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Time’s up Labour
Written By: - Date published: 4:50 pm, November 20th, 2020 - 114 comments
It’s not possible to resolve New Zealand’s housing and poverty crises from within a neoliberal frame. Change is going to have to be driven from outside of parliament.
Capitalism’s end game
Written By: - Date published: 8:07 am, November 13th, 2020 - 145 comments
In Aotearoa New Zealand we are facing a new crisis. Not Covid, although the recent case of community spread is deeply concerning. The crisis is the value of houses.
Final election result – Labour ascendant National down and out
Written By: - Date published: 2:26 pm, November 6th, 2020 - 56 comments
The Electoral Commission has released the final results of the 2020 election and if election night was a shocker for National the final result is even worse.
Less buzz and more cooperative governing
Written By: - Date published: 10:45 am, November 1st, 2020 - 49 comments
I liked the process for the Greens and Labour agreement. From Labour’s side after this election it was logically completely unnecessary, except maybe under some weird scenarios. But it is cooperative and that is clearly something that voters reward these days. Politics isn’t about buzz. It is about effective governance.
The Green Party’s decision on government
Written By: - Date published: 4:08 pm, October 31st, 2020 - 139 comments
Which way are the Greens going to jump?
The boy from Matamata
Written By: - Date published: 8:28 am, October 28th, 2020 - 43 comments
Trump deputy chief of staff Chris Liddell, who is also a Kiwi, has announced his candidacy to be head of the OECD. The Greens have announced their opposition because he has been part of inhumane decisions and also decisions that undermine international institutions. The right back him because he is a kiwi. What should Labour do?
Labour day
Written By: - Date published: 8:54 am, October 26th, 2020 - 41 comments
Enjoying your weekend? Thank a unionist!
What should Labour do in the next three years?
Written By: - Date published: 10:01 am, October 25th, 2020 - 74 comments
With the hand brake gone and the Government’s policy platform already complete what should the Labour Government set out to achieve this term?
Show us the plan Labour
Written By: - Date published: 10:19 am, October 22nd, 2020 - 154 comments
Labour want to govern based in stability for all New Zealanders, but how does that work when your grand narrative has massive plot holes around ending poverty?
Some consequences of Chloe Swarbrick’s win
Written By: - Date published: 9:49 am, October 22nd, 2020 - 41 comments
What are the lessons to be learned from Chloe Swarbrick’s election night win of Auckland Central.
Will Labour go it alone?
Written By: - Date published: 7:42 am, October 21st, 2020 - 99 comments
Tova O’Brien has suggested that a Labour Green joined at the hip coalition is not going to happen. So what will the next Government look like?
NZ election 2020: Labour win is a watershed moment in the country’s history
Written By: - Date published: 12:27 am, October 20th, 2020 - 47 comments
The 2020 election was more than just a victory for Labour and more than a crushing defeat for the National Party (New Zealand’s main centre-right political party). This result marks a significant watershed in New Zealand politics which will likely have implications long after this parliamentary term.
Left/Green/Indigenous
Written By: - Date published: 12:32 pm, October 18th, 2020 - 135 comments
What kind of government might New Zealand have?
Labour crushes election – now what?
Written By: - Date published: 8:58 am, October 18th, 2020 - 79 comments
Labour’s crushing victory in yesterday’s election and the Green’s strong result means that the Government has a unique opportunity to emulate the fundamental change to New Zealand that the first Labour government achieved.
Your Preliminary Parliament for 2020
Written By: - Date published: 2:33 am, October 18th, 2020 - 58 comments
On the preliminary results, we have our expected MPs. While Parliament may change a little, we now know its shape, and its likely members- with about three exceptions.
Pollwatch: 2020 Pre-election rush
Written By: - Date published: 10:46 pm, October 16th, 2020 - 10 comments
We’ve had three recent pre-election polls. While we wait for results on election day, let’s have a look at where things might be headed.
This should have been the climate election
Written By: - Date published: 10:35 am, October 16th, 2020 - 30 comments
A new Ministry for the Environment report on New Zealand and the climate crisis is sobering. If you haven’t voted, climate is still by far New Zealand’s biggest challenge, and it’s the Greens that have the plan for what to do.
Jacinda or Judith?
Written By: - Date published: 7:47 am, October 16th, 2020 - 65 comments
With election day tomorrow those who have not voted already need to decide, do they want Jacinda Ardern or Judith Collins to be the next Prime Minister.
Latest Colmar Brunton – Labour Greens ascendant
Written By: - Date published: 6:08 pm, October 15th, 2020 - 62 comments
Labour is coming off strastopheric polling but the Greens are looking safer. And National is still on the decline.
About the Greens…
Written By: - Date published: 11:05 am, October 15th, 2020 - 74 comments
Here’s the thing about the Greens. They want change. They want change more than they want power. I think that they fully understand that we are out of time on climate, poverty, the environment and now is the time to act boldly.
Greens: will push for more climate action to match the scale of the crisis
Written By: - Date published: 10:39 am, October 14th, 2020 - 12 comments
“The Green Party welcomes Labour’s commitment to reduce climate emissions in the next term of Government, but would go further and faster to address the true scale of the crisis.”
Latest UMR Poll – National sinking
Written By: - Date published: 7:40 am, October 14th, 2020 - 180 comments
Leaked results of the latest UMR poll suggests that National is under 30% and that Judith Collins campaign techniques are not working. She responded by calling the Prime Minister a liar and fat shaming the population.
About that wealth tax
Written By: - Date published: 6:05 am, October 10th, 2020 - 301 comments
There are some issues to be ironed out, but this is the only thing I am seeing that attempts to resolve poverty in New Zealand rather than tinkering around the edges.
No Right Turn: The transport policy we need
Written By: - Date published: 6:05 am, September 30th, 2020 - 40 comments
All of these policies will get fossil cars off the roads, reducing emissions.
What forming a Labour/Green government might look like
Written By: - Date published: 11:23 am, September 29th, 2020 - 44 comments
Shaw said that what he is hearing from people is they want Labour to have to talk to someone while in govt and not be able to make decisions by itself.
The question then becomes, how much does the left want Labour to be encouraged greenward and leftward?
Latest Newshub/Reid Research poll – Labour cruising, National floundering
Written By: - Date published: 6:28 pm, September 27th, 2020 - 137 comments
Labour can still rule alone and the Greens are looking safer.
The Greens on urban farming
Written By: - Date published: 6:05 am, September 24th, 2020 - 25 comments
This is exactly the kind of approach the Green Party would like to encourage – it’s strategic, it’s intergenerational and it recognises the interconnectedness of our people, the environment and local communities.
Colmar Brunton poll: Labour still way ahead
Written By: - Date published: 6:04 pm, September 22nd, 2020 - 90 comments
Judith will not enjoy this poll result.
The Auckland Central Poll
Written By: - Date published: 9:08 am, September 20th, 2020 - 33 comments
A Reid Research poll has suggested that Helen White is well ahead of Emma Mellow and Chloe Swarbrick and that Labour’s support is still sky high.
Greens: expanding living wage beyond public service with Fair Pay Agreements
Written By: - Date published: 9:53 am, September 17th, 2020 - 16 comments
The Green Party welcome Labour’s commitment to extend the living wage to Government contractors, but will push for Fair Pay Agreements across industries in the next Government so more New Zealanders can earn a dignified income.
Greenpeace on the Green Party’s Farm for the Future policy
Written By: - Date published: 9:21 am, September 15th, 2020 - 58 comments
“Wildfires are burning across the world and our rivers and lakes have been pushed to the brink. This is no time for half measures. Phasing out the use of PKE is exactly the kind of bold and transformational policy that is needed to deal with the climate and freshwater crises.”
- The proliferation of Facebook scam ads continues, now starring Christopher Luxon
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- ‘The margins are average’
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- Newsroom daily quiz, Monday 14 April
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- NZ’s biggest-ever dementia study has some startling reveals
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- Review of US travel advice due amid Trump-era detentions
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- Tourism is severely under-resourced. So what can we do?
Comment: Aotearoa New Zealand needs innovative, effective, enduring ways of resourcing our tourism system, especially if the Government intends to aggressively increase tourism.At the University of Otago’s annual Tourism Policy School in Queenstown last week, Tourism and Hospitality Minister Louise Upston emphasised tourism’s starring role in the Government’s plan to ...3 days ago
- Calls for banks and Govt to improve banking access for ex-prisoners
Report recommends regular financial capability workshops in prisons and ‘basic’ bank accounts to scale back risk for the provider The post Calls for banks and Govt to improve banking access for ex-prisoners appeared first on Newsroom. ...3 days ago
- Inside the police programme to prevent terrorism before it happens
Special report: For the first time, police peel back the veil on their efforts to turn would-be terrorists away from violent extremism The post Inside the police programme to prevent terrorism before it happens appeared first on Newsroom. ...3 days ago
- Daily crossword, Monday 14 April
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- Newspoll steady but Albanese’s ratings jump; swing to Labor in marginal seats
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A national Newspoll, conducted April 7–10 from a sample of 1,271, gave Labor a 52–48 lead, unchanged since the March 31 to ...3 days ago - Fresh details emerge on Australia’s new climate migration visa for Tuvalu residents
ANALYSIS: By Jane McAdam, UNSW Sydney The details of a new visa enabling Tuvaluan citizens to permanently migrate to Australia were released this week. The visa was created as part of a bilateral treaty Australia and Tuvalu signed in late 2023, which aims to protect the two countries’ shared interests ...3 days ago
- Labor and Coalition support for new home buyers welcome but other Australians also struggling with h...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Cull, Associate Professor, Western Sydney University doublelee/Shutterstock There is no denying housing reform is urgently needed in Australia to make housing more affordable and accessible to everyday Australians. Both major parties have now announced the incentives they are offering to ...3 days ago
- Voters have a clear choice. Labor’s long term and equitable tax reform or the Coalition’s big b...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University Tang Yan Song The election campaign has erupted into a economic battleground as Labor and the Coalition unveiled major new tax policies at their campaign launches. Each policy package is aimed at addressing the ...3 days ago
- Election Diary: Liberal and Labor launches focus on housing, but who thinks either side can fix that...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If anyone had any doubts before, Sunday’s Liberal and Labor launches highlighted that this election is an auction for votes, in particular those of the under 40s and people in the outer suburbs. Amid the ...3 days ago
- Accra is a tough city to walk in: how city planners can fix the problem
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Seth Asare Okyere, Visiting lecturer, University of Pittsburg and Adjunct Associate Professor, Osaka University, University of Pittsburgh Humans are walking beings. Walking is intrinsically linked to our physical development from childhood and enables our connections with people and places. We can say ...3 days ago
- Driving licence changes: One practical test instead of two
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- Winston Peters says talk of ‘trade war’ is ‘hysterical’, ‘short-sighte...
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- An Ode to .. Admiral Judith
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- Anti-women views aren’t confined to the manosphere
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- Health workers call for NZ government to join global demands for ambulance massacre inquiry
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- Albanese pitches to aspiring home buyers with $10 billion plan and removal of means test on deposit ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese will promise a $10 billion scheme to facilitate the building of up to 100,000 homes that would be earmarked for sale to first home buyers. To be unveiled at Labor’s formal campaign launch ...4 days ago
- Dutton to offer targeted income tax offset of up to $1,200
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Peter Dutton at his party launch on Sunday will offer a “cost of living tax offset” of up to $1,200 to more than 10 million taxpayers. The one-off offset would go to taxpayers earning up ...4 days ago
- Caitlin Johnstone: Israel’s innocent oopsie-poopsie medical massacre mistake
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- Foreign Minister wraps up Tonga visit, heading to Hawai’i
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- Short story: Old dogs, by Jackie Davis
Penny can see it all from here. The lawn that needs mowing, the gardens, once a riot of colour, her pride and joy she says when she describes it to the book club ladies, is now over-run with dandelions and ragwort. In the paddock beyond, she can see the sheep ...5 days ago
- New Zealand’s estuaries ‘in hot water’
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The host of David Lomas Investigates takes us through his life in TV, including the power of the Chesdale Cheese ad and his passion for 90s romantic comedies. It’s hard to imagine these days, but David Lomas never actually wanted to be on television. “Oh, I had no ambition to ...5 days ago
- The Weekend: The lone wolf rarely triumphs
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- Why I defended the men who hurt me
Allegations of sexual assault against Neil Gaiman have led the author to present texts from Scarlett Pavlovich that he says ‘demonstrate’ their relationship was consensual. One woman explains why she sent similar messages to men who hurt her. Sarah Grace is a pseudonym. When the story first broke to my ...5 days ago
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