The coalition agreement for Working for Families is very weak but tweaks could improve it.
There were two promises in National’s original plan for Working for Families: an extra $25 a week from the In…
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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Ben Morgan – Autumn rain and cold weather arrive in Ukraine – What now?
The rain has started in Ukraine. The famous rasputitsa, or mud season during which a combination of heavy rain and…
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Behind the war on Gaza – how Israel profits globally from repression
Just months before the outbreak of the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza after the deadly assault on southern Israel by Hamas resistance fighters, Australian investigative journalist and researcher Antony Loewenstein published an extraordinarily timely book, The Palestine Laboratory.
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Marijuana Media: Snoop burns his cred; Cannabis OK in the NBA; NZ’s new virtual piss-testing ‘experience’
He fooled us once, but we won’t be fooled again, on this week’s Marijuana Media on 95bFM with Chris Fowlie…
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Debate: Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism
Based in London, Intelligence Squared is a media information organisation, founded in 2002, that has since established itself as a…
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CONNED – STILL!
Since the October 7th Hamas attacks on Israeli military positions and civilian settlements it’s become the norm for any debate…
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Ben Morgan – Pacific Intelligence Update
Pacific Islands Games, China and Australia flood Solomon Islands with aid The Pacific Islands Games hosted in Solomon Islands starts…
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The Harder They Fail: Are we there yet Pappa Smurf!?
Benedict Collins’ gaping open mouth breathing on Q+A yesterday morning wasn’t new. His dopey expression – worn like the credulous…
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GUEST BLOG: Ben Morgan – Russia’s important decision
The frontlines in Ukraine remained stable last week, both sides appearing concentrating on their own separate areas of interest. Ukraine,…
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Israel’s war in Palestine
The mainstream news media present the latest atrocities now being perpetrated in Gaza as ‘Israel’s war on Hamas‘. There is…
