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Date published: 3:38 pm, December 5th, 2024 - 6 comments
Categories: capitalism, Economy, equality, Globalisation, inequality, Keynes, labour, political alternatives, tax
Tags: labour
The resurgence of the tax debate reflects impacts of neo-liberal economic policy and developments in the global economy over the last half century. As Labour considers further its approach to tax policy, this wider context should be considered
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Date published: 10:23 am, December 5th, 2024 - 13 comments
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It has emerged that Health NZ attempted to include hundreds of millions of dollars in redundancies and holiday pay remediation chargeable this year in last year’s Health accounts and this would have made the current deficit smaller but last year’s deficit larger.
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 5th, 2024 - 1 comment
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 5th, 2024 - 30 comments
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Date published: 6:35 pm, December 4th, 2024 - 3 comments
The Government announced reform of AT, effectively conceding that the behemouth National created in 2010 was the wrong structure.
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 4th, 2024 - 16 comments
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Date published: 10:14 am, December 4th, 2024 - 19 comments
Five recent polls show that Kiwis are tired of the Coalition government, but will the trendline hold?
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 4th, 2024 - 26 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 3rd, 2024 - 5 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 3rd, 2024 - 62 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 2nd, 2024 - 9 comments
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Date published: 8:43 am, December 2nd, 2024 - 29 comments
New Zealand is one of the slowest countries in the developed world to transition from combustion to electric vehicles. The shocks we are seeing in Europe to car makers and car buyers herald more trouble ahead.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 2nd, 2024 - 24 comments
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Date published: 4:35 pm, December 1st, 2024 - 31 comments
Text of Chris Hipkins’ speech to the 2024 Labour Party Conference.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 1st, 2024 - 42 comments
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Date published: 4:49 pm, November 30th, 2024 - 6 comments
David Farrar’s company Curia abruptly exited the Research Association of New Zealand (RANZ) in August. It was triggered by a complaint about the fairness of the wording of a question in a April poll. This was a really bad poll, and this question a particularly egregious breach of any fairness. The question was paid for by Family Fi(r)st.
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Date published: 8:20 am, November 30th, 2024 - 20 comments
Shane Reti has said publicly that privatising health is not his overt policy. Which suggests strongly that it is his covert policy, especially given that he wants to increase the relationship with and outsourcing to private operators.
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 30th, 2024 - 63 comments
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Date published: 6:34 pm, November 29th, 2024 - 31 comments
Keep it seemly.
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 29th, 2024 - 6 comments
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Date published: 9:22 am, November 29th, 2024 - 23 comments
what did the Australians just do?
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 29th, 2024 - 66 comments
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Date published: 6:42 pm, November 28th, 2024 - 24 comments
The economy is tanking and Treasury has downgraded the forecasts again after “the government inherited finances in better shape than expected” in January. So who is Nicola Willis blaming, and Winston Peters too?
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 28th, 2024 - 29 comments
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Date published: 6:10 am, November 28th, 2024 - 59 comments
The collapse of SolarZero is a massive red flag.
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 28th, 2024 - 33 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 27th, 2024 - 2 comments
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Date published: 4:09 pm, November 27th, 2024 - 18 comments
National yesterday made great fanfare about an extra $30 million being spent on doctors and nurses. But news today of 1,500 health job cuts in the pipeline clearly shows how the extra funds are to be sourced.
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Date published: 1:49 pm, November 27th, 2024 - 3 comments
If David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill is passed it may complicate Ngapuhi’s outstanding claim.
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 27th, 2024 - 39 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 26th, 2024 - 8 comments
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