Covid & time
Oscar Wilde once remarked that ‘punctuality is the thief of time’. In his day the growing prevalence of commercial accounting,…
Setting the Agenda
Political analysis and commentary shaping the progressive debate in Aotearoa New Zealand, focused on power, policy, and accountability.
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Hollow Laughter, Mixed With Tears.
The black humour of this situation derives not from the terrorist attack, but from a review of the way elements of the New Zealand Left have, by turns, scoffed at the very idea that terrorism might constitute a genuine threat to this country’s national security; castigated the national security apparatus for failing to prevent the atrocity of 15 March 2019; and then, reversing direction once again, cautioned against an excessively draconian response to the events of the past few days.
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Why is SkyCity offering a 15% pay rise?
Unite Union was set to sit down with SkyCity several weeks ago to start bargaining for a new Collective Agreement.
The company seemed to be deliberately delaying the start of negotiations and then the lockdown has intervened to delay things further.
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Dave Macpherson: The definition of incompetence…..
If you knowingly run or manage a health system that leads to avoidable deaths of patients, and you don’t change the system or the key personnel when you are aware of the problems, you can fairly be described as incompetent, and/or culpable.
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The urgent need for New Zealand aid to Afghanistan
Our government has understandably been preoccupied with helping refugees leave Afghanistan. But now the focus should shift to emergency aid for Afghanistan itself.
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Leaving Afghanistan “frees up resources for Israel”
In an article published by the US Defense News, Yair Ramati of the Israeli MirYam Institute, discussed what he considered…
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Staying Focused: Why Labour Still Won’t Help The Poor.
SUSAN ST JOHN’S latest cri de cœur laments the dire straits in which New Zealand’s poorest citizens still find themselves….
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The most important lesson from the Covid 19 pandemic
The most important lesson from the Covid pandemic is the failure of the current health structure to deliver the national…
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Beyond Hate
PADDY GOWER received the answer he was seeking from Christchurch mosque attack victim Wasseim Alsati. “It’s okay to hate, it’s…
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What a disgusting state of affairs
Every day the news just get gets worse. Reports are coming out thick and fast about families at the end of their tether with no food and needing urgent help in this lockdown.