I loath to agree with David Farrar, but he’s right about Golriz Ghahraman
This could have been dealt with right at the beginning, the fact the Greens once again have been tripped up by their own incompetence is soul destroying.
New Zealand Politics
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The latest on resisting the TPPA
David Parker has promised to hold consultations after the TPPA-11 has been agreed and before it is signed. That could be at very short notice and in a very short window, unless people intensify the pressure on the government to follow Canada’s lead and go back to the table.
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Genuine Open Government Empowers People and politicians alike
The old adage: “Information is Power”; imposes a real moral burden on democratic socialist politicians. If democracy is all about giving power to the people, then withholding information from them is, objectively, an act of deliberate disempowerment.
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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson: We have an employment crisis that needs serious resourcing
This matters because work without dignity is merely wage slavery with no quality of life and in a country with the type of leadership we have historically shown on so many progressive issues, it is unacceptable to me to see us go backwards on something as vital as quality employment.
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EXCLUSIVE: WAIKATO DHB – the Nats flunky taking the organisation down with him?
Many will have heard mainstream or social media chatter in the last few months about the ripoffs and rorts perpetrated by the rather unsavoury Nigel Murray, now former CEO of the Waikato DHB.
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“It’s Not Hypocrisy When We Do It” – The National Party’s All-Out Attack On Michael Cullen Chairing Labour’s Tax Working Group
Now here’s a curious thing … right now the National Party is going absolutely hammer-and-tong attempting to attack the Labour Party’s Tax Working Group – for, among other things, the fact it’s set to be chaired by former Labour Finance Minister Sir Michael Cullen.
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Michael Cullen and New Zealand workers
Can we expect any significant change from the Cullen tax working group?
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GUEST BLOG: David Tank – Let’s Make A Deal Australia
Taking 150 folk from Manus helps a few but solves nothing. We can do better. Let’s take the lot…the four hundred odd left over blokes and the 1200 odd others left to wait on the pleasure of a Trump led America.
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Screw putting a total sugar label on soft drinks – TAX THEM!
…big sugar are just like big tobacco and big oil. They know their product kills but they have all done everything they can to hide that truth.
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…meanwhile, the planet melts
The biggest story of 2017 was the sudden release of research all year alongside freak weather events that pointed out that catastrophic climate change can occur far faster than was ever thought possible.