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The Photo attached to this post is from 1932 when Wellington Police on horseback charged a demonstration by the unemployed during the Great Depression

People often ask why I’m not afraid to stand against antiquated status quo driven conventional thinking.

Next time you go to an ATM machine have a look at the list of banks whose cards it takes. The new rulers of the world are closer than you think.

A press release by ACT yesterday applauding Labour’s neoliberal public /private “user pays” solution to paying for the water and sewerage infrastructure at the Millbrook housing development announced by Minister Phil Tywford, tells you that Right wing neoliberal economic thinking is still alive and well in our coalition government.

Despite the minister’s airy references to ‘experts’ it is the worrying lack of expert contestable advice that is his scheme’s greatest weakness.  Remarkable too is the lack of any ministerial interest or curiosity about Melbourne which has the biggest light rail system in the world and which is now building a heavy rail connection to Melbourne International Airport.  

The unemployment rate has dropped to 3.9%, the lowest rate in almost a decade. That’s 29,000 more jobs in June…

I went to a meeting yesterday . 26 people – really good hearted people from all walks of life – called together by Barrister Jo Wickliffe to see if we could help solve a problem.

You see, Auckland City doesn’t have a night shelter.

I am very pleased that we now have Ms Scholtens QC’s independent report. Her findings on the process for my appointment answer the matters that have been raised. The IPCA’s report is still to come: but she has already found that the appointment process was correctly carried out.