Aussie Aussie Aussie, Ouch Ouch Ouch!
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Date published: 8:11 am, February 3rd, 2017 - 70 comments
Diplomacy in the age of Trump is going to be a real blast. Just ask Australia.
Open Mike 03/02/2017
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 3rd, 2017 - 96 comments
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Daily Review 02/02/2017
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 2nd, 2017 - 36 comments
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Bill’s big policy flop
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Date published: 4:38 pm, February 2nd, 2017 - 26 comments
Fair to say that Bill English’s “big” policy announcement today was a total flop.
Andrew Little well received in Dunedin
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Date published: 12:38 pm, February 2nd, 2017 - 51 comments
(Photo – Peter McIntosh the Otago Daily Times)
Peter Thiel’s Libertarian Dream – for New Zealand?
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Date published: 11:08 am, February 2nd, 2017 - 86 comments
From a Business Insider article in the OIA papers: Thiel is a long-term thinker, so what’s the big picture? What could the contrarian investor see in a country of 4 million people whose economy is based on agriculture and tourism? Maybe Peter Thiel wants to turn New Zealand into the next Silicon Valley. Or maybe even the libertarian utopia of his dreams.”
O’Connor and Jackson for Labour
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Date published: 10:35 am, February 2nd, 2017 - 71 comments
Like many, I have mixed feelings about these developments, but on balance I am in favour of the “broad church” approach
The Peter Thiel citizenship grant
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Date published: 8:16 am, February 2nd, 2017 - 78 comments
The Peter Thiel paper dump raise more questions than they answer and hints at ongoing communication with National ministers and that John Key approached Thiel to make the donation subsequently made to Key’s earthquake fund.
Unemployment rate up
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Date published: 8:15 am, February 2nd, 2017 - 12 comments
Despite National’s fiddling the figures on the way unemployment is counted, the unemployment rate is on the rise again.
Open Mike 02/02/2017
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 2nd, 2017 - 131 comments
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Daily Review 01/02/2017
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 1st, 2017 - 42 comments
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Labour gets serious about regional development
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Date published: 1:46 pm, February 1st, 2017 - 46 comments
Labour is serious about regional development. It is proposing a 10 year $200m package of regional initiatives. The first of these was just announced in Dunedin.
Good night, and good luck
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Date published: 10:00 am, February 1st, 2017 - 24 comments
Donald Trump’s attack on human rights is nothing new. American history has many examples of attacks on basic rights.
Morgan in Mt Albert
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Date published: 9:09 am, February 1st, 2017 - 58 comments
Via NewsHub: Gareth Morgan and his party to contest Mt Albert by-election?
English condemned
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Date published: 8:58 am, February 1st, 2017 - 25 comments
Interim PM Bill English is getting a hammering for his “weak and indecisive” response to Trump’s Muslim ban.
A message to Bill English
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Date published: 8:21 am, February 1st, 2017 - 6 comments
A touching cartoon message to Bill English on why he should increase New Zealand’s refugee intake.
Open Mike 01/02/2017
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 1st, 2017 - 222 comments
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Daily Review 31/01/2017
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Date published: 6:44 pm, January 31st, 2017 - 16 comments
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The constitution is screwed
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Date published: 4:10 pm, January 31st, 2017 - 117 comments
Trump goes full fascist and fires the acting Attorney General for daring to question his Muslim Ban order.
And in Canada…
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Date published: 12:43 pm, January 31st, 2017 - 14 comments
One border and a world of difference away…
Shock after shock
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Date published: 9:15 am, January 31st, 2017 - 63 comments
Understanding shock events is part of the solution.
Then hope
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Date published: 9:14 am, January 31st, 2017 - 8 comments
Hope and action are also part of the solution.
A PM but not a leader
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Date published: 8:35 am, January 31st, 2017 - 35 comments
Bill English has failed his first test of real leadership. Compare and contrast, English and Little’s responses to the Muslim ban.
Update: The image is Emmerson’s take in The Herald.
Open Mike 31/01/2017
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 31st, 2017 - 149 comments
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Americans Killed By Terrorists since 9/11.
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Date published: 8:39 pm, January 30th, 2017 - 27 comments
Killed in the USA?
Justin Lester: No matter where you come from, you are welcome here
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Date published: 1:49 pm, January 30th, 2017 - 3 comments
The PM may not know where he stands but the Mayor of Wellington does.
NRT: Embarrassing
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Date published: 1:42 pm, January 30th, 2017 - 2 comments
I/S at No Right Turn writes on a political refugee – from Australia.
The Labour Green 2017 campaign launch
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Date published: 8:14 am, January 30th, 2017 - 33 comments
Yesterday’s joint Labour Green state of the nation event was effectively a campaign launch for the 2017 election. And it went well.
Will English speak up on Trump’s ban?
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Date published: 6:50 am, January 30th, 2017 - 133 comments
World leaders are condemning Trump’s Muslim ban. What does the PM of our country have to say on the matter?
Open Mike 30/01/2017
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 30th, 2017 - 131 comments
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