CPAG Summit – Rethinking the Welfare System for the 21st Century live-streamed on TDB September 12th
How can politicians and policy-makers reform the welfare system so that it is fit for families in the 21st century?
Year: 2018
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The madness of the militarisation of WINZ & Jamie Mako
Nothing seems to sum up the counter productive nature of our neoliberal welfare system quite as powerfully as the madness of this case…
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I’m no Daddy Blogger, but…
I’m no Daddy Blogger because I don’t write much about my personal life (this is a political blog after all) and because I find Mummy Bloggers to be terribly self righteous and I’d never want to sound like that over a human experience like parenting that has so many variations, interpretations and pathways, so I can only speak humbly for myself and my experience of Fatherhood.
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Should NZ & Canada forge a new leadership for the West?
Is it time for Jacinda and Trudeau to step up?
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Political Caption Competition
NZ is a country where right wing politicians openly acknowledge their desire to roll their leader
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Wednesday 22nd August 2018
5: MICHAEL COHEN HAS REPORTEDLY REACHED A PLEA DEAL WITH FEDERAL PROSECUTORS IN NEW YORK
4: Hamas: End to Israel’s Gaza blockade ‘around the corner’
3: Prison Strike Organizer Warns: Brutal Prison Conditions Risk “Another Attica”
2: Sister Simone Campbell: Catholic Sex Abuse Stems from “Monarchy” & Exclusion of Women from Power
1: UK and EU to enter ‘continuous’ talks to resolve Brexit deadlock -
GUEST BLOG: Dave Brownz – Stopping Hothouse Earth –
As every major global crisis of capitalism has proven, capitalists must destroy the previous generation of sunk capital to revive profits and restore accumulation of wealth in their own pockets. Countries are laid waste, populations are wiped out in their multi-millions, and nature is sacrificed to the scramble for more carbon and more profit.
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The Liberal Agenda – Me and My Sister Tell Each Other Everything
Dates: 11th – 15th September, 8pm
Venue: Main Space, Basement Theatre
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Greenpeace to make new challenge to Government on plastics
Following the win on plastic bags, Greenpeace is gearing up to issue a significant new challenge to Government on plastics….
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Pokies being ‘paused’ during Gambling Harm Awareness Week – Problem Gambling Foundation
Pokies are being ‘paused’ in recognition of Gambling Harm Awareness Week Pubs and clubs from Bluff to Kaitaia will be…