We have to have poverty so we can have a tax cut

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Date published: 9:50 am, May 16th, 2016 - 163 comments

Despite record Crown debt and a crisis in the social sector National is getting ready to campaign in 2017 promising a tax cut.

NZ fishery catch 2.7 times reported – new study says

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Date published: 9:30 am, May 16th, 2016 - 15 comments

“The findings also reveal how the Quota Management System, despite its intentions and international reputation, actually undermines sustainable fisheries management by inadvertently incentivising misreporting and dumping,” University of Auckland’s Dr Glenn Simmons said.

The hidden homeless and the speculators

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Date published: 9:06 am, May 16th, 2016 - 44 comments

Speculators keep buying houses while families live in garages and cars. This is a moral failure, a leadership failure, a market failure – it is every kind of failure.

The real reason that politicians will take no action on tax haven corruption

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Date published: 8:04 am, May 16th, 2016 - 22 comments

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Open mike 16/05/2016

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 16th, 2016 - 91 comments

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Make the TPP a Conscience Vote

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Date published: 6:29 pm, May 15th, 2016 - 84 comments

Last week, Andrew Little gave Phil Goff permission to vote with National for the TPP. Bryan Bruce asks if it is time for all MPs to be given a conscience vote on the TPP.

What Possibility a Mid Winter Celebration?

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Date published: 2:21 pm, May 15th, 2016 - 8 comments

According to the Herald on Sunday, some people aren’t just sitting back waiting for the Chilcot report to be released before deciding what to do. Some people are getting geared up.

TV3 – The Hui – Special report on poverty

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Date published: 11:13 am, May 15th, 2016 - 43 comments

TV3’s excellent current affairs show, The Hui (Mihingarangi Forbes) just screened a special report on poverty. What happens to people who are kicked off a benefit?

Matthew Hooton and the Radio New Zealand post

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Date published: 9:29 am, May 15th, 2016 - 192 comments

Radio New Zealand recently published a piece penned by well known supporter of the right Matthew Hooton.  What has happened to the concept of balance?

Economic Leadership

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Date published: 8:30 am, May 15th, 2016 - 19 comments

The Reserve Bank is doing more for New Zealand than the National Government.

Interview with William Black

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Date published: 7:15 am, May 15th, 2016 - 30 comments

William Black consented to a rare interview with a young New Zealand local radio host and longtime Standard commenter.

Open mike 15/05/2016

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 15th, 2016 - 51 comments

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Take action on tax haven corruption? NZ says – meh

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Date published: 3:04 pm, May 14th, 2016 - 51 comments

The Nats are all over the place on this, and they’re trashing our reputation in the process.

Competition lapdog a cert to approve newspaper monopoly

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Date published: 7:43 am, May 14th, 2016 - 43 comments

“The newspaper market is buggered anyway. I wouldn’t expect we will have any daily newspapers in ten year’s time,” says Brian Gaynor.

Open mike 14/05/2016

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 14th, 2016 - 190 comments

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Laundering earnings vs laundering money

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Date published: 4:49 pm, May 13th, 2016 - 35 comments

When a corporation launders its earnings in a tax haven, it is completely upfront about where the money came from and who it belongs to, which differentiates the activity from “money laundering.”

It Feels Kinda Half Baked.

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Date published: 11:06 am, May 13th, 2016 - 26 comments

Maybe you didn’t hear that this week is NZ sign language week…

Fixing the tax haven – what’s the downside?

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Date published: 10:37 am, May 13th, 2016 - 75 comments

Fixing our tax haven loopholes is easy but Key won’t act. Why?

What the TTIP teaches us about the TPP

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Date published: 9:40 am, May 13th, 2016 - 11 comments

TTIP, TTPA, same game around the globe, a take-over by American corporations, with the rights of the public held in no regard whatsoever.

Open mike 13/05/2016

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 13th, 2016 - 108 comments

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It must have been on Planet Key

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Date published: 8:50 pm, May 12th, 2016 - 59 comments

John Key thinks that he was thrown out of Parliament straight after Helen Clark a few years ago.  The only problem is that Hansard thinks it was Don Brash.

Daily Review 12/05/2016

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Date published: 6:00 pm, May 12th, 2016 - 117 comments

Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …

National Party President selling out?

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Date published: 12:09 pm, May 12th, 2016 - 14 comments

The $25 million deal prompted considerable curiosity because it involved an off-market purchase of shares from Sanford’s second biggest shareholder, Avalon Investment Trust, which is run by the family of Peter Goodfellow.

75% of group discussion is dominated by men

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Date published: 11:48 am, May 12th, 2016 - 221 comments

But how do they achieve that? Watch and Learn The online version is written bullying. The patronising part is the same.    

Welsh Assembly.

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Date published: 11:12 am, May 12th, 2016 - 20 comments

A post to illustrate how fixed term parliaments work…off the back of some really woeful reportage.

Petition on tax dodging

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Date published: 10:30 am, May 12th, 2016 - 50 comments

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Break Free 2016

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Date published: 10:00 am, May 12th, 2016 - 60 comments

Break Free From Fossil Fuels. There are still events coming up in NZ, including today in Dunedin.

John Key’s dead cat strategy

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Date published: 9:14 am, May 12th, 2016 - 52 comments

National is hoping to avoid a proper debate about issues raised by the Panama Papers by raising a series of idiotic diversions.

Land tax – what’s the down side?

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Date published: 7:22 am, May 12th, 2016 - 75 comments

The Nats are using spurious data to justify dropping a proposal for a land tax on foreign buyers of housing. Why?

Open mike 12/05/2016

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 12th, 2016 - 119 comments

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Daily Review 11/05/2016

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Date published: 6:00 pm, May 11th, 2016 - 25 comments

Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …

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