Tamihere calls in Serious Fraud Office over Panuku deal
Auckland mayoral candidate John Tamihere has laid a formal complaint with the Serious Fraud Office over the $3 million sale…
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Saturday 8th June 2019
5: House Democrats Aren’t Done Talking About the Mueller Report — Especially the Russia Hacking Details
4: Why a hipster, vegan, green tech economy is not sustainable
3: CHINA BANS THE INTERCEPT AND OTHER NEWS SITES IN “CENSORSHIP BLACK FRIDAY”
2: “Massacre” in Sudan: Protesters Continue Call for Civilian Rule After Military Kills 100+ at Sit-in
1: Venezuela’s ‘staggering’ exodus reaches 4 million, UN refugee agency says -
The Daily Blog Open Mic – Saturday 8th June 2019
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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GUEST BLOG: Joe Lauria – Prison video of Assange emerges: Join 33rd Online Journal
A video has emerged purportedly of Julian Assange in Belmarsh prison, showing a healthy Assange, while he instead remains hospitalised.
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Grant Robertson is delivering a $3.5 Billion surplus but there is ” no more money for teachers” says the Minister of Education.
We have the third lowest government debt in the OECD yet Greens co-leader James Shaw advocated the “Fiscal Responsibility” rules both parties signed which pushes already low government debt even lower, while private debt ( I’m talking things like tertiary education debt, household debt credit card debt that kind of thing ) is sky rocketting.
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GUEST BLOG: Mike Lee – City Rail Link billion dollar blow-out: Twyford & Goff asleep at the switch
The announcement of a billion dollar cost blow-out for the City Rail Link (CRL), 3 years after start of construction, is deeply troubling. At $3.4b, that is $1b per km, the CRL was already going to be one of the most expensive rail tunnels in the world. Now the price has shot up to $4.4b ($2.2b from ratepayers) with completion pushed back to 2024. Troubling also, given Auckland Council’s level of debt which is approaching $8.5b, close to the borrowing limits recommended by the international credit agencies.
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Climate Change Survivalism Is Not The Answer
Buried amid the many very sensible suggestions for making this country as self-sufficient as possible, I noticed one proposal that sent a chill down my spine. There must be, according to Martyn, a “large scale increase in Navy, Army & Airforce”. Clearly, like so many survivalists, Martyn anticipates the arrival of unwelcome visitors, and he is determined to be ready for them.
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – The Antidote to Mike Hosking
Get a glimpse of real life in South Auckland from Auckland City Councillor Efeso Collins for example. As oppsed to the view that Mike Hosking gets looking out the window of his Ferrari as he drives by it on the motorway.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 7th June 2019
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The Tamakis Quest For Dominion: More “Handmaid’s Tale”, Less “Modern Family”.
WHAT ARE THE TAMAKIS trying to do? Is the “Coalition Party” a serious political project? Or, is it merely another example of the flim-flam for which religious hucksters the world over are notorious? Certainly, Brian and Hannah Tamaki would not be the first evangelical religious pairing to enlist the aid of politics when too many of the seats in their expensive megachurches remain unoccupied.