Students Against Sexual Violence – a call to action
Students Against Sexual Violence—Otago Uni is releasing a booklet about sexual violence in the student community, distributed throughout the Otago…
Author: The Daily Blog
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National’s TPPA-11 leaves four questions unanswered – Professor Jane Kelsey
The National government announced on the last day of Parliament that Cabinet has endorsed terms for a major new trade and investment deal – the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement minus the US, or TPPA-11. It said the TPPA text will remain basically unchanged, despite the US no longer participating. That begs multiple questions, says University of Auckland law professor Jane Kelsey.
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Support for cannabis law reform remains high – NZ Drug Foundation
Public support for cannabis law reform is as strong as ever, a new poll conducted for the NZ Drug Foundation…
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Flawed Public Private Partnership model needs to be ruled out for new Dunedin Hospital – ASMS
“A new public hospital for Dunedin is long overdue and very welcome but it needs to be fully funded by…
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The Liberal Agenda: Remember Fatima on 22 August: Inquiry into Afghan Deaths Now! – Hit & Run Inquiry Campaign
At 12:30pm on Tuesday 22 August, the Hit and Run Inquiry Campaign will hold a commemoration protest at the Wellington Cenotaph to remember Afghan civilians killed seven years ago during a New Zealand SAS-led raid in Baghlan Province Afghanistan. Fatima was one of those killed, at only three years of age.
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SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Fraud, class and the media: the Metiria Turei controversy
Research by Associate Professor Lisa Marriot from Victoria University reveals that 5 per cent of welfare recipients are investigated compared to .01 per cent of taxpayers. Welfare fraud attracts 800-1000 criminal prosecutions a year compared to 60-80 for tax fraud. Of tax dodgers whose offending reaches about $270,000, 18 per cent will be jailed. Of those welfare fraudsters who have obtained around $70,000, 67 per cent can expect jail time
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GUEST BLOG: Damon Rusden – Campaign Diary
Some ad-hoc adventures I’ve had over the last few weeks.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 22nd August 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Pure Magic: Jacinda Ardern Launches Labour’s Election Campaign
The enormous significance of political magic is made clear principally by its absence. None of Jacinda’s four male predecessors had it. Contact lenses and a new haircut couldn’t make it appear. Speechwriters working in shifts couldn’t summon it. Focus groups couldn’t even tell the party where to look for it. But no Labour member; no Labour voter; had the slightest difficulty understanding that the Magic was passing them by.
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Malcolm Evans – Pinetree stain
Malcolm Evans – Pinetree stain