Xi Jinping signals China will champion free trade if Trump builds barriers -
The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 18th January 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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St John exhibit unhealthy coping strategy by ending bargaining – Health Sector Workers Network
St John are stopping bargaining with Ambulance workers from First Union. This is called avoidance and is an unhealthy coping…
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Oxfam report reveals the scale of growing inequality – E Tu
The latest Oxfam report on inequality has lent its support to a Living Wage for all working New Zealanders as…
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Cough-Cough – Um NZ Herald, you seem to have missed something huge in your Bob Jones story + why ZB should be ashamed
Someone at ZB needs to be fired for allowing that, it is despicable. You are allowing a gloating arsehole who has goaded another human being into suicide because they were begging to go live on air to continue his favourite hateful fetish. This is what hate speech looks like folks…
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Why we must occupy state houses in 2017
Activists from many campaign groups united pledging material and physical solidarity to stop the ethnic and social cleansing of working class Glen Innes, built on Maori land to provide “homes for heroes” after the suffering of two world wars and the Depression.