WHERE DO WE GO when both the market and the state have been weighed in the balance and found wanting? How much better-off would the peoples of the world be if, instead of the towering ziggurats of global capitalism, their skylines were dominated by the equally absurd wedding-cake skyscrapers of global socialism? Would the planet be any less ravaged? Would bureaucracy be any less oppressive? Would the individual feel any freer – or less crushed?
Fire blocks Auckland Motorway – National blames Labour and Mike Hosking, Duncan Garner, Kate Hawkesby, Barry Soper and Heather du Plessis-Allan all argue this is what happens when Winston Peters takes over the country
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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.
Auckland Action Against Poverty welcomes the High Court’s decision that says that loans are not income for social security purposes…
Responding to the news that Nauru’s government has banned journalists from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from attending the Pacific…
Deportation of Indian students shows need for a rule change An Ombudsman’s report released last week shows our deportation rules…
Greenpeace says New Zealand’s water regulations need to be updated to prevent dairy expansion and end the intensification of livestock…
Equality at work is improving but at a glacial pace Women continue to feature in negative labour market indicators according…
How National Party voters envisage beneficiaries
