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European Union v Apple and the US
Written By: - Date published: 8:02 am, September 1st, 2016 - 49 comments
And in Europe the EU has taken steps against Apple for rampant tax evasion and an EU-US free trade deal appears to be dead.
Hickey on immigration and wages
Written By: - Date published: 7:05 am, August 22nd, 2016 - 79 comments
Hickey: “The best way for an economy to grow is for the market to allow wages to grow. Allowing a flood of low-skilled migrants is frustrating that market mechanism with the short-term aim of keeping wages low for employers.”
The Canary – UK independent news featured on RT’s Sputnik
Written By: - Date published: 1:35 pm, August 21st, 2016 - 36 comments
The Canary: independent UK news media successfully using a democratic, socialist model. And succeeding within the highly commercial world of the MSM.
This is the face of the failure of globalisation
Written By: - Date published: 10:12 am, August 14th, 2016 - 272 comments
My apologies to Mohammad Jamal, the man in the photo, for using his largely unknown story to make a point about free-trade and Western privilege.
Globalisation and global incomes (the “elephant graph”)
Written By: - Date published: 7:01 am, August 14th, 2016 - 55 comments
An elegant graph explains why free trade is a good thing, but why it is causing a backlash in rich “Western” countries.
Left Militant
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, August 13th, 2016 - 140 comments
With wars breaking out at an alarming rate and democracy going backwards in much of the world what should a leftie foreign policy be?
TPP – with a whimper
Written By: - Date published: 12:41 pm, August 12th, 2016 - 166 comments
Plenty of folk today pronouncing the death of the TPP. This is a victory for activism.
The great slowdown
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, August 11th, 2016 - 69 comments
Eight years after the Global Financial Crisis the major western economies are stagnant. Is this the new norm?
Stiglitz on the globalisation revolt
Written By: - Date published: 7:54 am, August 8th, 2016 - 69 comments
Globalisation is facing a popular revolt. Economist Joseph Stiglitz explains why.
The New Silk Road
Written By: - Date published: 9:48 am, August 4th, 2016 - 45 comments
The New Silk Road is a massive economic transport system being built at rapid speed with Chinese money, Chinese politicking, Chinese engineering, and yes, Chinese steel.
We need to talk about Islam
Written By: - Date published: 8:30 am, July 23rd, 2016 - 365 comments
A post in which Ad responds to TRP’s recent post suggesting that all religion should be banned by suggesting that religious tolerance is a necessary feature of a liberal democracy.
Drumpf LIVE!
Written By: - Date published: 2:44 pm, July 22nd, 2016 - 31 comments
Establishment candidate and billionaire Donald J Trump is delivering his acceptance speech at the RNC. It’s chockfulla cliches, but hey …
YOOO ESSS AYYYY, YOOO ESSS AYYYY!
National denies/admits Chinese trade reprisals threatened
Written By: - Date published: 3:17 pm, July 19th, 2016 - 50 comments
Yesterday this was the story: Speaking shortly after his arrival in Indonesia for a three-day trade trip, Key sought to pour cold water on the idea of any Chinese retaliation. While he could not confirm whether MBIE had received a complaint about steel dumping, due to the confidentiality of the complaints regime, the Government had […]
How to collapse liberal society
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, July 19th, 2016 - 131 comments
Liberal society is in reverse in many parts of the world. What do we do to arrest this?
China trade realpolitik
Written By: - Date published: 1:45 pm, July 18th, 2016 - 137 comments
We can’t afford to be using sub-standard steel. We shouldn’t have to buckle to pressure to do so, but we have no leverage at all.
God Botherer
Written By: - Date published: 10:27 am, July 17th, 2016 - 462 comments
God’s been a bit of a let down recently. Is it time for Him to retire?
Military coup underway in Turkey: Erdo-gone?
Written By: - Date published: 9:31 am, July 16th, 2016 - 135 comments
The attempted military coup appears to have been quickly and effectively put down by pro-Erdogan forces.
The good ones get it
Written By: - Date published: 8:30 am, June 28th, 2016 - 126 comments
A recent interview with Barack Obama displayed an understanding of the problems offered by globalisation but also understands the complex relationship between trade, elites, workers, and redistribution.
Why American Foreign Policy still matters
Written By: - Date published: 8:30 am, June 14th, 2016 - 17 comments
So what should the next President of the United States focus on? Military power or economic domination or international institutions?
Kiwi Values
Written By: - Date published: 10:35 pm, June 13th, 2016 - 62 comments
Epsom hologram David Seymour reckons we need to force refugees to pledge allegiance to what he calls ‘values’. Of course, ACT don’t know value, they only know price. And haven’t we heard this sort of thing from another party in years gone by?
What the TTIP teaches us about the TPP
Written By: - Date published: 9:40 am, May 13th, 2016 - 11 comments
TTIP, TTPA, same game around the globe, a take-over by American corporations, with the rights of the public held in no regard whatsoever.
John Key’s dead cat strategy
Written By: - Date published: 9:14 am, May 12th, 2016 - 52 comments
National is hoping to avoid a proper debate about issues raised by the Panama Papers by raising a series of idiotic diversions.
John Key chickens out of #panamapapers interview
Written By: - Date published: 8:31 am, May 9th, 2016 - 37 comments
This morning John Key refused to be interviewed on Radio New Zealand after learning that they intended to ask him questions about the Panama Papers. And some elements of the media are for some strange reason trying to say there is nothing to see because he personally has not been implicated.
Arise, Sir Lynton
Written By: - Date published: 10:23 am, May 8th, 2016 - 28 comments
Lynton Crosby on his knees receiving a knighthood for services to conservative politics. To me, this really signals who is running the show, who is still running the show, and what their values are.
If we tax the multinational corporations will they leave?
Written By: - Date published: 8:27 am, May 8th, 2016 - 151 comments
Rodney Hide thinks that making multinational corporations pay their fair share of tax will make them leave.
Mossack Fonseca bites National on the arse
Written By: - Date published: 7:19 am, April 29th, 2016 - 348 comments
John Key is facing some problems describing how a Mossack Fonseca company ended up owning a New Zealand farm and how after his lawyer asked the Government not to change the rules surrounding foreign trusts the Government moved to make sure that no rule change would occur.
Simplicity
Written By: - Date published: 11:57 am, April 9th, 2016 - 62 comments
Good shit happening in France.
Panama tax rort stirs world leaders but not Key
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, April 7th, 2016 - 18 comments
The Panama Papers highlight a significant problem for the countries of the world. The actions of the 1% is robbing countries throughout the world of funds needed to run their countries and underlines that the capitalist system is based on greed. Most leaders see this but not John Key.
John Key’s response to the Panama Papers leak
Written By: - Date published: 9:13 am, April 5th, 2016 - 42 comments
John Key and National are floundering and trying urgently to work out what lines they should use concerning the release of the Panama Papers.
Global poverty. Global oligarchy.
Written By: - Date published: 1:09 pm, April 3rd, 2016 - 13 comments
The west continues to hold a lock on global wealth. Africa and India remain desperately poor. China has built a burgeoning working class and middle class.
Key wants to turn New Zealand into a haven for the 1%
Written By: - Date published: 7:30 am, March 29th, 2016 - 95 comments
Fran O’Sullivan has spilt the beans. John Key thinks that overseas terrorism and by implication climate change are good for the New Zealand economy and that the country should not do anything about overseas corporates paying low tax rates because investment will occur. And he wants New Zealand to become a haven for people overseas fleeing from terrorism and climate change. But only if they are wealthy.
- Luxon Wins. Seymour Hides.
Summary:David Seymour took cover from Koroneihana celebrations yesterday, using the paltry excuse that he couldn’t go because the House was sitting. Everyone else was there though, including Swarbrick, Hipkins, Luxon, Peters, Jones and Te Pati Maori leaders - with many important announcements to make. Meanwhile, Luxon is winning and the ...3 weeks ago - Is Christopher Luxon A Liar?
Article open to all - another video embedded below. Please consider subscribing and sharing to support what I do.New Means Are NeededOver the weekend, Bernard Hickey launched an initiative to brainstorm positive policies and ideas - it’s a relief for many, especially against the backdrop of seemingly never-ending negative news. ...3 weeks ago - Unfinished business on corruption and transparency
Over the weekend the Helen Clark Foundation released Shining a Light: Improving transparency in New Zealand's political and governance systems, a report on reducing corruption in Aotearoa. It makes the point that while we have a relatively corruption-free culture, and regularly top the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index, our lack ...3 weeks ago - Sabotaging human rights
That is the only way to describe National's shock appointments to the Human Rights Commission on Friday. New Chief Human Rights Commissioner Stephen Rainbow is on-record as a terf and a supporter of Israel's genocide in Gaza; new Race Relations Commissioner Melissa Derby is a terf whose chief "human rights" ...3 weeks ago
- Road Policing Reduction
Enforcement is a critical aspect towards achieving and ultimately improving road safety. Yesterday Transport Minister Simeon Brown announced the government’s new Road Policing Investment Programme. While some parts of it are positive, others are puzzling and ultimately will see a reduction in funding for road policing. Drunk drivers and drugged drivers ...3 weeks ago - The Rock Star Returns
If you are what you say you are, a superstarThen have no fear, the crowd is hereAnd the lights are onAnd they want a show-oh-oh-oh, yeahSongwriters - Wasalu Jaco / Rudolph Loyola LopezWhat do you imagine of when you think of rock stars? 1970s excess perhaps? Drugs, drink and debauchery? ...3 weeks ago - Cutting funds now, but increasing costs later
Providers of services supporting young parents with their housing, mental health needs, employment and providing parenting help are among those losing funding, in apparent dismissal of any ‘social investment’ approach. Photo: Lynn GrievesonMōrena. Here’s my top six things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on ...3 weeks ago - Where she goes, we go; where she stands, we stand
One word sums up the redefinition of New Zealand’s foreign policy presented by the Prime Minister at the Lowy Institute on Thursday. The word is “and”. It is now Australia AND New Zealand, the ANZACS re-united within ANZUS along with the United States to preserve western values in the “Indo-Pacific”. ...3 weeks ago
- 2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #33
A listing of 34 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, August 11, 2024 thru Sat, August 17, 2024. Story of the week At the risk of becoming monotonous, our Story of the Week yet again is Project 2025. This ...3 weeks ago - Introducing The Kākā Project of 2026 for 2050 (TKP 26/50)
Kia ora.I got up yesterday morning to write my usual end-of-the-week reflections of the six main things that happened in our political economy in the last week or so, and why they mattered. Lately, my daily emails and weekend ‘soliloquies’ have become laundry lists of policy vandalism, where I point ...3 weeks ago
- Rating The Reply Guys
Hi,I am writing to you from the depths of despair as I experience the combination of a cold and what I assume is pink eye. I’m googling symptoms, throwing back gallons of eyedrops, and feeling sad I had to miss a screening of Alien I’d booked tickets to.Trust me: No-one ...3 weeks ago - That can’t be right can it?
Let’s play a game called That can't be right can it?It's pretty easy: all you have to do is retort that can't be right can it? after I say something that sounds wrong. And then I'll tell you whether it is or not.Any questions? Yes Louis Upston at the back ...3 weeks ago
- Next steps on Electrifying New Zealand
The Government will progress a series of reforms to make it easier and cheaper to consent, build and maintain renewable electricity generation as well as electricity distribution and transmission, say RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop and Energy Minister Simeon Brown. “New Zealand has an exciting future powered by clean and ...2 weeks ago - Urgent action taken to bolster energy security
Cabinet has moved quickly to approve a raft of actions to address the serious risk to New Zealand’s energy security and affordability, Energy Minister Simeon Brown and Resources Minister Shane Jones say.Cabinet has committed to: Act with urgency to reverse the ban on offshore oil and gas exploration, with legislation ...2 weeks ago
- Prime Minister to visit Malaysia and Korea
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will travel to Malaysia and the Republic of Korea (Korea) next week, accompanied by a senior business delegation. “Malaysia and Korea are both strong partners for New Zealand on the world stage, crucial to our prosperity and security. I look forward to meeting with my counterparts ...2 weeks ago
- New weather radar for Tonga a lifesaver
A new weather radar for Tonga will help save lives through improved forecasting and early warnings for communities during hazardous weather events, says Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters. Making the announcement while attending the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting, Mr Peters says the launch of the facility situated at the Fua’amotu ...2 weeks ago
- Huge interest in one-stop shop Fast-track Bill
Cabinet has agreed to recommend a suite of sensible changes to the Fast-track Approvals Bill, say RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop and Regional Development Minister Shane Jones. The Ministers also today released an overview of the 384 projects that have applied to be listed in the Bill. “We’re delighted by ...2 weeks ago
- New Zealand heads to Tonga to talk Pacific
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters will travel to Tonga next week to meet with Pacific leaders on priority regional issues, including climate change, security and development. The 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Week brings together leaders from 18 Pacific countries, including New Zealand. “This meeting is our region’s ...2 weeks ago
- Technology to enable more court remote participation
Enabling more remote participation in our courts using Audio Visual (AV) technology is an important part of the Coalition Government’s commitment to improving court performance and access to justice, Minister for Courts Nicole McKee says. “The second reading today of the Courts (Remote Participation) Amendment Bill has moved us closer ...2 weeks ago
- Government supports Police to search for illegally held guns
The Coalition Government is one step closer to delivering on its commitment to keep firearms out of the hands of serious offenders, Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee says. “The Firearms Prohibition Orders Legislation Amendment Bill was part of our 100-day plan and committed to giving Police greater powers to ...2 weeks ago
- Speech to the Local Government New Zealand Conference
Introduction and acknowledgements Good afternoon. It’s my pleasure to speak to you today about Resource Management Act reform, which intersects nicely with my other important portfolios of Infrastructure and Housing. Reform of the RMA is fundamental to the coalition Government’s ambitions for a faster growing, more productive economy. Our reform ...2 weeks ago
- RMA Reform Phase Two priorities and plan
The Government will progress a second Resource Management Act Amendment Bill and a suite of changes to national direction to drive economic growth and productivity, RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop says. “It’s too hard to get things done in New Zealand, and our planning system is a big part of ...2 weeks ago
- New chair appointed to Māori Heritage Council
Edward Ellison ONZM has been appointed chair of the Māori Heritage Council and deputy chair of the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Board, Arts Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “Edward is a highly respected chair who will bring a wealth of governance and cultural experience to these roles. “He has been ...2 weeks ago
- Govt funding boosts immunisation in high needs communities
Minister of Health Dr Shane Reti has welcomed preliminary data on a major immunisation initiative, saying it reinforces a commitment to get resources and funding out of a Wellington-based bureaucratic tangle and directly to frontline providers. “Immunisation is one of the most important ways to protect New Zealanders against diseases ...2 weeks ago
- New dance competition set to bring economic benefits
Economic Development Minister Melissa Lee is looking forward to seeing the economic boost from a new international street dance competition, the World Dance Crew Championship, taking place in Auckland next year. “Kiwi dance crews are a common sight at international competitions. They’re often favourites and regularly taking top spots on ...2 weeks ago
- Giving our children a greater voice
The Government has finalised a framework that will strengthen the oversight of the Oranga Tamariki system by ensuring the independence of the children’s monitor and creating a stand-alone Children’s Commissioner. “We are providing confidence to New Zealanders that the rights of our children and young people will be protected,” Social ...2 weeks ago
- Further support to Councils to speed up recovery
Emergency Management and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell has allocated $16.8 million of Budget 24 funding to support councils in accelerating recovery efforts following the severe weather events of 2023. “The funding comes from the Cyclone Recovery Capability Fund which was announced as part of Budget 2024. Councils have said they ...2 weeks ago
- Better outcomes in early childhood education
More support will be available for Early Childhood Education (ECE) teachers to help them drive better literacy and numeracy outcomes for young learners, Education Minister Erica Stanford announced today. Online curriculum resource Kōwhiti Whakapae will now help ECE teachers strengthen planning, formative assessment and teaching practice in oral language, literacy ...2 weeks ago
- Regional Deals framework announced
The Government has launched a framework to establish Regional Deals between central and local government that will drive economic growth and deliver the infrastructure New Zealand needs, Local Government Minister Simeon Brown says. “New Zealand is facing an infrastructure deficit. Water pipes are bursting, roads have been falling apart, and ...2 weeks ago
- Du Val Group companies placed into statutory management
The Government has placed companies associated with Du Val Group, a developer of large-scale residential property projects in Auckland, into statutory management, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly says. “Du Val Group has recently gone into interim receivership, leaving significant liabilities. The situation is complex and of such a ...2 weeks ago
- Back to basics for local government
The Government has announced measures to ensure councils are getting back to basics to reduce the cost of living, deliver core services and infrastructure, and improve the efficiency of decision making, Local Government Minister Simeon Brown says. Refocusing the purpose provisions in the Local Government Act. Investigating performance benchmarks for ...2 weeks ago
- Speech to LGNZ SuperLocal conference
Ka nui te mihi kia koutou. Kia ora and good afternoon, everyone. Before I begin, I’d like to thank LGNZ for their invitation to speak here today. I spend a lot of time meeting with many good mayors and councillors across the country, but this is a great opportunity to ...2 weeks ago
- Can we really reach net zero by 2050? A new report maps out Australia’s path in more detail than e...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Jotzo, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University structuresxx, Shutterstock A zero-carbon mindset must “become the new normal” in Australia, according to a much-anticipated report from the ...2 days ago - Dolphin friendly? New research shows vague environmental labelling is common on NZ seafood products
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Bradbury, Senior Research Fellow in the School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Many seafood products sold in New Zealand make environmental claims, but our new research shows most of them are too ambiguous and ...2 days ago
- For decades, we’ve been told 80% of the world’s biodiversity is found on Indigenous lands – bu...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Garnett, Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University Everyday people understandably rely on information quoted by scientists. But when that information turns out to be incorrect, things get complicated. For more than two decades, the claim that 80% of ...2 days ago
- Wild weather is costing billions of dollars and putting the future of insurance in doubt
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paula Jarzabkowski, Professor in Strategic Management, The University of Queensland paintings/Shutterstock Late winter and early spring has been marked by wild weather sweeping large parts of Australia, damaging homes and businesses and causing power outages. Such unpredictable weather is also occurring ...2 days ago
- Help Me Hera: I want to ask out my cat’s vet. Is that wrong?
Normally I would never ask someone out at their job. But I think she might be the most perfect person ever to exist. Help! Help Me Hera is brought to you by Bumble, the women-first dating app that started a movement by putting women in charge when dating. Want Hera’s help? Email ...2 days ago - The Nat MP who lobbied for speed humps at his local school
Tim Costley served for the Air Force in Afghanistan, East Timor and the Solomon Islands. But now the National MP finds himself a different kind of hero. And he’s an uncomfortably reluctant hero.Horowhenua District Council says the MP requested the council install speed control humps outside Levin’s Taitoko School, where cars ...2 days ago - Live: Kiingi Tuheitia to be laid to rest, new Māori monarch welcomed
A first karakia has begun events, as thousands gather in Ngaaruawaahia for the funeral of the Māori King Tuheitia, and the naming of his successor. ...2 days ago - The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at 30: more important, enjoyable and vital than eve...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Gaunson, Associate Professor in Cinema Studies, RMIT University Still, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, 1994. Courtesy of Park Circus. The lavender painted bus named “Priscilla” continues to pick up new fans while never going out of favour ...2 days ago
- Five things households should know about the first annual grocery report
Prices are high, competition is tricky - and what's Bin Inn got to do with anything? ...2 days ago
- NZDF helps train Japanese military to monitor satellites
The New Zealand Defence Force is helping the United States to train the Japanese military to monitor satellites. ...2 days ago
- Farewelling a King
A new monarch will rise and Kīngi Tuheitia will travel to his final resting place, writes Stewart Sowman-Lund in today’s extract from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in your inbox every weekday morning, sign up here. A farewell fit for the King Kīngi Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero VII will ...2 days ago
- Kotahitanga will not be forged through silence in the court of Kiingi Tūheitia
Comment: Kiingi Tūheitia’s tangihanga was a markedly different scene from the last time most political leaders travelled to Tūrangawaewae, just a fortnight ago.His Koroneihana (coronation anniversary celebration) was a chance for fiery political debate at a time when Government policies were stoking division. Wednesday’s tangi was not supposed to be ...2 days ago
- Norman Kirk’s Tongan tapa cloth unveiled in its new home
A Tongan tapa cloth presented to prime minister Norman Kirk has come out of storage to show off its full beauty. ...2 days ago
- An illicit drug? Auckland kava lounge online store abruptly shut down
As Auckland’s Four Shells Kava Lounge celebrates its fifth birthday, misconceptions – old and new – persist. This story was meant to be about a birthday, a couple’s small business connecting Pasifika diaspora to curious New Zealanders and a drink powered by 3,000 years of Pacific culture and cultivation. Instead, ...2 days ago
- The shade in the shadow of Taupiri maunga
Taupiri maunga has served as a sacred burial site for thousands of years, and will be the final resting place of Kīngi Tuheitia. Lyric Waiwiri-Smith looks at the history of the maunga on the day of the kīngi’s burial. One of Taupiri maunga’s nearest neighbours is a motorway service centre ...2 days ago
- Union challenges Defence Force pay ‘freeze’
As the military receives voluntary redundancy applications, a union says it must find money for cost of living increases The post Union challenges Defence Force pay ‘freeze’ appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 days ago
- Fast-track timeframes take iwi consultations ‘from really difficult to impossible’
Treaty settlement land is open for development under the fast-track, so long as the right boxes are ticked The post Fast-track timeframes take iwi consultations ‘from really difficult to impossible’ appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 days ago
- Warnings of ‘political interference’ as Govt looks to move oversight of teacher training
A plan to shift oversight of teacher training from the Teaching Council to the Ministry of Education is described as a ‘dangerous precedent’ The post Warnings of ‘political interference’ as Govt looks to move oversight of teacher training appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 days ago
- Chasing the billion owed in child support
Staggering new figures revealed in an Official Information Act request to the Inland Revenue Department show child support payers owe just shy of $1 billion.But perhaps the really astonishing news is, that’s the lowest the debt has been since 2005.Of the total debt of $999,707,882, 42 percent of it – ...2 days ago
- Book of the Week: Ladies, a plate
As children growing up in rural North Canterbury, my brothers and I could never be sure what the filling of our mother’s pies might be. She’d watch us eat before revealing that what we thought was chicken was the rabbit she’d shot in the back paddock that afternoon.This was the ...2 days ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Thursday 5 September
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- Finally a chance to achieve the objective for Māoridom intended in 1858
The Kīngitanga is now much more influential and widely respected but the challenge will be to remain relevant to current circumstances The post Finally a chance to achieve the objective for Māoridom intended in 1858 appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 days ago
- Daily crossword, Thursday 5 September
The post Daily crossword, Thursday 5 September appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 days ago
- Gambling is causing great harm. Here’s how to tip the odds back in the community’s favour
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Deputy Program Director, Budgets and Government, Grattan Institute Gambling harm dwells in the dark, often in the night hours, usually unspoken, yet it casts long shadows across our communities. But the spotlight is finally on gambling and the industry that ...2 days ago
- Politics with Michelle Grattan: Ghaith Krayem on Muslim votes mattering
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It is almost been a year since the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Since then, the conflict in the Middle East has increasingly impinged on our domestic politics, despite Australia having no direct role ...2 days ago
- Stronger together: South Taranaki council votes unanimously to retain Māori wards
At an extraordinary meeting, the mayor expressed frustration at having to revisit the issue. ...2 days ago
- Research shows diabetes drug could reduce dementia risk. Here’s how the two diseases may be linked
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Macfarlane, Head of Clinical Services, Dementia Support Australia, & Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University Krakenimages.com/Shutterstock A Korean study published recently suggests people with type 2 diabetes who are prescribed a particular class of drug might be at a significantly ...2 days ago
- Australian schools could get an extra $16 billion – but only if states reach a deal with Jason Cla...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Kidson, Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University The federal government has offered states a new funding agreement that would provide an extra A$16 billion for Australian schools, starting next year. It sounds good, but Education Minister Jason Clare ...2 days ago
- Māori ward in South Wairarapa safe for now, mayor says blame government for costs of binding vote
A deputy mayor says she its disappointed the council has been forced to relitigate decisions it made last year. ...2 days ago
- Tourism operators concerned levy hike will deter travellers
iFly Queenstown owner Matt Wong says the levy hike comes at a challenging time for the sector that is still recovering from the effects of Covid-19. ...2 days ago
- What’s a recession – and how can we tell if we’re in one?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leonora Risse, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Canberra William Barton/Shutterstock This article is part of The Conversation’s “Business Basics” series where we ask experts to discuss key concepts in business, economics and finance. Today’s economic data shows that, outside ...2 days ago
- This is the weakest economy outside of a recession. Here’s what the GDP figures show
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra The latest national accounts show the Australian economy is struggling. It’s what you would expect after the sharpest series of interest rate rises on record, and is more or less what the Reserve Bank ...2 days ago
- Māori King Kiingi Tuheitia’s tangi: Government ministers pay their respects
Rahui Papa also spoke of cousins from across the globe, saying Kiingi Tuheitia was a "global citizen" and it is a testament to that to see them all return to Tuurangawaewae. ...2 days ago
- Horse rider urges drivers to ‘pass wide and pass slow’
A woman whose childhood memories were wiped out in a horsing accident wants the law changed to recognise horse riders as vulnerable road users. ...2 days ago
- Problem gambling: Council asks government to do more to ‘minimise harm’
Christchurch has more pokie machines per capita than any other main centre and the council is worried about the rise in online gambling. ...2 days ago
- Paris is adding another page to Paralympic history but what will its legacy be?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Darcy, Professor of Social Inclusion – UTS Business School – Co-Lead UTS Disability Research Network – Australian Centre for Olympic and Sport Studies – Centre for Sport, Business and Society, University of Technology Sydney A record 4,400 athletes from more than ...2 days ago
- Risk of carbon credits going on scrap heap after auction fails to attract any bidders
No bidders turned up to the third auction of carbon credits of the year. ...2 days ago
- Biochar doesn’t just store carbon – it stores water and boosts farmers’ drought resilience
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sirjana Adhikari, Associate Research Fellow in Mineral Processing, Deakin University paroonkorn srichan/Shutterstock As the climate changes, large parts of southern Australia are projected to get drier. Extreme rains are also becoming more common. For farmers, these changes pose big risks. ...3 days ago
- New laws to tackle technology-based abuse in NSW are welcome. But police and courts also need to ste...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Powell, Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University DimaBerlin/Shutterstock New South Wales Premier Chris Minns has committed to a range of reforms strengthening legal responses to family violence across the state. These reforms follow the alleged murder of 28-year-old Molly ...3 days ago
- Gone By Lunchtime: The Kīngi and us
With the next Māori monarch expected to be revealed at any moment, Tūrangawaewae is the focus of attention. Tens of thousands have gathered at Tūrangawaewae Marae over recent days for the tangi of Kīngi Tuheitia, who died on Friday morning after 18 years on the throne. Fresh from a ...3 days ago
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