Bill English wants to raise the age of Superannuation
English has clearly fumbled Superannuation and rather be seen as being too weak to change things, he’s decided to go all in and signal a rise in eligibility to 67.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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Compare Superannuation outrage to whisper about beneficiaries being spied upon
What English has in fact created are neoliberal welfare state agencies that are more aggressive than a Police Dog on meth. The beneficiaries are terrified of talking to any government agency now because that information goes to everyone and suddenly the beneficiary who is asking for help from Housing NZ are then facing a bill from WINZ for a relationship they didn’t disclose.
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Bill English stumbles badly on Superannuation
What many Journalists still don’t appreciate about English is that he is a hard core ideologue. He sees superannuation as simply the next benefit to attack, just like CYFs, just like state housing, just like public prisons.
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The 2 things most political pundits are missing in their analysis of Jacinda becoming Deputy
Some on the Left and in the media feel that Jacinda is underwhelming in some way. That intellectually she isn’t hard enough, in the House not combative enough and everyone always asks ‘yeah but what has she done’.
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And now NZ Prisons are torturing prisoners – again, and their response? “Meh”
Corrections know that the lynch mob mentality of an easily led electorate manipulated by media and politicians will always have a thirst for suffering with punishment. Corrections know that society doesn’t give a fuck about prisoner rights. Corrections know the public are too stupid, angry and fearful about crime to rationally understand that abusing these prisoners only creates more damaged people entering society.
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The spitefulness of Auckland Transport towards Mike Lee
Not inviting Mike Lee to speak, the man who fought to get this piece of our history saved, is a disgraceful and spiteful move by Auckland Transport.
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For the love of Christ – is no one else going to say anything? Fine, I will – Dear Phil Goff – WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?
In light of the scope, scale and sheer audacity of corruption inside Auckland Transport that Matt Nippert has exposed, it’s time Phil Goff fronted on this issue and explained to us all why he removed our oversight on Auckland Transport and what the hell he intends to replace it with so that Auckland Transport are accountable to us.
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Annette King stands down – find out the reasons why
TDB pointed out this would happen on Monday and we explained the internal tensions that were building for it to happen…
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Blaming stoners for mass immigration is like down grading your water quality and calling it ‘swimmable’
National need huge migration numbers to prop up the property bubble and require tens of thousands of exploitable migrant workers to keep labour costs down. Blaming mass immigration and cheap labour exploitation on Kiwis smoking weed is like downgrading your water quality and renaming it ‘swimmable’.
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Hypocrisy of ACTs Prisoner Reforms
So after building the Prison Empire that we now suffer under, ACT have decided the skyrocketing prison population is a damaging social cancer and are suggesting if Prisoners learn reading or writing the will get an early release.
Lovely to see ACT come out of the dark ages.