That weird feeling over Winston Peters mauling Australia is the surprise of a NZ Prime Minister finally standing up
Not being on The AM Show is the second best thing he’s done this week and it’s only Wednesday!
Month: July 2018
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With John Campbell leaving Radio NZ, can we now stop pretending RNZ are left wing?
With John gone, we can stop pretending RNZ are some sort of bastion of Left wing thought, they are an elite bubble that promotes the interests of the elites while claiming to be a public service – like so much that pretends to be a public service in this country.
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Dr Liz Gordon – Who should run schools?
There is widespread consultation going on about the future of Tomorrow’s Schools (among so many other things!). Implemented on 1 October 1988, the model was founded on the neo-liberal concepts of choice, competition and (at various points) a weakening of the relationship between the state and schooling.
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Oh hey everyone, Housing NZ is ‘sorry’ – so problem solved
The entire policy was hysteria promoted by the National Government when they needed a distraction from privatising state housing, whipped up by a media dependent on property speculation for revenue.
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Calls for MSD to end debt prosecutions against beneficiaries – Auckland Action Against Poverty
Auckland Action Against Poverty welcomes the High Court’s decision that says that loans are not income for social security purposes…
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Nauru: Government must lift press restrictions on ABC ahead of Pacific Islands summit – Amnesty International
Responding to the news that Nauru’s government has banned journalists from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from attending the Pacific…
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Kelvin Davis – caught between a rock and a mega prison
Currently 60% of those released reoffend within 2 years. That is an abysmal failure, the time to move away from this punitive experiment is now.
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Deportation of Indian students shows need for a rule change – Council of Trade Unions
Deportation of Indian students shows need for a rule change An Ombudsman’s report released last week shows our deportation rules…
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New water rules must ban dairy conversions says Greenpeace
Greenpeace says New Zealand’s water regulations need to be updated to prevent dairy expansion and end the intensification of livestock…
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Equality at work is improving but at a glacial pace – Human Rights Commission
Equality at work is improving but at a glacial pace Women continue to feature in negative labour market indicators according…