GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – The Prime Minister is remarkable
There is no question our Prime Minister is a truly remarkable person.
New Zealand Politics
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Inquiry will miss the main issue which keeps us at risk
The most worrying aspect of the commission of inquiry into the Christchurch shootings is that the terms of reference give too much room for our security agencies – the SIS and GCSB – to hide.
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Phil Twyford the privatiser of state assets
I used to feel a bit sorry for Minister of Housing Phil Twyford being blamed for failing to deliver something he can’t control – the market price for housing. When Labour was elected the market had already driven prices to the unaffordable level for the vast majority.But when he started taking Housing NZ land that should be used for more state housing to achieve that goal he became another privatiser of state assets.
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GUEST BLOG: Ross Meurant – America: Rogue State
The trouble with schoolyard bullies is; sooner or later the smaller kids catch up. And as Great Britain and France found out: EMPIRES DIE.
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Mass surveillance of Beneficiaries is sickening
Like an official panty sniffer, the Ministry of Social Development sneak around people’s bedrooms to see if they are in a relationship or not.
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Jacinda’s leadership dazzles on the international stage again
Leading the charge to demand social media companies face regulation to stop the live streaming of terrorist acts is noble and an appropriate response to the atrocity in Christchurch.
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Cheating students at exploitative educational facilities doing scam degrees – how very Nu Zilind
We currently do these international students a terrible disservice so news there is cheating rife throughout the entire structure is the perfect symptom to a rotten industry.
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Add ‘Trade for All’ to the list of government sell-outs
Some have asked why my radio silence over recent months. Simple. Once it became clear that I could have zero influence on this government’s trade and investment policy, I have been working where I can make a difference. There are other governments, international institutions, and influencers who are genuinely rethinking the current rule-book and resisting moves to make it even worse.
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GUEST BLOG: Edward Miller – Why is it ok to frack Taranaki if we’re going carbon neutral?
The latest offer of 2200 square kilometres of land around Taranaki for the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas, or ‘fracking’ deserves attention. Green MP Chloe Swarbrick explained to her followers that this under the current law this was an administrative decision, while Energy Minister Megan Woods was quick to note that among the offer’s benefits was that it didn’t include offshore oil and gas. But why frack now?
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Trump’s Iran, Venezuela and China gambit
To date, Trump’s nationalism has had an isolationist feel about it when it comes to his foreign affairs agenda.