Who leaked the Fair Pay Cabinet Paper?

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Date published: 12:39 pm, December 7th, 2023 - 26 comments
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My initial impression was that the person who leaked the Fair Pay Cabinet Paper to the media was probably a disgruntled Public Servant but was it?

Open mike 08/12/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 8th, 2023 - 9 comments

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Daily review 07/12/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 7th, 2023 - 20 comments

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Open mike 07/12/2023

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About that Speech from the Throne

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Date published: 8:33 pm, December 6th, 2023 - 40 comments

The new Government blows the dog-whistle like the pied piper.

The inspiring Pope Francis

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Date published: 5:36 pm, December 6th, 2023 - 18 comments

Pope Francis has been pope for a bit over 10 years. He’s made a difference.

Daily review 06/12/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 6th, 2023 - 12 comments

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What does National have against Te Reo?

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Date published: 10:17 am, December 6th, 2023 - 173 comments

It may have been coincidental but the day after there were mass protests against the new Government’s actions in undermining te Tiriti o Waitangi it was announced that National would seek to remove bonus payments for Public Servants learning Te Reo. Not only is this petty and vindictive, it may also be a breach of te Tiriti.

Tobacco bans in NZ and the UK.

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Date published: 8:13 am, December 6th, 2023 - 8 comments

The decision in 2021 to introduce the smoking ban was a courageous one. Smoking causes many deaths each year and places a strain on the country’s health system. Smoking is addictive and we should do all we can to discourage young people from taking up this habit. This being said, putting a total ban on tobacco sales of people born after 2009 is well-meaning, but would likely have unintended and profoundly negative consequences.

Open mike 06/12/2023

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Daily review 05/12/2023

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Willis’s budget analysis is either deeply cynical or evidence she does not know what she is talking about

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Date published: 8:33 am, December 5th, 2023 - 71 comments

Recent claims by Nicola Willis that the Governments Finances are full of fiscal cliffs is evidence either that National will cynically make baseless claims to attack Labour or that Nicola Willis has no idea about what she is talking about and has not been doing her most basic job of reading and comprehending previous budget documents.

Greenpeace event: What will the new Government mean for the environment?

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Date published: 6:05 am, December 5th, 2023 - 10 comments

In a special live stream event [Weds 6th December], the Greenpeace crew will respond to the makeup of the new coalition government and what it will mean for the environment.

Open mike 05/12/2023

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Cutting fair pay agreements will disproportionately impact women, Māori and Pasifika and young people

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Date published: 9:49 pm, December 4th, 2023 - 12 comments

The Cabinet Paper dealing with the Government’s proposal to do away with fair pay agreements has hit the media.  And the advice suggests that Cabinet is completely disinterested in the on the ground reality of what their shitty policy will do to ordinary Kiwis.

Daily review 04/12/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 4th, 2023 - 29 comments

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The long wait – dithering, inexperience and wreckers

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Date published: 8:58 am, December 4th, 2023 - 43 comments

After 59 days after election day, parliament will finally sit today with a new government. The process has mostly been notable for its incoherent dithering, inexperience, and general stupidity. It is a coalition based on chaos,lack of usable policy and based on wrecking rather than work. It took so long because of wishful thinking and laziness.

Open mike 04/12/2023

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Chris Bishop can’t count

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Date published: 12:26 pm, December 3rd, 2023 - 48 comments

This morning on Q&A and despite being pulled up on it Chris Bishop repeated National’s claim that under the Smokefree reforms there would only be allowed one tobacco retail shop in Northland when there would actually be at least 34.

Labour needs to open the military-political front

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Date published: 10:13 am, December 3rd, 2023 - 27 comments

The new National coalition cares little about defence. Defence is surprisingly a large and under-appreciated strength for Labour.

Open mike 03/12/2023

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Just One Term

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Date published: 9:06 am, December 2nd, 2023 - 74 comments

There is every reason to believe National will be chucked out in 2026.

Gangs rejoice as Pseudoephedrine is back

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Date published: 8:51 am, December 2nd, 2023 - 18 comments

For a Government that hates gangs you would think that they would be more circumspect with policies that may enrich gangs and increase illicit drug use.  But this is exactly what the current Government is planning.

Open mike 02/12/2023

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Daily review 01/12/2023

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100 days of chaos

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Date published: 10:58 am, December 1st, 2023 - 18 comments

National’s 100 days of action is to address the rhetoric of economic difficulties but the announced policies will do nothing to help the pressure that ordinary people are feeling.

Why is the right so afraid of Tory Whanau?

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Date published: 10:42 am, December 1st, 2023 - 119 comments

Tory Whanau is the latest high ranking female Politician to be the subject of a media onslaught based on rumour and innuendo.

Open mike 01/12/2023

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Open mike 30/11/2023

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