GUEST BLOG: John Tamihere – A Generational Opportunity Lost
This budget has failed to meet the lofty budgets bought down by Michael Joseph Savage and David Lange.
New Zealand Politics
-
-
GUEST BLOG: Geoff Simmons – Budget 2020 a failure of imagination
No UBI for struggling Kiwi families “The Government is still choosing to bail out businesses and not people. We are…
-
NZ Budget 2020 Winners & Losers: The Mother and Father of All Budgets
Vote for Labour in September because they’ve earned your vote, but look elsewhere for the revolution.
-
Green Party all over the show on Level 2 Pandemic Powers – how about trying this instead
The Greens are all over the show bro.
-
More evidence Labour will be hurt for not reforming WINZ toxic culture
As TDB has been pointing out since the pandemic erupted, Labour’s cowardly failure to reform the toxic culture inside WINZ will come back to bite Labour in the arse as Kiwi’s who have never interacted with the malice of WINZ come into contact for the first time and are horrified at the spitefulness of WINZ…
-
6.40pm tonight on Radio Hauraki – The respectful wrapping of the week in politics
This week: Why does Labour love the Police State? Does Winston want to go to war with China? Will the Budget save the economy?
-
Te Ao with MOANA – “Something is seriously wrong with the decision making of Government” Professor Jane Kelsey
Emergency powers need proper scrutiny. We don’t have that here.
-
Go Hard, Jacinda. More Importantly, Go Early!
Waiting until 19 September to go to the polls, while constitutionally admirable, invites political disaster.
-
The welfare system is dangerous to our COVID-19 future
As WEAG and CPAG have said multiple times, first fix the Act and frame our purposes and principles intelligently. That is the way to get the culture shift we will so desperately need.
-
Open Letter To Maori MPs Please Vote Against Covid-19 Public Response Bill
I am writing to you as Maori MPs with a plea to vote against the Covid-19 Public Response Bill, and at the very least refer it to select committee for scrutiny.