The Empire strikes back

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Date published: 8:38 am, May 16th, 2025 - 1 comment
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National has launched an all out attack on Labour for accusing it of cutting women’s pay, even though this is precisely what it has done.

Open mike 16/05/2025

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 16th, 2025 - 4 comments

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Daily review 15/05/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 15th, 2025 - 11 comments

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The Green Budget

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Date published: 9:54 am, May 15th, 2025 - 34 comments

An economy for the people, by the people.

Louisa Wall – This Is Not Feminism – It’s Fiscal Evasion Dressed in Lipstick

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Date published: 8:59 am, May 15th, 2025 - 24 comments

Louisa Wall eviscerates Government claims about pay equity.

Open mike 15/05/2025

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 15th, 2025 - 40 comments

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Daily review 14/05/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 14th, 2025 - 30 comments

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Open mike 14/05/2025

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 14th, 2025 - 50 comments

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Daily review 13/05/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 13th, 2025 - 10 comments

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The worst Finance Minister ever?

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Date published: 10:22 am, May 13th, 2025 - 70 comments

Future historians may consider Nicola Willis to be the country’s worst Finance Minister, even worse than Rob Muldoon and Ruth Richardson.

Open mike 13/05/2025

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 13th, 2025 - 45 comments

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Daily review 12/05/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 12th, 2025 - 5 comments

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We’ve Lost Australia

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Date published: 7:00 am, May 12th, 2025 - 45 comments

New Zealand was once in a sustained Australasian partnership. Now, with New Zealand tracking further and further into policy extremes, Australia – and our children – are leaving New Zealand behind.

Open mike 12/05/2025

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 12th, 2025 - 15 comments

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Get ready for the Regulatory Standards Bill

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Date published: 10:47 am, May 11th, 2025 - 21 comments

Following on from the undermining under urgency of the current Pay Equity scheme the Government intends to introduce the Regulatory Standards Bill which if passed would have a significant adverse effect on collective rights and environmental action.

Open mike 11/05/2025

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 11th, 2025 - 3 comments

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Rock and a hard place: the under 16 social media ban

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Date published: 11:19 am, May 10th, 2025 - 50 comments

Given the complexities and conflict over privacy, can MPs be trusted to design a good law?

The beginning of the end

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Date published: 10:13 am, May 10th, 2025 - 58 comments

When the history of the sixth National Government is written I am confident that the events of this week when the Pay Equity system was smashed up will be described as the the beginning of the end.

Open mike 10/05/2025

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 10th, 2025 - 10 comments

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Daily review 09/05/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 9th, 2025 - 30 comments

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Open mike 09/05/2025

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 9th, 2025 - 32 comments

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Daily review 08/05/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 8th, 2025 - 6 comments

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Vale David Parker MP

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Date published: 2:08 pm, May 8th, 2025 - 20 comments

David Parker’s Deputy Leader ‘s speech in 2014 at the Wellington Labour Party Conference was the best I ever heard from a Labour Leader. Vision matched values in intensity and scope. Parliament now loses one of its very best.

It’s Time — To Fight.

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Date published: 8:03 am, May 8th, 2025 - 18 comments

Pay Equity Amendment Bill passes through all stages under urgency late last night, destroying decades of progress and putting men and women alike back.

Open mike 08/05/2025

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 8th, 2025 - 27 comments

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Daily review 07/05/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 7th, 2025 - 10 comments

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Lies damned lies and Pay Equity Repeal excuses

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Date published: 9:27 am, May 7th, 2025 - 27 comments

Christopher Luxon yesterday tried to claim that budgetary considerations were not the reason for repealing the Pay Equity Legislation even though David Seymour had said that the monetary savings from the bill would save the Budget.

Open mike 07/05/2025

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 7th, 2025 - 34 comments

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Daily review 06/05/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 6th, 2025 - 7 comments

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National wants to make voting harder

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Date published: 1:35 pm, May 6th, 2025 - 9 comments

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National’s recent announcement that it will take away voting rights from all prisoners may be nothing more than a distraction from its real intent, screwing the electoral scrum by making it harder to vote for some of us.

Dark day for women as Government slams brakes on pay equity to save money

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Date published: 12:18 pm, May 6th, 2025 - 44 comments

The Government’s proposed changes to the Equal Pay Act will severely limit people in female-dominated professions to be paid fairly. The Government’s changes today are a dark day for New Zealand women as the Government says it will repeal the pay equity law and extinguish 33 existing claims in a constitutional overreach. Protest at Parliament today 1pm