MUST READ: The Left’s Dilemma
POLITICALLY SPEAKING, the Left is currently in a very awkward place.
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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UTU JUSTICE FOR WORKERS REPORT: Serial Exploiter Threatens Worker
Blackmailed – No Wages – $10,000 Extorted
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Labour’s Shame!
Labour’s shame – the government of kindness is protecting the incomes of middle-class landlords ahead of providing homes for those in desperate need.
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Thank you Michael Morrah – the state is not our friend.
Nevertheless, what has become clear is that large parts of the government bureaucracy is simply incapable of doing a job to protect working people. They appear institutionally paralyzed when it comes to seeing workers as anything other than an expense to manage rather than a power to enhance to get things done effectively.
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Dave Macpherson: Huge delays, and high legal costs in Coroners’ Hearings for suicide cases are indefensible
Four and a half years after our son died while in the compulsory care of Waikato DHB’s Mental Health Unit, my family got the chance to have their say as part of an independent hearings process at the Coroner’s Court.
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Keeping Us Listening
There’s some real meat buried in all this over-sweetened pastry. Translated into hard-core political-speak, Gillespie’s message reads like this:
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When will Michael Barnett stop whinging, whining and bleating?
I know I’m not the only one fed up with the constant whining and bleating from the Chief Executive of the Auckland Business Chamber of Commerce, Michael Barnett.
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Singapore’s Recognition Of Success Of NZ Covid-19 Response Shows How Well We’re Really Doing
On Friday, Singapore made an announcement – New Zealanders heading there would no longer be required to self-isolate for 14 days upon arrival. Instead, Kiwis will simply be given a Covid-19 test and assuming it’s negative, they’ll be allowed to go on their way.
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Shameful, deathly silence . . .
In the early hours of 7 August, Israeli Occupation forces, in a night raid and home invasions in Jenin, shot…
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Laws Do Not Rule – People Do
In New Zealand, in 2020, the people have also prevailed. A leader they trusted, and who very clearly had their interests at heart, implored New Zealanders to unite against Covid-19 by staying home inside their bubbles. The New Zealand people responded by doing just that. Thus did Jacinda Ardern’s prioritisation of her fellow citizens’ welfare elevate her words to the status of suprema lex – the highest law.