Flawed Public Private Partnership model needs to be ruled out for new Dunedin Hospital – ASMS
“A new public hospital for Dunedin is long overdue and very welcome but it needs to be fully funded by…
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The Liberal Agenda: Remember Fatima on 22 August: Inquiry into Afghan Deaths Now! – Hit & Run Inquiry Campaign
At 12:30pm on Tuesday 22 August, the Hit and Run Inquiry Campaign will hold a commemoration protest at the Wellington Cenotaph to remember Afghan civilians killed seven years ago during a New Zealand SAS-led raid in Baghlan Province Afghanistan. Fatima was one of those killed, at only three years of age.
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SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Fraud, class and the media: the Metiria Turei controversy
Research by Associate Professor Lisa Marriot from Victoria University reveals that 5 per cent of welfare recipients are investigated compared to .01 per cent of taxpayers. Welfare fraud attracts 800-1000 criminal prosecutions a year compared to 60-80 for tax fraud. Of tax dodgers whose offending reaches about $270,000, 18 per cent will be jailed. Of those welfare fraudsters who have obtained around $70,000, 67 per cent can expect jail time
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GUEST BLOG: Damon Rusden – Campaign Diary
Some ad-hoc adventures I’ve had over the last few weeks.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 22nd August 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Pure Magic: Jacinda Ardern Launches Labour’s Election Campaign
The enormous significance of political magic is made clear principally by its absence. None of Jacinda’s four male predecessors had it. Contact lenses and a new haircut couldn’t make it appear. Speechwriters working in shifts couldn’t summon it. Focus groups couldn’t even tell the party where to look for it. But no Labour member; no Labour voter; had the slightest difficulty understanding that the Magic was passing them by.
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Greens promise free public transport to under 19yr olds
The Greens are back on their feet with a promise for free public transport to under 19yr olds, free off peak public transport for university students, apprentices and those with disabilities…
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Peter Dunne quits politics – good riddance to the ‘willing seller’ of our civil rights
When NZ needed a check and balance to mass surveillance laws, Peter Dunne rolled over and sold us out. When he had the opportunity to show Helen Kelly compassion, he refused.
Good riddance Peter Dunne.
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TOP at 3.5% in Poll – why is Gareth Morgan Trump tweeting when he should be Queenmaking?
TOP have hit 3.5% in one of the internal polls, as the election gets closer, they keep building towards possibly crossing the threshold, so why oh why is Gareth Morgan Trump tweeting garbage tweets about Jacinda when he should be positioning to be the Queenmaker?
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By promising billions in roads, National making same bribery mistake for election they made in Northland
If only National loved the homeless as much as they love roads! Can we pretend the mental health system is a road and get National to fund it properly?