Archive for October, 2009
Key’s divide and rule to cut wages
Written By: - Date published: 8:28 am, October 22nd, 2009 - 20 comments
John Key says that if school support staff want pay-rises then teachers should sacrifice the ones they bargained for. Tell him to get stuffed. I don’t see him and his rich mates handing back the hundreds of dollars a week each in tax-cuts that National gave. I don’t see Key or his buddies Mark Weldon and Rob Fyfe […]
Hide flounders in effort to cover corruption
Written By: - Date published: 6:18 am, October 22nd, 2009 - 5 comments
Rodney Hide was always going to go one of two ways to try to excuse his corrupt abuse of office. Remember the facts: Hide is Local Government Minister. He will be speaking at a breakfast on Local Government issues. The breakfast is called ‘The Future of Local Government’ and the invitation promises attendees that “Minister […]
Open mike 22/10/09
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, October 22nd, 2009 - 13 comments
We’re trying a daily “Open mike”. This is a place for anyone to post comments on topics that might be of interest, and for any discussion following up on the comments. Over to you…
Clueless on ACE
Written By: - Date published: 4:21 pm, October 21st, 2009 - 35 comments
Night classes Adult and Community Education (ACE). An incredibly cost effective and valuable part of the NZ education sector for decades. The ACE budget has been eviscerated by National, cut from $16m to $3m. Effectively a death blow, most of the infrastructure and expertise will go. These are stupid hypocritical cuts, and there is huge […]
Turia on ACC
Written By: - Date published: 3:50 pm, October 21st, 2009 - 8 comments
Here’s Tariana Turia on Q&A last Sunday, responding to a question from Guyon Espiner about National’s plans for ACC: I’m very concerned and one of the reasons why I’m really concerned is that there’s been a lot of talk about privatising the work account. Now the face of it is that’s the only account that […]
Who is John Key?
Written By: - Date published: 3:14 pm, October 21st, 2009 - 40 comments
OK, so this might be only slightly more intellectual than the usual quality of political analysis in our msm, and obviously it could never match the informative value of asking which politician would help an old lady across the street, but a few days back there was some speculation about which Simpsons character best personifies […]
John Key at CTU conference
Written By: - Date published: 2:23 pm, October 21st, 2009 - 6 comments
Heard over the lunch time news that John Key was the keynote (oh how he must never tire of that) speaker at the CTU Biennial Conference this afternoon. A quick flick through the programme that had crossed my desk some weeks ago showed this to be the case and that Phil Goff is speaking tomorrow. […]
Labour Day, a time to celebrate
Written By: - Date published: 2:00 pm, October 21st, 2009 - 16 comments
Next Monday, you have a paid day off. Do you know why? Because workers organised themselves into unions and fought for better pay and conditions, starting with an 8-hour day. Labour Day is both a product of those achievements and a chance to celebrate them. The TEU has set up a Labour Day website to remind […]
Battle to keep MMP set to heat up
Written By: - Date published: 1:00 pm, October 21st, 2009 - 13 comments
It’s a pretty special situation where you get praise just for not cheating but John Armstrong heaps it on Simon Power today. Power has gone with the only acceptable structure for a vote on MMP. A two-stage decision where we first decide whether we want change and indicate our preferred alternative then, if a majority […]
Maori Party supports foreign business over working Maori
Written By: - Date published: 11:55 am, October 21st, 2009 - 26 comments
It is a reflection of the schizophrenic nature of the Maori Party that one day they’re professing to care about poor Maori who are apparently missing out on their ACC entitlements and the next day they’re backing privatisation of ACC, which would lead to even worse outcomes for those Maori, because it might be a […]
The invisible hand gets frisky
Written By: - Date published: 11:18 am, October 21st, 2009 - 3 comments
Hide’s invitation to corrupt fundraiser
Written By: - Date published: 10:00 am, October 21st, 2009 - 74 comments
Click here for a PDF of Local Government Minister Rodney Hide’s invitation to local government stakeholders to a breakfast speech titled “The Future of Local Government”. This speech by the Minister to stakeholders is doubling as an ACT fundraiser. If you want to hear your Minister for Local Government speak, you will have to make a […]
Hide’s corrupt abuse of office
Written By: - Date published: 6:31 am, October 21st, 2009 - 67 comments
Another government minister has been caught in corrupt behaviour, and this is arguably the worst of the lot. Rodney Hide is speaking at a breakfast in Christchurch next month. He will be speaking as minister and on his portfolio – Local Government. Local government officials have been invited to hear him. Hide is charging $45 […]
Open mike 21/10/09
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, October 21st, 2009 - 16 comments
We’re trying a daily “Open mike”. This is a place for anyone to post comments on topics that might be of interest, and for any discussion following up on the comments. Over to you…
EMA busts another privatisation myth
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 pm, October 20th, 2009 - 32 comments
When asked to explain why they want to start privatising a world-leading institution like ACC, National and ACT tend to fall back on the excuse that it will somehow lead to lower ACC premiums. Of course, the international experience and every independent report that’s been done shows the exact opposite, but they can always point […]
Another day, another sell-out
Written By: - Date published: 3:40 pm, October 20th, 2009 - 19 comments
The Maori Party has decided it will support National’s changes to ACC despite Tariana Turia just two days ago saying she was “very concerned” about those changes. Here’s their explanation for their latest flip-flop: “We know that Maori have consistently had less access to ACC entitlements than other groups, under existing legislation. While this Bill […]
Reminder: Drinking Liberally – Auckland
Written By: - Date published: 3:30 pm, October 20th, 2009 - Comments Off on Reminder: Drinking Liberally – Auckland
Drinking Liberally is returning to the London Bar for a session with Greenpeace Executive Director Bunny McDiarmid. When: 7pm WEDNESDAY 21 October Where: The London Bar, upstairs cnr Queen and Wellesley Streets, Auckland CBD Who: You and like-minded left-wingers. All welcome. What: The climate change debate is heating up. World leaders will soon gather at […]
ACC fracas ‘truly dumb’
Written By: - Date published: 2:51 pm, October 20th, 2009 - 5 comments
Tim Hazledine, a professor of economics at the University of Auckland, has a nice piece in the Herald today that lays out just how absurd National’s spin about the ACC “blowout” really is. Suppose you and your spouse are in charge of a family of, say, three young children. That means you are legally responsible […]
Take a stand Phil
Written By: - Date published: 1:01 pm, October 20th, 2009 - 32 comments
John Dalley makes a good point in the comments section of our last ACC post: About now would be a good time for Labour to state publicly that they will do away with private insurers when next in government. I say absolutely right. It would throw a spanner in any plans to privatise the ACC […]
Farrar says: carpe diem National
Written By: - Date published: 1:00 pm, October 20th, 2009 - 13 comments
An interesting post from David Farrar calling for National to implement radical rightwing policies while it still has the support to get away with it: The long-term goal is lifting our economic growth. No. As we know, lifting GDP growth is not an end itself, even the creators of GDP said as much. The long-term […]
Labour where art thou?
Written By: - Date published: 11:59 am, October 20th, 2009 - 45 comments
I’m not going to repeat the list of all the things that are starting to make people angry and scared or catalogue the broken promises (privatising ACC fast approaching in National’s first term) or go over in fine detail the fact that National are anything but Labour lite. I just to know where the hell […]
Campbell on political ‘management’
Written By: - Date published: 11:30 am, October 20th, 2009 - 2 comments
With the absolute dearth of informed political commentary in this country it’s a breath of fresh air to have Gordon Campbell back from the US. In his latest column at Scoop he makes a good point about the state of our political media: Management. There was a lot of talk about it at this particular […]
Big bucks for Aussie insurers in ACC privatisation
Written By: - Date published: 10:30 am, October 20th, 2009 - 9 comments
It seems certain National will begin the privatisation of ACC starting with opening the work account to private competition. As happened in 1998, private insurers will cream off large and low-risk employers with loss-leading special deals to gain market share, leaving the taxpayer to shoulder the burden of the rest, and put up premiums later. […]
Another broken promise
Written By: - Date published: 9:38 am, October 20th, 2009 - 5 comments
Before the election National made promises about extra resources to tackle problems in schools: Schools Policy Strengthening the Ladder of Opportunity National is determined to ensure our school system helps every child climb the ladder of opportunity. We will bring New Zealand schools into the 21st century to ensure that every child, no matter where […]
Open mike 20/10/09
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, October 20th, 2009 - 25 comments
We’re trying a daily “Open mike”. This is a place for anyone to post comments on topics that might be of interest, and for any discussion following up on the comments. Over to you…
Aroha is love, you can give it away…
Written By: - Date published: 4:40 am, October 20th, 2009 - 5 comments
“You can get away with anything, as long as you’re respectful about it” – former Maori Party strategist Matt McCarten on National’s dealing with the Maori Party. So, another day, another little humilitation for the Maori Party. All that matters to the leaders is that the coalition with National doesn’t fail. They turn a blind […]
Talk about politics
Written By: - Date published: 11:21 pm, October 19th, 2009 - 8 comments
On RNZ’s Nine to Noon today Andrew Campbell rips the shit out of National‘s grotesque mismanagement of the Rugby World Cup fiasco and laments the lack of talent in the PM’s staff, all the while Matthew Hooton gently weeps. There’s also talk about how despite the ongoing cock-ups of this Government the polls are still […]
Images of the ’00’s
Written By: - Date published: 9:29 pm, October 19th, 2009 - 2 comments
Pausing for a moment from the steamroller of local politics – here we have some of the significant moments of the last nine years, courtesy of the Guardian. They’ve put together these images of the ’00’s. What would a Kiwi version look like?
ACC protests send clear message to NACT
Written By: - Date published: 9:13 pm, October 19th, 2009 - 8 comments
Today hundreds of people around the country marched against the cuts to sexual abuse counselling due to be implemented by ACC next week. The protests were widely covered by the media, with excellent coverage by both TVNZ and 3News. I was at the Auckland march where a couple of hundred people turned up to rally […]
DL Wellington – Celia Wade-Brown
Written By: - Date published: 2:00 pm, October 19th, 2009 - Comments Off on DL Wellington – Celia Wade-Brown
Wellington’s Drinking Liberally speaker is Celia Wade-Brown. Celia is a sitting Green member of the Wellington City Council, and one of the first announced candidates for the Wellington Mayoralty. With the recent changes to the local governance of Auckland, resulting into amalgamation into a “super-city” – there are many who think Wellington could be next. Celia […]
Told you so: Right pushes ACC privatisation
Written By: - Date published: 1:00 pm, October 19th, 2009 - 57 comments
Last Thursday, Colin Espiner was mocking all of us who said that National and other rightwing groups were trying to create a sense of crisis around ACC to soften us up for privatisation: “That somehow this is all just a VRWC* to derail the ACC, lower public confidence in it, and then sell it to […]
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