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		<title>While the Left fiddles, the Right beats their war-drum</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2018 19:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[While the Left has been fiddling about with much gnashing of teeth and tears of concern over the right of two Canadian neo-fascists to speak at an Auckland City council venue - National's focus has been laser-like at regaining power in 2020.]]></description>
		
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		<title>NZ Initiative &#8211; Bulk Funding Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2017 19:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On 6 July, the  "NZ Initiative" - a re-branded right-wing think-tank previously known as the NZ Business Roundtable - released a propaganda-piece entitled, 'Amplifying Excellence: Promoting Transparency, Professionalism and Support in Schools'. The so-called "report" advocated more sly "free market" forces unleashed onto our constantly-changing education system.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Special Education Funding &#8211; Robbing Peter, Paul, and Mary to pay Tom, Dick, and Harriet</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2016 22:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[National has come up with many "reforms", proposals, policies, and ideas that eventually fail, or create unforeseen (or often foreseen; pre-warned; and ignored) problems. On this occasion, the proposal to increase spending for under-fives children with special needs, at the expense of older children, is short-sighted madness that beggars belief.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hekia Parata breaks law – ignores Official Information Act &#8211; claims emails &#8220;not found&#8221; &#8211; and it gets worse!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2016 18:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Minister Hekia Parata's office has apparently deliberately broken the law by ignoring requests for information lodged under the Official Information Act.]]></description>
		
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