With Russia mass cheating, and the violence netted out to the local population who protested and the grotesque pollution it’s all causing – this Olympics seems more damaged than ever before.
Admittedly, there is nothing so obvious and egregious to the Watson case that has yet come out as the planted bullet which did in Arthur Allan Thomas – but even taking a cursory run-through of the case and judgements against Watson, it would be exceedingly hard to argue that his conviction is in any way “safe”.
“On my mark release the hounds”
Malcolm Evans – Olympics 2016
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The Australian government has engaged in lies and cover-ups of horrific abuses in offshore detention. New Zealand must speak out….
Child Poverty Action Group’s (CPAG) recommendations for a more robust and inclusive Working for Families package will go a long…
Joining us tonight to discuss the looming trade war with China and what it means for NZ…
We need to hack the State so that these welfare agencies are actually looking after the welfare of those needing their services and not pushing counter productive policies that actually end up hurting those people.
Richard Wagstaff has taken the helm of the CTU from the inimitable Helen Kelly, and with it an enormous organisational, political and economic challenge. He’ll join the Ika Salon on Thursday August 18th fresh from the NZCTU’s first ever Organising Conference, and alongside two leading Australian union and social change activists.