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Why does John Key want to sell Air NZ?
Written By: - Date published: 11:37 pm, August 28th, 2007 - 1 comment
This morning Air New Zealand announced an annual profit of $268 million. The New Zealand public owns 80% of the national carrier, which means a good chunk of that profit is ours to spend on things like health, education and family tax credits rather than filling the pockets of some overseas shareholder. So why then […]
Farrar, you’re a disgrace
Written By: - Date published: 9:28 pm, August 25th, 2007 - 5 comments
Well surprise, surprise, National Party blogger David Farrar has joined in the disgraceful right-wing smear campaign currently being conducted against AUT’s curriculum leader for journalism, Dr Martin Hirst. You’ll have to forgive me if I find this all a little ironic given Farrar’s carefully scripted outrage just this morning over Labour’s supposed smears against John […]
Phones in prisons
Written By: - Date published: 6:06 pm, August 22nd, 2007 - Comments Off on Phones in prisons
Contrary to what the National Party would have us believe, restricting inmates’ use of phones in prisons has always been a bit of a problem. Presumably the rise in the availability of mobile phones coupled with their shrinking size has made the job of controlling their use even more difficult for corrections staff. Check out […]
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