Budget 2018: Best opportunity to benefit all children
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says Budget 2018 is an opportunity for the new Government to take further bold action…
New Zealand Politics
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GUEST BLOG: Joe Trinder – The lies of Hobsons Pledge
Just to clear up the racist lies and propaganda that Hobsons Pledge are spreading about our founding national document the Treaty of Waitangi.
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Pampered landlords – our biggest beneficiaries
Pampering landlords has been a consistent feature of New Zealand economic policy by successive governments. Leaving housing to the market has meant plenty of quality homes and good choices for higher-income tenants and families but the reverse for everyone on modest and low incomes. Today’s housing crisis means impossibly high rents and steadily reducing quality for private-sector tenants.
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The case against light rail
The Government’s announcements that they are to accelerate the procurement process for light rail to the airport and to the NorthWest including Kumeu, had some pundits and young transport enthusiasts breathless with excitement.
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Q+A Review
Labour are too frightened to do anything meaningful with Industrial Relations – strong unions are the only mechanism for better equality & Labour recoil at waking the sleeping dogs of the free market debate.
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This interview by Simon Wilson is devastatingly good journalism
There are points during this interview you actually think Dan Bidois is a bot caught out in an AI test…
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GUEST BLOG: Dave Brownz – Reclaiming Marx
A famous dead white man indulges us by coming back from the grave on his 200th birthday for a bit of celebrity haunting.
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“If This Is Marxism Then I Am Not A Marxist” – What Would Karl Think Of The PRC Claiming His 200th Birthday?
It kinda amuses me, kinda infuriates me how much of a big deal the People’s Republic of China’s been making in relation to Marx’s birthday over the weekend.
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Many kind respects and best wishes to Penny Bright
Very sad news for Auckland activist Penny Bright…
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Northcote by-election: Greens select Rebekah Jaung as candidate – is it worth it?
The Greens are sick of being seen as a puppet for Labour and are desperate to show some independence, but was this by-election the best way to do that?