Inside the moves against Bill English
The rumour mill has been running hot all month about the moves against Bill English, it’s finally spilled out to Barry Soper so it’s as close to official as it’s going to get.
New Zealand Politics
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Labour getting played by National over Child Poverty legislation
How many times does National need to spit directly into Jacinda’s face before someone realises that bi-partisianship simply makes the new Government look weak?
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Cyclone Fonterra to hit NZ
Severe drought followed by severe rain fall followed by severe temperatures followed by a Tropical cyclone? That’s so many extreme weather events all in a row for NZ, it’s like ‘something’ is changing the climate or God is hugging the Earth extra tight
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The Machiavellian thinking behind Swim Fresh the Left & Unions need to appreciate
The issue is not that NZers are too soft to swim in cold river water, the issue is that the river might make you sick. Eliminating the reality means the debate doesn’t happen which is exactly what the water polluters want and that’s what a company like Blackland PR offers as a service.
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The big gaps between rhetoric and reality – Dr Liz Gordon
Essentially, the attitudes of staff heavily interfered with the welfare transaction. This is despite clear rules (which are NEVER displayed in WINZ offices) and a lot of money paid to consultants to bring about culture change in WINZ offices. The practice of putting down beneficiaries is alive and well at many of these sites (there were some exceptions).
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Taxpayers’ Union Astroturf, Jordan Williams naked and how National attack worker rights & unions in 2018 (someone throw Stephanie Rodgers & Ruminator a bone)
If the Union movement in NZ wants the new Government to get a second term, they need to urgently start planning a counter strike capacity they currently don’t have, and if the Union movement don’t like what I’m saying to them now, just imagine how much more unpleasant you’ll feel when I start the ‘I told you so’ blogs.
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MPs to vote on the Greens’ Medicinal Cannabis Bill next Wednesday 31st Jan
The Greens’ Medicinal Cannabis Bill will have it’s first vote in Parliament next Wednesday 31st Jan. This is sooner than we expected, so it’s really important to hit that keyboard and urge your MP to support the bill.
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Yawn – toothless employment law as meaningless as 2030 carbon free but not as counter-productive as $50per week student allowance increase
Unions must demand more, the right to strike, a worker levy and open Union membership are ideas they need to build and push if the pathetic union membership rates are ever to be expanded and real inequality challenged.
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UPDATE: Our watchdogs are so underfunded they can’t afford teeth
…the Human Rights Review Tribunal is the only mechanism open to citizens of NZ to hold the Police (and the State) to account for their abuses of power. The Independent Police Conduct Authority only has the power to recommend or suggest resolutions, the HRRT can force the Police to comply.
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The proposed employment law changes
While these changes will make the unions job a little bit easier it will not significantly enhance workers power.