If the decision to not implement a CGT was just about the numbers Psycho Milt then why did Ardern rule it out under her leadership anytime in the future? Under current poling Labour won't need NZF to form the next government. Instead we have another middle...
Ardern is incorrect. The blanket statement that New Zealanders don’t want a Capital Gains Tax is clearly disingenuous. Labour ignoring the recommendations is particularly imprudent in terms of social justice. By choosing not to fix this tax loophole the ...
Failed to mount a legal defence... So what else is new? Slater must be getting his advice from a complete moron if he thinks that putting assets in his wife’s name and then declaring bankruptcy to avoid costs will work. It won’t and its doubtful Slater’s ...
Seymour unsure why Family Planning gave him so many condoms.
Also, Mana has recently aligned itself with National’s pet poodle, The Maori Party. They can’t be trusted as a party concerned with social justice. I have to agree with that. Unfortunately most politicians these days are only concerned with feathering ...
I don’t think taxing trusts further will work because as we’ve seen the criminals who are using New Zealands weak trust laws to launder their money don’t mind spreading it around. They certainly won’t mind paying a few taxes to keep the status quo. In fact...
I wouldn't call one case of a politician gaining some equipment "progress". Some disabled people would even view that as a bit unfair, so I'm not sure that there's much benefit for the Greens overall. Most disabled people don't get $30,000 spent on them to...
I think you'll find that Mojo Mathers only won because the case was high profile and the Greens were able to leverage some public support for her case, not to mention the legal side of things. The vast majority of disabled people aren't so lucky. Most ...
Here’s the rule concerning no surprises: In their relationship with Ministers, officials should be guided by a "no surprises" principle. They should inform Ministers promptly of matters of significance within their portfolio responsibilities, particularly ...
Wherever Cameron Slater is, I bet he’s squawking like a bantam as his chickens come home to roost.
Of course it will. Raising public awareness of the "issue" and showing that those responsible are doing nothing about it is an effective means to initiate change, especially in a so-called democracy like New Zealand. The clear majority of voters believe ...
Although a few solid statements wouldn’t go amiss, I also think David Cunliffe should generally stay on topic and push Labour's vote positive messaging. The next Prime Minister of New Zealand needs to show that he's focused on policy, because Labour really...
"We'll just tape down your toupée with a bit of gaffa so the wind doesn't catch it Prime Minister".
Hi BLiP, would you mind if I published your 5:55 pm comment as a post on The Jackal?
I often wonder if you right wing nut jobs realise just how flawed your logic is. If Bomber Bradbury is such a "Media non-entity" why was he asked to appear on Seven un-Sharp?
How exactly are we to know who edited the Wikipedia page? Also, the Su-25 was detected by the Russian military gaining height towards the MH17 Boeing...they didn't say it was flying at the same height. I'm not sure of the exact height of MH17 when it was ...
Actually I've counted blogs like The Standard and The Daily Blog as one blog author, so it's a very rough estimate. Don't have time to do an exact comparison. The fact that TDB has over forty different people blogging while right wing blog sites like ...
You cannot tell whether a blog is being viewed by more people who support left or right wing politics Bob. Many of the hits on sites like Cameron Slater's will come from left wing viewers don't you know. You can however say that because there are more left...
That's not the point The Lone Haranguer. People just aren't seeing on the ground the support for National that these polls are suggesting. It's something that I've also noticed, being that it's hard to find anybody in my local electorate who actually ...
That's terribly unfair of you Jenny! In fact such an easily disproven contention by you shows that you're commentary is akin to some of the right wing trolling that frequents these pages. Here's a recent (June 2014) press release by Labour Leader David ...
No problem mate. I see one of those links didn't work for some reason. Here it is again: 2 July 2014 Letter of response from the Electoral Commission
Further reading: 27 June 2014 - Letter to Electoral Commission requesting an opinion on Climate Voter http://www.climatevoter.org.nz/documents/To_Electoral_Commission_re_Climate_Voter.pdf 2 July 2014 Letter of response from the Electoral Commission http://...
Not to dismiss the Climate Voter's very good argument that its websites aren't “election advertisements”, but you seem to be ignoring the fact that the campaign is raising even more awareness by taking the issue to the high court. I somehow doubt the same ...
The intent of the Climate Voter campaign is to raise awareness about climate change issues as they relate to our political process. The effect will be to raise awareness about each party's political position on climate change. It's the position of each ...
You will note that mickysavage's comment was concerned with "everyone" not just how the Act currently applies. I was pointing out one reason why the Act shouldn't apply to everyone.
Really? You would prefer that anonymous bloggers had to provide an address to be able to publish anything political?
The answer is clearly no 1prent. Therefore an organisation or person who was receiving or making payment for an asset stripping campaign that targeted people to vote for or against one type of political party would normally be covered by the Act. However I...
Hypothetically speaking, do all political parties have asset stripping legislation?
Funny how the Electoral Commission is going all ballistic at Climate Voter for raising people's awareness about climate change, while they did bugger all to nothing about Owen Glen committing the offence of bribery on national TV when he said he would ...
You can't just ask people to consider environmental issues these days Macro, because the policy wonks will freak right out!
Climate Voter is being an advocate for the environment, which is an issue that should transcend politics.
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