GST is just a political tax. Scrap it.
The foundation for moving to GST was the neo-liberal economic fantasy; supply side economics. Free the entrepreneurs, the suppliers of…
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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The Voice of Resistance
The mainstream news media concept of a ‘cycle of violence’ in Palestine and Israel falsely equates Israel’s brutal and overwhelming…
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Computer-based learning in classrooms: an educational disaster compounded by Covid
Computer-based learning in classrooms has been a major focus of educational policy in recent years with the assumption that access…
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Superfund investments in Palestinian oppression soar – PSNA demands government action
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has written to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta demanding the government direct the New…
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Marijuana Media: Big busts reveal prohibition’s folly
Kia ora! New Zealand’s biggest ever weed bust, our biggest ever drug haul, and “Well done” Zac Guildford – all…
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What comes next Labour? Time for transformational change- PLEASE Lets just do it this time.
The major announcements from Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ big policy refocus were to clear away the election losers and signal…
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A Modest Exercise in Arithmetic.
THE DAILY BLOG’S EDITOR, appears convinced that there exists in New Zealand a great silent majority of Treaty revisionists. He…
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Greens inconsistency on housing shows their lack of strategic thinking
It was great to see the Greens with other groups calling for a rent freeze in Auckland. Landlords signalling big…
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Israel thrown out of South African rugby competition – a marvellous victory for BDS!
Great News from South Africa! Within a few days of announcing an Israeli rugby team had been invited to take…
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“Ford Ranger Man” – the ugly face of middle-class privilege
Congratulations to Bernard Hickey for his excellent article on the small group of self-centred middle-class New Zealanders who maintain a…