Open mike 02/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 2nd, 2024 - 63 comments

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Daily review 01/02/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 1st, 2024 - 45 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 …

ACT’s performative FedFoke virtual signalling

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Date published: 4:00 pm, February 1st, 2024 - 11 comments

Take your dirty boots off at the door ya numpties.

Christopher Luxon is no John Key

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Date published: 10:13 am, February 1st, 2024 - 48 comments

Yesterday in Parliament Christopher Luxon showed that he is struggling on the job.

Open mike 01/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 1st, 2024 - 82 comments

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Daily review 31/01/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, January 31st, 2024 - 13 comments

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Open mike 31/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 31st, 2024 - 85 comments

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Daily review 30/01/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, January 30th, 2024 - 4 comments

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Does the Western World really want to starve Palestine?

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Date published: 3:43 pm, January 30th, 2024 - 17 comments

Western Nations including New Zealand have suspended urgently needed aid for Palestine after revelations that a tiny minority of UNRHA workers may have been involved in Hamas raids and despite the UNHRA taking immediate action to address issues arising.

Shaw stands down as Greens co-leader

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Date published: 11:20 am, January 30th, 2024 - 77 comments

James Shaw has announced that he is standing down as co-leader of the Green Party and a leadership process will be triggered.  He will stay on in Parliament in the meantime.

Open mike 30/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 30th, 2024 - 53 comments

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The week Luxon lost his moral mandate to lead

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Date published: 8:44 am, January 29th, 2024 - 30 comments

The last week has shown how Christopher Luxon has no understanding of New Zealand’s history and no appreciation about how dangerous Act’s proposed Treaty Principles Bill is.

Open mike 29/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 29th, 2024 - 90 comments

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Open mike 28/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 28th, 2024 - 53 comments

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Economy improves dramatically thanks to Labour

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Date published: 9:32 am, January 27th, 2024 - 26 comments

This week there were two pieces of economic news showing a dramatic improvement credit for which should be given to the last Labour Government.

Open mike 27/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 27th, 2024 - 87 comments

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Open mike 26/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 26th, 2024 - 116 comments

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Operation Poseidon Archer

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Date published: 12:38 pm, January 25th, 2024 - 31 comments

CNN reports that the US has named the ongoing operation against Houthi in Yemen “Operation Poseidon Archer, suggesting a more organized and potentially long-term approach.” New Zealand has joined it – cue the slippery slope.

The Government is planning to cut tobacco excise duty

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Date published: 9:36 am, January 25th, 2024 - 78 comments

Hot on the heels of the Government’s walk back from the previous Government’s smoke free policies is the disclosure that the Government is considering halting increases to excise duties on tobacco. And the Government tried to hide this.

Open mike 25/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 25th, 2024 - 85 comments

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Open mike 24/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 24th, 2024 - 208 comments

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Open mike 23/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 23rd, 2024 - 127 comments

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Are Road User Charges for every vehicle actually fair?

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Date published: 8:01 am, January 22nd, 2024 - 99 comments

New Zealand is one of the most car-reliant and petroleum-reliant countries on earth. So how we are taxed to travel on land has huge equity implications.

Open mike 22/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 22nd, 2024 - 69 comments

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Which side are you on?

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Date published: 9:59 am, January 21st, 2024 - 191 comments

The Act Party is seeking to undermine te Tiriti o Waitangi and ferment racial hatred and division while nominally seeking unity. And National clearly has no idea what to do about the situation.

Open mike 21/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 21st, 2024 - 27 comments

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Labour and the Democrats

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Date published: 9:34 am, January 20th, 2024 - 64 comments

Both the US Democrats and NZ Labour need to take hard looks at themselves. Failure is not inevitable. But there is now only one English-speaking centre-left democracy left in the world: that is the state of where we are now. 

Open mike 20/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 20th, 2024 - 85 comments

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The best Electoral System that money can buy

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Date published: 10:33 am, January 19th, 2024 - 22 comments

The Independent Electoral Review Panel has recommended changes to the electoral system including the banning of any donations unless made by enrolled voters, a cap on the size of those donations and a requirement that third parties disclose all large donations that they receive.

Open mike 19/01/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 19th, 2024 - 111 comments

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Mood of the smokoroom – fearful

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Date published: 9:11 am, January 18th, 2024 - 53 comments

The Council of Trade Unions has completed its annual survey of workers and the mood is grim.

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