Government-induced migrant worker crisis intensifies exploitation
The government has announced a series of changes that will only intensify the crisis around migrant worker exploitation.
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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Dr Liz Gordon: The politics, fears and realities of Covid-19
Harvard Epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch, who is also director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, is now predicting that 40 – 70% of the population will get the coronavirus over the next few months and years.
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So When Shane Jones Claims Wealthy Donors Are Influencing Immigration Decisions …
It seems like Jones’ outrage about supposedly suspect immigration is seriously selective. If it’s “Indian”, he’s against it. If it’s “Chinese”, he seems rather more circumspect (as in “silent”);
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If this were a Jewish boy, the international outrage would be plastered across the front page of every newspaper and leading every television bulletin around the world
Last week an unarmed Palestinian boy was murdered by the Israeli Defence Force and his body was dangled from and mangled by an Israeli bulldozer. The video is utterly horrifying.
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The Response – Not The Call.
Bernie Sanders and his followers have done the United States the inestimable service of bringing together all the planks necessary to construct the most progressive Democratic Party platform in a generation.
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EXCLUSIVE: Dave Macpherson: Waikato families with shocking experience of state mental health services call for urgent investigation
Four Waikato families with the worst possible experience of DHB-run mental health services have joined forces to write an open letter to the Government calling for an urgent investigation of Waikato DHB’s services.
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Default funds to go fossil free
The government has today taken the decision to require ethical standards for default KiwiSaver funds, including exclusion of fossil fuels. This protects the interests of those who do not make a specific choice of funds when they sign up to KiwiSaver. The government has a responsibility to ensure their money is not invested in fossil fuels and other companies that cause social and environmental harm.
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Changing The Climate – One RNZ Broadcast At A Time.
THE LISTENER LONG AGO ceased to be a cultural talisman for progressive New Zealanders.
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Nothing Xenophobic Or Racist About The Chinese Travel Ban
AT FIRST, I couldn’t believe my ears. Morning Report co-host, Suzie Fergusson, was interviewing Isabella Lenihan-Ikin, President of the New Zealand Union of Students Associations (NZUSA).
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Government spin can’t hide lack of progress against poverty
Overcoming entrenched poverty and inequality requires a Prime Minister and a government willing to do much more than spin pathetic numbers.