UN recommendations on children with disabilities welcomed – Human Rights Commission
The Human Rights Commission has welcomed United Nations recommendations made to the New Zealand Government to strengthen the rights of…
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Idiot Windbag: Mike Hosking On Democracy
What did Hosking say? Well, he was giving us the benefit of his deep insight and wisdom concerning the recent local government elections. This is what he said:
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Trading hot air – New Green MP – Barry Coates
This week, the Climate Change Minister, Paula Bennett announced that the government would not listen to rational arguments calling for these fraudulent units to be cancelled and replaced by credits with at least some integrity. The government plans to use the surplus credits to meet our future targets.
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The Coalition for Better Broadcasting calls on the government to adequately fund RNZ before it has to sell the Auckland studio.
It’s now 8 years since the government imposed the funding freeze on RNZ, and the steadily dwindling budget continues to…
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Green candidate Jill Stein makes her case for the US presidency
Up until now most progressive Americans have been backing the “lesser evil” in the US presidential contest. They don’t particularly like Hillary Clinton’s establishment politics but they’ve been scared into her camp because Donald Trump is so terrible.
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Jesse Griffin as Centaur – 4 stars
The over intellectualisation of Art is a rich mine for comedy and Jesse Griffin’s performance as a performance artist is so perfectly timed and understated it leaves you howling with mirth. It’s super clever comedy but with enough access points that you don’t need to be the self involved wanker that Centaur is to appreciate the comedy.
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Political Caption Competition
I will feast on these ones first, put them both in the microwave.
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Wednesday 12th October 2016
5: The Plebiscite is Dead: Labor Has Blocked the Controversial Vote
4: In the Democratic Echo Chamber, Inconvenient Truths Are Recast as Putin Plots
3: 1 Million in Haiti Urgently Need Humanitarian Assistance After Hurricane’s “Apocalyptic Destruction”
2: Afghanistan: Taliban captures Ghormach district
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 12th October 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Cross-party inquiry a step in the right direction
On October 10, the final cross-party inquiry report on homelessness was released. The report found that the level of homelessness…