The Daily Blog Open Mic – Saturday 14th April 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Author: The Daily Blog
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NZDF inquiry: Justice for survivors, accountability to the UN – Amnesty International
In response to the Government’s announcement of an inquiry into the allegations made in the book “Hit and Run”, the…
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NORML’s unsubmissive submission on behalf of impatient patients
Hearings on the Government’s medicinal cannabis law reform bill continue throughout April and May, with NORML New Zealand this week delivering an unsubmissive submission on behalf of impatient patients.
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Dave Macpherson – Massive growth in mental health ‘crisis contacts’ – likely to be nationwide
The official response to this foreseeable crisis has been pathetic – a combination of denial and claims that the problems were under control. While former Minister Jonathan ‘Dr Death’ Coleman has now scarpered from Parliament (good riddance), the new Labour Minister of Health David Clark clearly has a hell of a lot of work yet to do to convince us that the mental health crisis is being properly dealt with.
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One minute to midnight?
At the time of this blogpost being written, the US has not initiated a military response in Syria. As at midnight of 12 April, a little blue marble called Planet Earth is still in one piece…
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 13th April 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Political Caption Competition
50 shades of red
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Thursday 12th April 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Open letter to new Government: How to find $36 billion for health spending and lower ACC levies at the same time
I explained a few weeks ago that the government had $36 billion in an investment account that could be taken and used to fund the desperate improvements we need in the health sector. They could do this without breaching their self-imposed fiscal responsibility rules.