Budget 2017: A trickle not a tide – CPAG
The Budget announced shows some slight change in the weather for families in poverty, but it is not the sea…
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$11.4m brings RNZ to 2012 funding levels – Coalition for Better Broadcasting
The Coalition for Better Broadcasting (CBB) congratulates the Minister of Finance for recognising the value of public service broadcasting. In…
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McDonald’s agreement confirms why we need unions
McDonald’s workers will be voting on new Collective Agreement between the multinantional giant and Unite Union this week.
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Budget 2017: Welfare group says Social Investment approach is about punishment, not investment – AAAP
Social Investment is about punishing the poor and reducing spending, not investing in social services and improving social outcomes. …
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Wellington Buses stop for do-not-sign pledge
Hundreds of bus drivers met in Wellington today to decide how they’re going to fight back against a Council decision…
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Health funding falls short of what is needed – again – ASMS
“The Government’s decision today not to fund public health care to the level needed is a serious blow for New…
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Budget 2017: Welfare group says Accommodation Supplement increase is a con job – AAAP
Increases in the Accommodation Supplement (AS) means an equal deduction from Temporary Additional Support (TAS). “The government is cynically…
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Political Caption Competition
Even photoshopping in the child from the Omen doesn’t make this photo any less creepy
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TDB livestreaming Child Poverty Action Group post-budget breakfast 7.15am Friday
The Daily Blog is proud to announce that we will live stream the Child Poverty Action Group Auckland Post Budget Breakfast, Friday 26th May 7:15am-8:45am. This will include the smartest critics of National Party social policy and provide real insight into the budget spin. Everyone with a passion for change needs to watch this.
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Stake Holders for the TPPA
It’s like a scene from a Dracula movie where the zombie comes back from the dead. The TPPA is dead but the TPPA-11, without the US, has just opened one eye. The idea of reviving the TPPA without the US, but still including all of the dangerous aspects that the US introduced into negotiations, makes no sense.