Trump trashes chance of Middle East peace for giggles and a diversion
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Date published: 6:54 am, December 7th, 2017 - 52 comments
Donald Trump is expected to controversially announce the movement of the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Open Mike 07/12/2017
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 7th, 2017 - 137 comments
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Daily Review 06/12/2017
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Date published: 5:33 pm, December 6th, 2017 - 41 comments
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English still whining
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Date published: 12:51 pm, December 6th, 2017 - 58 comments
Surprise surprise – Bill English is still whining that 44.4% should really be counted as 50.1% – and other snippets from Parliament’s post election conference.
Guest Post: Monbiot, Attenborough and Soper on environmental collapse
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Date published: 10:14 am, December 6th, 2017 - 44 comments
Guest post by Ed about the intellectual rigour of George Monbiot and David Attenborough and the rater strange response of Barry Soper.
Sport, politics and equality
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Date published: 8:00 am, December 6th, 2017 - 88 comments
[getty src=”839750100″ width=”594″ height=”396″] Ok, so I know I’m rather late to the party on this but I figured that equality is timeless and it would be a pity to resist using this bully pulpit I have access to now as a vehicle to advance my pet topics. So here goes. Back in October, Grant […]
Gareth Hughes: When gaming becomes gambling
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Date published: 6:15 am, December 6th, 2017 - 62 comments
Loot boxes have opened up a debate about gaming fairness and what constitutes gambling.
Open Mike 06/12/2017
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Daily Review 05/12/2017
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 5th, 2017 - 36 comments
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First year of study free launched by Prime Minister Ardern
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Date published: 1:09 pm, December 5th, 2017 - 83 comments
Jacinda Ardern has formally launched the Government’s free tertiary education policy.
Australian Parliament votes to accept New Zealand’s Manus Island offer
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Date published: 7:22 am, December 5th, 2017 - 30 comments
The Australian Parliament voted yesterday, against the Government’s wishes, to accept New Zealand’s offer to take refugees from Manus Island. At least for a short time.
Open Mike 05/12/2017
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 5th, 2017 - 217 comments
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Daily Review 04/12/2017
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 4th, 2017 - 43 comments
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Making official Information flow again
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Date published: 2:08 pm, December 4th, 2017 - 31 comments
“Ministers realised they had a device through which they could reduce the surprises they suffered. And, as it went on, the surprises ministers no longer wanted to experience became greater in number and smaller in significance.Increasingly, it placed on the public service a political imperative which it had never had to shoulder. “
Shane Jones and work for the dole
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Date published: 11:24 am, December 4th, 2017 - 94 comments
Shane Jones has muddied a perfectly good job creation policy by talking about work for the dole.
Flynn cuts a deal while Trump scrambles
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Date published: 8:07 am, December 4th, 2017 - 147 comments
Donald Trump’s response to news of the arrest of Michael Flynn suggests that charges closer to the office of the President may be close.
Open Mike 04/12/2017
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 4th, 2017 - 173 comments
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Deranged Golriz Syndrome
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Date published: 10:36 am, December 3rd, 2017 - 102 comments
David Farrar has continued his crusade against Golriz Ghahraman with a claim of 15 instances where she has by implication deceived us.
Phil Twyford: the future of housing in New Zealand
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Date published: 7:30 am, December 3rd, 2017 - 190 comments
The text of an important speech from Phil Twyford where he talks about the 6th Labour Government’s plans for housing.
Corbyn vs bankers
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Date published: 6:15 am, December 3rd, 2017 - 20 comments
“When bankers like Morgan Stanley say we’re a threat, they’re right.”
Open Mike 03/12/2017
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 3rd, 2017 - 71 comments
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National’s benefit sanctions – the wolf is not your grandma
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Date published: 9:30 am, December 2nd, 2017 - 78 comments
The tories seem to have found a new angle on the government’s removal of benefit sanctions that punish the children of beneficiaries who don’t name both parents. Now Louise Upston is saying National opposes the change because it’s not fair on children who will lose their right to a family connection. I think this is […]
Tenancy Stuff.
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Date published: 8:44 am, December 2nd, 2017 - 45 comments
How’s about private tenants in New Zealand were warm, dry and secure? Too big an ask?
Marama Davidson – Honouring Influential Women
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Date published: 6:15 am, December 2nd, 2017 - 22 comments
“Our role in Government is to protect and support the work that these grassroots influential women are doing. Our role is not to continue to create and place barriers in their way.”
Open Mike 02/12/2017
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 2nd, 2017 - 139 comments
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Daily Review 01/12/2017
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 1st, 2017 - 50 comments
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The chaos of the Trump White House
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Date published: 8:32 am, December 1st, 2017 - 22 comments
From tweeting fake anti muslim videos to supporting the Senate race of an alleged child molester who was banned from a mall because he was so creepy to acting to remove his Secretary of State for thinking that he is a moron to passing a bill that will help the rich and hurt the poor while denying this is the case the Donald Trump White House is a chaotic place.
The NZ Government passes Health Homes Guarantee Act
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Date published: 6:15 am, December 1st, 2017 - 119 comments
“Every New Zealander deserves a warm, healthy home to live in, and the Health Homes Guarantee Act will help ensure that”
Open Mike 01/12/2017
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Daily Review 29/11/2017
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 30th, 2017 - 42 comments
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All aboard for awesome public transport
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Date published: 10:03 am, November 30th, 2017 - 40 comments
What’s actually behind the employment discontent in New Zealand’s public transport? Turns out its the rule changes National brought in. CTU Secretary Sam Huggard blogs from Together.
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