Get well soon Cameron – the NZ blogosphere isn’t the same without you
I’m sure we will see you on the battlefield again Slater. Best of luck to you, your team and your family in overcoming the challenges ahead.
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No Govt solution to high rents as accommodation supplement costs skyrocket – AUCKLAND ACTION AGAINST POVERTY
Figures obtained through the Official Information Act shows the Government is spending over $27 million a week helping 292,006 people…
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The Liberal Agenda – Ralph Breaks the Internet – 4 stars
I’ve given it 4 stars because the 5 minute scene where Sarah Silverman’s character meets all the Disney Princesses is perhaps the funniest 5 minutes of animation every created.
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GUEST BLOG: Donna Awatere Huata – Let’s Rethink New Zealand’s Low Cost Tourism Strategy
Not only is cheap tourism degrading our environment and our infrastructure, but it is also contributing to our appalling record over the past ten years of gas emissions increases when they were meant to be decreasing.
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Our housing is severely unaffordable
The latest international Demgraphia survey (which looks at house prices vs incomes) tells us what we have known for many years now – that housing in our country is severerly unaffordable.
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The Liberal Agenda – Love Aotearoa, Hate Racism- The Migrants Picnic
2pm Sat Feb 2nd in Myers Park.
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The Liberal Agenda – The Internet’s Own Boy
A must watch documentary on the life of Aaron Swartz and a core issue of our time – access to public documents and the public right to know.
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GUEST BLOG: Gerard Otto – Simon Bridges outraged at kindness
In December 2013 the proportion of working age New Zealanders receiving job seeker support was 4.8%
A year later in December 2014 this had fallen to 4.5%
Now in December 2018 despite an average 2.1% population growth rate every year the proportion is still 4.5% and Simon Bridges is outraged.
He is outraged because he blames kindness towards people on inadequate incomes.
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GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – The truth behind Corrections public veneer of concern
My High Court claim against the Crown (as agent for Corrections Dept) for numerous abuses in custody and arbitrary withholding of inmates’ mail without lawful grounds and without informing the , begins February 11.
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Cannabis predictions and crystal ball gazing
Last year was an absolute humdinger for cannabis, with legislative changes for hemp foods and medicinal cannabis, confirmation the cannabis referendum will be binding and held at the next election, and so much activity it was hard to keep up. It seems the stars are aligned and, although we must not become complacent, this is finally the moment when cannabis law reform can actually happen in New Zealand. Here are my predictions for what will play out this year.