Finance ministers debate, and show their mighty…flaws.
The Finance ministers debates in Queenstown last night, (Thursday 14 September) was a missed opportunity for Labour. Overall everyone spoke…
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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“Pills, Powder and Smoke” – drug policy for Election 2023
Last week I read Antony Loewenstein’s 2019 book “Pills, Powder and Smoke – inside the bloody war on drugs”. Antony…
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Finally one excellent Labour policy on housing!
The “deep retrofit” – (upgrading a whole house all at once by installing double glazing, insulation, airtightness upgrades and replacing…
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Marijuana Media: Cannabis policing is still discriminatory – Show your support for reform at NORML’s Cannabis Roadside Rallies
Kia ora! Discrimination, police and patients this week on the Marijuana Media potcast, with hosts Jonny and Corey from bFM…
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Helpless Amnesiacs: The Media’s Dangerous Lack Of Historical Memory
WHAT PUZZLES ME is the historical ignorance of today’s political journalists. Politicians like Chris Bishop will always reach for hyperbole…
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“This election is about rewarding hard work – not freeloading”
I saw the headline and thought how incredible is that? After four decades Richard Prebble has finally realised that we…
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Shooting the Pharmac messenger
Yet more pressure is coming on Pharmac to fund an additional range of cancer drugs. This time it is a…
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Marijuana Media: Your cannabis-based voting guide!
Kia ora! Your guide to cannabis-based voting in the election, plus cannabis has a waste problem, stinky tennis and more,…
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So Little To Defend, So Much To Punish.
MOST OF US use our votes in one of three ways: as a weapon; as a shield; as a tool….
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Rosemary Penwarden locked up – Simeon Brown on the loose…
On Tuesday this week Rosemary Penwarden was arrested in Wellington for using quick-drying cement to fix her hands to a…