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Date published: 10:08 am, April 14th, 2019 - 39 comments
Auckland Vice Chancellor Stuart McCutcheon has attracted the ire of Auckland students by suggesting that their concern with recent evidence of fascist behaviour at Auckland campus is because they are being too sensitive.
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Date published: 7:00 am, April 14th, 2019 - 139 comments
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Date published: 6:55 am, April 14th, 2019 - 44 comments
Welcome to TS’s Sunday think piece. It’s a blank sheet, a tabula rasa, waiting for your thoughts on the future and How To Get There.
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Date published: 7:00 am, April 13th, 2019 - 117 comments
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Date published: 5:00 pm, April 12th, 2019 - 48 comments
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Date published: 4:10 pm, April 12th, 2019 - 173 comments
The latest Reid Research suggests that Labour is almost at the stage where it could rule alone. And National is getting into danger territory.
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Date published: 7:00 am, April 12th, 2019 - 57 comments
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Date published: 10:10 pm, April 11th, 2019 - 515 comments
Julian Assange has been arrested by British Police inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London after his asylum was revoked.
UPDATE: Assange has been convicted of skipping bail and the US has requested his extradition.
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Date published: 5:00 pm, April 11th, 2019 - 85 comments
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Date published: 8:16 am, April 11th, 2019 - 126 comments
The first image of a black hole has been released. It’s brighter than expected, but kinda underwhelming.
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Date published: 8:04 am, April 11th, 2019 - 36 comments
The emotional junior staffer incident shows that National’s internal discipline is poor and that leaks are continuing.
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Date published: 7:00 am, April 11th, 2019 - 133 comments
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Date published: 5:00 pm, April 10th, 2019 - 20 comments
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Date published: 8:17 am, April 10th, 2019 - 79 comments
National’s internal cultural review has been completed but two female MPs most affected by recent events were not interviewed.
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Date published: 7:00 am, April 10th, 2019 - 159 comments
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Date published: 1:45 am, April 10th, 2019 - 73 comments
The government has been rightly lauded for swiftly acting to ban assault weapons after the Christchurch massacre, but is its failure to decisively call social media giants to order just as weak and unacceptable as the failure to act on Aramoana massacre back in 1990?
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Date published: 5:00 pm, April 9th, 2019 - 19 comments
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Date published: 12:15 pm, April 9th, 2019 - 16 comments
The Tax Justice Network has started a campaign to gain support for taxing capital as income to support and improve our public services. If you would like to support the campaign, you can sign the petition here or donate here. All funds donated will go to the campaign advertising.
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Date published: 8:10 am, April 9th, 2019 - 10 comments
The Finance and Expenditure Select Committee has reported back the Arms Amendment Bill which will ban the general availability of military style semi automatic weapons with only modest changes.
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Date published: 7:00 am, April 9th, 2019 - 140 comments
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Date published: 11:12 pm, April 8th, 2019 - 122 comments
Political leaders must have expert knowledge on many topics and near-perfect recall. No naps allowed and no room for error.
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Date published: 6:00 pm, April 8th, 2019 - 44 comments
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Date published: 12:13 pm, April 8th, 2019 - 18 comments
The Taxpayer’s Union (not a real union) has hit peak irony by accusing another organisation of being an astroturf organisation.
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Date published: 7:46 am, April 8th, 2019 - 168 comments
Tax Justice Aotearoa has started a public campaign in support of a capital gains tax.
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Date published: 7:00 am, April 8th, 2019 - 123 comments
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Date published: 10:55 am, April 7th, 2019 - 134 comments
On top of RSA bigots baying about the use of a prayer on ANZAC day, rugby fans are getting exercised about the possibility of the Canterbury team changing its obviously offensive name. Apparently empathy with the innocent dead in Christchurch only lasts until kick off.
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Date published: 7:00 am, April 7th, 2019 - 24 comments
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Date published: 6:55 am, April 7th, 2019 - 12 comments
Welcome to TS’s Sunday think piece. It’s a blank sheet, a tabula rasa, waiting for your thoughts on the future and How To Get There.
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Date published: 7:00 am, April 6th, 2019 - 83 comments
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Date published: 5:00 pm, April 5th, 2019 - 32 comments
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Date published: 1:05 pm, April 5th, 2019 - 146 comments
As we prepare for ANZAC Day, the Kapiti RSA has been viciously attacked for wanting to show solidarity with NZ’s Muslim community. Maggie writes about what that means and suggests who we really are.
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