Cameron Slater – still technically (and legally) incompetent

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Date published: 12:31 pm, September 19th, 2015 - 17 comments

Loaded with paper and irrelevant arguments, Cameron Slater managed to add 7 counts of contempt of court to his every growing sheet of convictions. It is a pity that he doesn’t put that level of effort into the technical job of policing his site. I look at 6 of those convictions.

Economic doldrums

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Date published: 9:56 am, September 19th, 2015 - 16 comments

Two pieces this week on how National’s mismanagement of the economy has left us in the doldrums.

The Roy Morgan roundabout

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Date published: 7:26 am, September 19th, 2015 - 17 comments

The “Roy Morgan roundabout” poll has swung round to the left again, with National at 44.5% (down 6), Labour 31% (up 4) and Greens 15% (up 4).

Open mike 19/09/2015

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 19th, 2015 - 56 comments

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Daily Review 18/09/2015

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Date published: 6:00 pm, September 18th, 2015 - 43 comments

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More Herald journalists sacked

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Date published: 3:39 pm, September 18th, 2015 - 67 comments

Very bad news for all those losing their jobs, commiserations to you. It’s a pretty heartless economy out there, and pretty soon there won’t be anyone left to comment on it. Consumers of celebrity gossip will still have it good though, so I guess that’s something.

Weekend social 18/09/2015

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Date published: 2:00 pm, September 18th, 2015 - 6 comments

Weekend social is for non political chat. What’s on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can’t we all just get along?

WMBAD: The TPP

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Date published: 1:45 pm, September 18th, 2015 - 3 comments

The White Man Behind a Desk takes on the TPP.

Herald gets it wrong on flag referendum

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Date published: 10:16 am, September 18th, 2015 - 50 comments

The Herald editorial this morning suggests that Andrew Little is handling the flag referendum poorly but makes some stunningly simple mistakes that undermines its conclusions.

Refugees Welcome celebration Aotea Square this Saturday

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Date published: 9:00 am, September 18th, 2015 - 21 comments

For all progressives in Auckland Tamaki Makaurau this Saturday the left is running a fundraiser for the Auckland Refugee Council.

Nat insider condemns flag jack-up

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Date published: 7:04 am, September 18th, 2015 - 75 comments

Grant McLachlan (a former Parliamentary researcher and a Nat campaign director) calls National’s flag process “a jack up”, and says “Everything the National Party has done around the flag debate is dodgy”.

Open mike 18/09/2015

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 18th, 2015 - 71 comments

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Daily Review 17/09/2015

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Date published: 6:42 pm, September 17th, 2015 - 21 comments

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Sale of Lochinver Station declined

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Date published: 12:58 pm, September 17th, 2015 - 38 comments

The government has overruled the Overseas Investment Office and turned down a bid to buy Lochinver Station. It’s the first time a bid for a significant landholding has been rejected since 2012.

Tsunami warning

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Date published: 12:24 pm, September 17th, 2015 - 21 comments

Tsunami warning for the East Cape, Chatham Islands, Coromandel and Banks Peninsula after #chile quake. http://rnz.to/1UVX5BY

The strip mining of Housing Corp is accelerated

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Date published: 10:16 am, September 17th, 2015 - 33 comments

Not only is Housing Corp planning to pay a $118 million dividend to the Crown this year but hidden away in its accounts is the payment of a further capital contribution of $336 million.  Talk about strip mining …

Paid parental leave bill progresses – towards veto

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Date published: 7:02 am, September 17th, 2015 - 30 comments

Last night in Parliament Labour MP Sue Moroney’s bill extending paid parental leave to 26 weeks passed its first reading by one vote, with only National and ACT opposed.

Open mike 17/09/2015

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 17th, 2015 - 168 comments

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Daily Review 16/09/2015

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Date published: 6:00 pm, September 16th, 2015 - 26 comments

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NRT: The Great WINZ ripoff

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Date published: 3:15 pm, September 16th, 2015 - 17 comments

I/S at No Right Turn on the WINZ underpayment fiasco.

Corbyn rides a commie bike!

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Date published: 9:46 am, September 16th, 2015 - 100 comments

The subtle and not so subtle demonisation of Jeremy Corbyn by England’s establishment media is going to be something to behold.

Good question

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Date published: 9:22 am, September 16th, 2015 - 66 comments

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This Government’s priorities

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Date published: 7:52 am, September 16th, 2015 - 37 comments

In recent news it has been stated that the Government has let Serco off fines totalling hundreds of thousands of dollars while at the same time it is sneaking through retrospective changes to the law to deny thousands of beneficiaries money they are otherwise entitled to.

Open mike 16/09/2015

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Daily Review 15/09/2015

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Date published: 6:00 pm, September 15th, 2015 - 7 comments

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Paid leave for Victims of Domestic Violence

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Date published: 1:18 pm, September 15th, 2015 - 40 comments

UPDATE  You can read the non gender specific Bill here

Hot hotter hottest

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Date published: 12:01 pm, September 15th, 2015 - 102 comments

Plenty of distractions in the political circus at the moment, but meanwhile

The Attack

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Date published: 9:04 am, September 15th, 2015 - 52 comments

And they’re off!

All the left wants is a clean contest of ideas

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Date published: 8:56 am, September 15th, 2015 - 153 comments

Josie Pagani yesterday chose as a left wing commentator to condemn Jeremy Corbyn’s politics as being based on narcissism where hard decisions never need to be made, and the unpopularity of a policy was evidence not of its failure but of its virtue.  She should have analysed his history before making these claims.  And in the interests of balance the media really needs to choose left wing commentators who will proudly stand up and support progressive ideals rather than repeat right wing attack lines.

Open mike 15/09/2015

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 15th, 2015 - 171 comments

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Daily Review 14/09/2015

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Date published: 6:00 pm, September 14th, 2015 - 21 comments

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