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		<title>Children&#8217;s Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft calls for a fairer, egalitarian New Zealand</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/childrens-commissioner-judge-andrew-becroft-calls-for-a-fairer-egalitarian-new-zealand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2018 17:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Most Recent Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Setting the Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home ownership]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This weekend (26/27 May), two disparate voices called for a more egalitarian society in our country. The voices of Children's Commissioner, Judge Andrew Becroft, and Chief Executive of the Employers &#038; Manufacturers Association (Northern), Kim Campbell, both made statements on  TV3's The Nation and TVNZ's Q+A (respectively), that only a few years ago would have been heresy to neo-liberal orthodoxy.
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		<title>So “throwing money” at poverty does work, according to National?</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/so-throwing-money-at-poverty-does-work-according-to-national/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2017 18:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Setting the Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children's Commissioner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cut taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flag referendum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National's hypocrisy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paula Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Tinto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saudi Sheep Deal]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the most commonly parroted cliches from the rightwing of politics; "throwing money at the problem" - usually with the add-on; " - doesn't solve anything". Except, of course, when it comes to tax-cuts. Then it's not so much "throwing money" at middle class and affluent voters - as labelling it a "reward"]]></description>
		
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		<title>Judith Collins owes an explanation to voters</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/judith-collins-owes-an-explanation-to-voters/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Daily Blog]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2017 17:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Frank Macskasy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Most Recent Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Setting the Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bronwyn Pullar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cameron Slater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Relations Amendment Act 2014]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judith Collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour-Green-NZ First Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oravida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paula Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winston peters]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is unquestionably the role of the Parliamentary Opposition to question the government and hold it to account. Along with the media (as flawed as it sometimes is), a strong Opposition is a necessary function of a healthy democracy. But having someone like Judith Collins, who has so many unanswered questions hanging over her, demanding accountability undermines the effectiveness of the Opposition.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Observations on the 2017 Election campaign thus far… (toru)</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/observations-on-the-2017-election-campaign-thus-far-toru/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2017 17:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Setting the Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2017 elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anneka Carlson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dear Leader John Key]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Horizon Poll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacinda Ardern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Bolger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judith Collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neo-liberalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paula Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preferred prime minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The leaking  of Winston Peter's superannuation over-payment is well known. Also known is that Ministers Paula Bennett and Anne Tolley were briefed by Ministry of Social Development and State Services Commission, respectively, on Peters' private details regarding the over-payment before it was leaked to the media and made public knowledge.
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		<title>Tips from Paula Bennett on how to be a Hypocrite</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/tips-from-paula-bennett-on-how-to-be-a-hypocrite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2017 17:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[hypocrisy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minimum wage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paula Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[raising wages]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It would be a fair guess that Bennett does not require tipping to make up her weekly pay packet, to meet the necessities of life that many other New Zealanders find challenging in the 21st Century;
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		<title>Why I won&#8217;t be congratulating Nikki Kaye</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/why-i-wont-be-congratulating-nikki-kaye/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2017 06:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[2014 Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacinda Ardern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Cabinet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nikki Kaye]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[On 15 March this year when then-Youth Minister, Nikki Kaye, launched into an ad hominem diatribe against Jacinda Ardern during a debate in Parliament. It was an orchestrated, pre-planned, personalised attack;]]></description>
		
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		<title>MEDIA WATCH: Why is Paula Bennett media-shy all of a sudden?</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/why-is-paula-bennett-media-shy-all-of-a-sudden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2016 01:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Media Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hypocrite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paula Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Te Puea Marae]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to John  Campbell, Bennett refused to appear on Radio NZ's Checkpoint  for an interview.
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		<title>EXCLUSIVE: State house sell-off in Tauranga unravelling?</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/exclusive-state-house-sell-off-in-tauranga-unravelling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2016 21:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Frank Macskasy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Setting the Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finance Minister Bill English]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing NZ]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In none of the Minister's correspondence was he able to provide specifics as to where State houses were in the "wrong place". The 'best' he could do was list five regions; Auckland East & South; Auckland North West & Central; South Island, Central North Island, and Lower North Island.
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		<title>Q+A Review: Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett revealed</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/qa-review-climate-change-minister-paula-bennett-revealed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2016 22:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ETS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenhouse gases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Tame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paula Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Q+A]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[usual lies and propaganda]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[TVNZ's Q+A on Sunday 24 April featured an interview with Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett. Her responses were further evidence that  National was  increasingly  unable (or unwilling) to cope with the growing threat of climate change.
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