GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – Paying our Sisters, Daughters, Aunties and Wives what they are worth is good for everyone
What better way to truly celebrate 125 years of universal suffrage than establish equal pay.
Author: The Daily Blog
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Dave Macpherson: Parents of Nicky Stevens call for stronger suicide reduction target than Inquiry suggests
“What we now want is for mental health to no longer be a political football, and for all the Parliamentary parties to get their heads together around a mental health improvement programme that all of them will sign up to going into the future.”
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Dr Liz Gordon: The state of the States
Just back from a week’s holiday in Hawaii which, by virtue of colonisation and capitalism, became the 50th State of the USA in 1959. As a series of Pacific Islands, it sits quite uncomfortably within the union of States. For example, the department stores were full of winter clothes, including coats, but Hawaii has no winter, the only ‘seasons’ being rainy and not-rainy.
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Raining On The White Tribe’s Parade
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? The people who decided it would be a good idea to take Santa out of the Nelson Santa Parade?
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 4th December 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Is NZ Post exhibiting “a sense of social responsibility” over Post Shop closures? – Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa
After the strong public reaction against the potential closure of its last 79 Post Shops the Postal Workers Union is…
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Battlers
In my job I get to hear about a lot of sad and bad things, but I also have the privilege of talking with people who give me hope in humankind – ordinary folk who see a problem and try, against the odds, to do something about it.
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Safe staffing levels needed throughout health system – CTU
Unions are supporting the call from the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) for the Government to find agreement on…
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Government needs to house meth test evicted tenants – AAAP
Minister Phil Twyford announced that the first batch of recipients have been receiving compensation for being evicted from their Housing…
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Political Caption Competition
Ummm, hello. Over here. Where are fuck are you going?