The media and two child poverty policy releases
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Date published: 9:24 am, May 24th, 2015 - 60 comments
The media’s handling of Labours Best Start policy announcement in January of last year and its handling of National’s recent budget announcement of a $25 a week increase for beneficiary families provides an interesting contrast.
Owning the news agenda
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Date published: 8:20 am, May 24th, 2015 - 47 comments
He who pays the piper calls the tune. The killing of Campbell Live is just the latest example.
English not even trying any more
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Date published: 7:04 am, May 24th, 2015 - 71 comments
Anyone remember departure tax?
Open mike 24/05/2015
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 24th, 2015 - 146 comments
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The Standard’s reputation rises after Judith Collins comments
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Date published: 4:27 pm, May 23rd, 2015 - 23 comments
The Standard was mentioned on Back Benchers last night by Crusher Collins. From her comments it looks like we are doing our job properly.
Outflanking Labour on the left
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Date published: 2:08 pm, May 23rd, 2015 - 154 comments
Aka “swallowing dead rats”. Aka “losing the argument”. Aka shifting the political center – yay!
Smith not even trying any more
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Date published: 8:50 am, May 23rd, 2015 - 13 comments
Let them eat cake.
Key not even trying any more
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Date published: 7:38 am, May 23rd, 2015 - 92 comments
Those pesky knuckleheads.
Open mike 23/05/2015
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 23rd, 2015 - 140 comments
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Daily Review 22/05/2015
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Date published: 7:30 pm, May 22nd, 2015 - 14 comments
(Hint above is satire) Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas 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.
NRT: An abuse of the OIA
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Date published: 6:17 pm, May 22nd, 2015 - 2 comments
No Right Turn points out that the answer given by John Key in response to an Official Information Act request was completely inadequate legally. It doesn’t matter if he was in his guise of the infamous Parnell Pony Puller, or PM as he sometimes likes to call himself. He isn’t allowed to advise Rachael Glucina of the NZ Herald to attack his victim and then hide it behind his official role.
Budget Blues
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Date published: 4:33 pm, May 22nd, 2015 - 139 comments
Twenty five dollars a week can’t be bad, can it? For families on the breadline, it’s surely better than nothing and every little helps. And when the total spend is $790 million, that’s not peanuts, is it? – even if multiplying $25 up to this total should surely tell just how many qualifying families there […]
I’m done with TV
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Date published: 3:06 pm, May 22nd, 2015 - 27 comments
Brief reflections on a few decades of TV from an ex watcher.
Weekend social 22/05/2015
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Date published: 2:45 pm, May 22nd, 2015 - 5 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?
Dunedin climate consultation meeting
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Date published: 9:54 am, May 22nd, 2015 - 78 comments
“It was an emotional meeting and I felt in turns angry, frustrated, helpless, very sad, and disillusioned. I also felt privileged to be in the company of so many knowledgeable, passionate people.”
Budget gives with one hand and takes with the other
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Date published: 6:49 am, May 22nd, 2015 - 188 comments
An increase to the base rate of benefits is welcome, but it comes with nasty fishhooks. As the Nats are forced to address leftie / progressive issues – a capital gains tax, Auckland housing, poverty – we the people need to keep the pressure on.
Open mike 22/05/2015
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 22nd, 2015 - 142 comments
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Daily Review 21/05/2015
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Date published: 5:41 pm, May 21st, 2015 - 8 comments
Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas 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.
Budget speeches
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Date published: 4:42 pm, May 21st, 2015 - 44 comments
Budget debate speeches – Little, Key and Turei.
Campbell Live Dumped
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Date published: 2:42 pm, May 21st, 2015 - 83 comments
John Campbell has quit TV3. Campbell Live is dead.
Campbell live to go and a second hair incident
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Date published: 2:42 pm, May 21st, 2015 - 59 comments
Interestingly two stories have broken during the presentation of the Budget. John Campbell has quit TV3 and a further hair incident involving John Key has hit the news.
Banks let down by the Crown (but not the judiciary)
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Date published: 11:03 am, May 21st, 2015 - 41 comments
I support any decision he makes to lay a complaint with the NZ Law Society against the taxpayer funded prosecutor/s who made the decision to breach their obligation to the Court and to hold the AG’s feet to the fire regarding a rigorous investigation of the withholding of the memorandum.
TPPA and sovereignty
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Date published: 10:23 am, May 21st, 2015 - 13 comments
Grosser has confirmed that the TPPA (if it ever happens) will contain “ISDS” provisions that could limit the scope of our sovereignty by allowing foreign corporations to sue NZ.
Dotcom’s open letter to Banks
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Date published: 7:21 am, May 21st, 2015 - 59 comments
Last night Kim Dotcom released an open letter to John Banks.
Budget 2015 – A reactive budget
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Date published: 6:30 am, May 21st, 2015 - 161 comments
A panicked response to the Auckland property crisis. A welcome (albeit inadequate) adjustment to benefit rates. Public pressure is forcing action on the Left’s political agenda. Still no surplus, and no one believes the projected one next year. A reactive budget – there is no vision.
Open mike 21/05/2015
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 21st, 2015 - 70 comments
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Daily review 20/05/2015
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 20th, 2015 - 36 comments
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Andrew Little: the night before budget
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Date published: 4:38 pm, May 20th, 2015 - 29 comments
Andrew Little in Parliament being all poetic about the night before budget day.
ILO – 75% of world jobs insecure
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Date published: 12:44 pm, May 20th, 2015 - 8 comments
Only a quarter of the world’s workers have permanent jobs. A worldwide trend away from secure jobs risked “perpetuating a vicious circle of weak global demand and slow job creation” that has dogged many countries since the 2008 crisis, the ILO reports. Decoupling of wages from productivity has led to a loss of aggregate demand the report estimates at $3.7trillion.
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