The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday – 3rd June 2016
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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Open letter to: Hon Anne Tolley, Minister of Social Development – CPAG
Open letter to: Hon Anne Tolley, Minister of Social Development Dear Minister Nga Tangata Microfinance welcomes the financial help for…
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Budget 2016 – Who wins; who loses; who pays?
There is absolutely zero doubt in my mind that the 2016 Budget is geared 100% toward building up a surplus for tax cuts to be announced next year. Just in time for the 2017 Election. John Key and Bill English have strongly indicated as much with their “kite-flying” with hints of cuts-to-come.
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MUST READ – A Greek-style Fiscal Crisis in Auckland?
The New Zealand government is trying to exploit Auckland’s housing crisis rather than to solve it or to ease it. Its agenda appears to be threefold: to unseat a non-compliant Council, to force the sale of productive assets owned by the people of Auckland, and to reward those who seek to financially profit by holding rural land.
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Waatea 5th Estate – Suicide in NZ part 2
Joining us tonight to discuss NZs extraordinarily high suicide rates and why so many Kiwis choose to end their own life
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ARTS FUNDING CRISIS: WE NEED TO GROW THE PIE, NOT FIGHT OVER SCRAPS – Equity NZ
Equity New Zealand is disappointed to see that yet again, the wider Arts sector has been ignored in the budget….
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IKA Cooler together – lunch & lecture Wednesday 8 June
Dr Russel Norman, Executive Director of Greenpeace Aoteaora/NZ and former Co-Leader of the Greens, completes Ika’s “Cooler Together” lunch & lecture series next Wednesday 8 June, with a policy and action focused challenge to avoid catastrophic climate change.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Thursday – 2nd June 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.