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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Pause With Map In Hand and Scratch Their Heads
Written By: - Date published: 7:00 am, November 13th, 2022 - 19 comments
If 2020 was the worst year in my lifetime how does 2022 compare?
In praise of Michael Hudson
Written By: - Date published: 3:32 pm, November 3rd, 2022 - 39 comments
82-year old polymath Michael Hudson is my favourite economist. He currently lectures in China to million-strong audiences. His latest book is The Destiny of Civilisation: Finance Capitalism, Industrial Capitalism or Socialism. His latest article is well worth a read.
Russian roulette
Written By: - Date published: 8:53 am, September 23rd, 2022 - 277 comments
Vladimir Putin has effectively conceded that the Ukraine war is not going well for Russia by seeking to conscript 300,000 new soldiers, planning for referenda in Russian held areas and threatening the use of Nuclear weapons if Russia’s modified territorial integrity is threatened.
‘Training’ for an early grave
Written By: - Date published: 7:40 pm, September 4th, 2022 - 99 comments
We’re sending 120 troops to Britain to ‘train’ raw recruits for the Ukraine killing grounds. For the Defence Generals, it’s an overseas trip to aid retention. For the Ukrainian conscripts, it’s a prelude to early death. It is cynical and criminal: we should be arguing for the war to stop, not keep it going ”to the death of the last Ukrainian.”
Militarising the Pacific
Written By: - Date published: 2:04 pm, July 17th, 2022 - 16 comments
The Solomons Islands security agreement with China led to paroxysms of ‘serious concern’ about militarisation of the Pacific. 3 days before the Pacific Island Forum convened, 4 US B-2 nuclear-capable stealth bombers deployed on rotation into Australia. I know what worries me most.
Should our future lie with NATO?
Written By: - Date published: 3:23 pm, June 21st, 2022 - 62 comments
Not content to stay in the North Atlantic, NATO is shortly about to reveal in Madrid its next ten-year plan to contain China. Jacinda Ardern will be there, who knows why. Are we nailing our colours to a flag at half-mast?
The 2022 Energy Crisis Is Right Here Right Now
Written By: - Date published: 4:56 pm, June 19th, 2022 - 44 comments
Every part of our energy-dense life from plastic to tarmac to food to clothes to building materials is about to get smashed like we ain’t seen.
Foot-shooting the sanctions’ lockstep
Written By: - Date published: 6:41 pm, June 18th, 2022 - 45 comments
RNZ’s “The Detail” asked are New Zealand’s sanctions against Russia working? They aren’t, but one detail we learnt that MFAT has 100 staff members assigned to sorting out their complications!! What a waste.
An appeal to Putin’s Apologists
Written By: - Date published: 10:10 am, June 12th, 2022 - 121 comments
Guest with a life of anti-fascist and anti-war activism in their rear-view mirror, alarmingly finds at fifty that they are staring at the green shoots of fascism in their headlights.This is not where any progressive expected to be. But for the left, there is also no discounting fascist action by offering up the reasoning of the aggressor.
Ukraine as a Multi-Year war
Written By: - Date published: 9:05 am, June 12th, 2022 - 20 comments
The Russian war of aggression against the Ukraine is now three months old. Prepare for a very long grind.
Top Gun
Written By: - Date published: 8:33 am, May 27th, 2022 - 23 comments
The new version of Top Gun out now is sure to give rise to little think-pieces about how comparable the situation in the Ukraine is or is not to Desert Storm in Iraq or any other US-military led war. Or isn’t.
How Russia Loses
Written By: - Date published: 2:05 pm, May 26th, 2022 - 90 comments
Even after just four months it is time count what Russia has lost and will continue to lose.
If not now then when?
Written By: - Date published: 8:23 am, May 26th, 2022 - 47 comments
Yet another school shooting has occurred this time in Texas with 19 children and two teachers shot. And this weekend the NRA is holding its annual Convention in Texas and Donald Trump is one of the guest speakers.
The terrorist ‘heroes’ of Mariupol
Written By: - Date published: 4:44 pm, May 21st, 2022 - 128 comments
The mass surrender of over 2000 members of the extreme nationalist AZOV battalion in Mariupol is a major win in the fight against global race-based terrorism. These extreme nationalists share the same ideology as the Christchurch and Buffalo assassins. Efforts to combat extremism have focused on the influence of social media on individuals. Insufficient attention is paid to organising centres such as AZOV.
Justice for Shaireen
Written By: - Date published: 12:11 pm, May 16th, 2022 - 30 comments
The spotlight is again on Israel after the senseless shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh allegedly by an Israeli army sniper and on the subsequent disruption of her funeral by Israeli defence forces.
So What Happens To Russia?
Written By: - Date published: 11:39 am, May 9th, 2022 - 57 comments
The commercial parts of Russia’s state will do very well with plenty of customers remaining for its oil and gas. It’s $3-$4 a litre 91 everyone. Everything else in Russia is ruined.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine – an act of aggression
Written By: - Date published: 8:44 pm, May 3rd, 2022 - 140 comments
The invasion that began just over two months ago will have a profound impact on global politics for many years. The conflict is unlikely to end quickly and will take a toll on everyone involved.
India Rises
Written By: - Date published: 10:21 am, May 1st, 2022 - 10 comments
Why is India such a world player right now?
Anzac Day
Written By: - Date published: 7:01 am, April 25th, 2022 - 13 comments
A more sombre and quieter Anzac Day today with planned ceremonies being pared back in this post Covid world.
Should We Just Settle?
Written By: - Date published: 7:00 am, March 29th, 2022 - 60 comments
New Zealand does not have to settle for being small, quiet, and weak.
Five Eyes Joins Morning Report
Written By: - Date published: 7:21 pm, March 25th, 2022 - 65 comments
Morning Report today interviewed ex MI6 chemical weapons false flag specialist Hamish de Bretton-Gordon saying because Russia has lost in Ukraine it will likely resort using to chemical weapons. FiveEyes hawks want NATO to intervene, so we get World War 3, Hurrah!
Who Pays the Price of Sanctions
Written By: - Date published: 4:32 pm, March 20th, 2022 - 194 comments
New Zealand’s sanctions on Russia have not stopped the war in Ukraine. They may have made our parliamentarians feel better, and Tony Blinken was quick to congratulate us on falling into line with the US “high-impact sanctions.” The language is combative, but the evidence shows sanctions do not work. They can have significant blow-back effects, particularly if not combined with effective diplomacy.
Putin threatens Nuclear War
Written By: - Date published: 8:27 am, February 28th, 2022 - 254 comments
Vladimir Putin, obviously hurting because some of his personal ill gotten wealth has been frozen has upped the ante by raising the spectre of the use of Nuclear Weapons.
How Russia wins
Written By: - Date published: 10:30 am, February 25th, 2022 - 47 comments
Russia hasn’t lost an intervention in quite some time.
Watch China’s next move
Written By: - Date published: 8:03 pm, February 24th, 2022 - 61 comments
Why should we in New Zealand give a damn about Ukraine? My answer is: China.
Global Britain fell with Singapore
Written By: - Date published: 10:00 pm, February 16th, 2022 - 4 comments
Today February 15th is the 80th anniversary of the fall of Singapore in 1942, described by many as Britain’s worst military disaster. It was a massive strategic fail, and its effect is still powerful today, most notably with Australia’s lockstep with the US. Current British strategists don’t seem to have learnt a thing.
Blinken and Blind-Sided?
Written By: - Date published: 2:54 pm, January 16th, 2022 - 17 comments
Russian peacekeepers are already leaving Kazakhstan having nipped the ‘colour revolution’ in the bud. Blinken clearly didn’t have a clue when he said Russians never leave the house. Russian intelligence was superb. Now we wait for Russia’s response to US likely refusal to pull back from its borders. One thing I’d bet on – no invasion of Ukraine.
Unwanted guests?
Written By: - Date published: 10:40 pm, January 8th, 2022 - 22 comments
When I heard US Secretary of State Blinken’s take-away line from his D.C. press conference on RNZ’s news bulletin today on events in Kazakhstan ‘I think one lesson in recent history is that once Russians are in your house, it’s sometimes very difficult to get them to leave’ I wondered what the Iraqis would think.
The US withdraws from Afghanistan and the inevitable happened
Written By: - Date published: 9:57 pm, November 29th, 2021 - Comments Off on The US withdraws from Afghanistan and the inevitable happened
The withdrawal in August of US and allied troops from Afghanistan saw the return of the Taliban in control of that country. This sadly was always going to be the outcome once the US and its allies withdrew.
Mothers of the Revolution
Written By: - Date published: 6:16 pm, November 20th, 2021 - 41 comments
Saw an inspiring premiere of this NZ -made movie about the amazing women of Greenham Common at the Wellington Film Festival today. Their years-long protest led to the INF treaty, a major advance in nuclear safety, now abandoned. Well worth seeing – a timely reminder in light of today’s news about NATO moving nuclear missiles around Eastern European nations on Russia’s borders.
Highway to the Danger Zone
Written By: - Date published: 12:51 pm, September 29th, 2021 - 25 comments
I never thought I would see the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of the United States military essentially being a witness against the previous President of the United States. Yet here we are.
- Privatisation screws the future
There's a major report out today from 350 Aotearoa, First Union and the CTU about how National's privatisation of the electricity sector has led to entirely predictable outcomes of price gouging and underinvestment: Meridian, Mercury, Genesis and Contact Energy paid out $8.7b in dividends to shareholders between 2014 ...3 hours ago - Gordon Campbell on abortion politics, Murdoch and the DeSantis surge
So the Democrats did a whole lot better than OK in the midterm elections despite the cost of living crisis and despite the President’s low approval ratings. How come? In a word, “abortion” was the key mobilising issue. It inspired many women (and some men) to register to vote. In ...6 hours ago - New Book
I have a new book being published this month. It is entitled “What Does It Mean to Be Human?” and is an attempt to arrive at a moral code of our own making – one that will serve all our interests and those of other creatures and of the planet ...7 hours ago - Three Little Words!The crucial moment in the Black Ferns’ Rugby World Cup triumph came in the closing minute. The Red Roses had used a penalty to kick to the corner, and from the throw-in that followed they had clearly planned to use a rolling maul to get the ball across the line ...7 hours ago
- Geoffrey Miller: Jacinda Ardern’s Asia trip rekindles New Zealand’s independent foreign policy
New Zealand’s independent foreign policy is back. That’s a key underlying message from Jacinda Ardern’s trip this week to Southeast Asia. The New Zealand Prime Minister attended the East Asia Summit in Cambodia over the weekend. She will head to Thailand for the APEC leaders’ meeting later in the week. ...11 hours ago - 2022 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #45
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Nov 6, 2022 thru Sat, Nov 12, 2022. Story of the Week What the tiny remaining 1.5C carbon budget means for climate policy The latest estimates from the Global Carbon Project (GCP) show that total worldwide CO2 ...1 day ago - David Farrier’s unsettling new documentary ‘Mister Organ’ – a film to watch through your fin...
In this age of entitled white men behaving badly, it’s common to hear the term “malignant narcissist” Anyone who’s had the misfortune to be sucked into the orbit or one of these miscreants, (let alone been obliged to, say, sue one for copyright infringement) eventually learns that the ONLY ‘exit ...2 days ago - The End of Neoliberalism?
Gary Gerstle’s The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era is a frustrating book. It is an impressive sweeping history of American politics and economic policy from the New Deal in the 1930s to today, predicting that we are coming to ...3 days ago - Phil Ferguson on radical youth politics and the Irish republican struggle
Phil Ferguson is a founding editor of Redline and was a regular contributor. He has been out of action for the past year after suffering a stroke. He is learning to walk again and hoping to get back to writing. Tim Leadbeater sat down with Phil to talk about about ...3 days ago - Climate Change: Submit!Farming industry groups today released a joint statement against their own proposal - as adopted by the government - to price agricultural greenhouse gas emissions at the farm level. Its a perfect example of the bad faith with which they have engaged in the entire process, and of the industry's ...3 days ago
- Is is the beginning of the end of the toxic Trump TV show?
In 2016 the US electorate was feeling frustrated, let down, embattled, even desperate. It was – truth be told – willing to indulge its tendency for some racism and misogyny. So it screwed up its face, held its breath and reached out for Donald Trump. The years since have been ...3 days ago - Political Roundup: 11 November 2022Items of interest and importance today PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT Shane Jones (Herald): Stop the forays into identity politics, de-colonisation and global posturing, St Jacinda. We must focus on economic essentials (paywalled) Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Luxon is not yet the direct threat Labour is painting him as Jo Moir (Newsroom): Luxon set ...3 days ago
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #45 2022Catastrophic reverb Kemp et al. caused prolonged ripples with their paper Climate Endgame: Exploring catastrophic climate change scenarios. One can't help but think most of the heat is emotional, not intellectual; excited critics of the paper offer little more than "this sounds scary, don't harsh our vibe." Vague and even outlandish concerrns over terminology aside, true ...4 days ago
- Solar panels on car parks are a no-brainerThe Guardian reports that France is going to require all large car-parks to be covered by solar panels: All large car parks in France will be covered by solar panels under new legislation approved as part of president Emmanuel Macron’s renewable energy drive. Legislation approved by the French Senate ...4 days ago
- Climate Change: National wants to burn the planetLast month, the National Party announced they would repeal any price on agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, effectively declaring that they would do nothing about them. Today, they've followed that up by announcing that they will repeal the ban on offshore oil and gas exploration: The National Party has reaffirmed ...4 days ago
- DrawnA ballot for a single Member's Bill was held today, and the following bill was drawn: Fair Trading (Gift Card Expiry) Amendment Bill (Melissa Lee) Its a worthy but minor bill, and the best you can say about it is that at least none of National's tough-on-crime ...4 days ago
- Gordon Campbell on the midterms, Adrian Orr and taxing the BanksIt used to be a joke, but it seems that a lot of Republicans really might have moved to Florida to escape from the gulag of Dr Fauci. While in these midterms the “red wave” didn’t happen anywhere outside of Florida, the GOP control of the Senate will now come ...4 days ago
- Political Roundup: 10 November 2022Items of interest and importance today BANKING Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Why Jacinda Ardern hit out at banks (paywalled) Bernard Hickey (Interest): Open banking still two years away 1New: Open banking to make it easier to switch banks, compare rates Bridie Witton (Stuff): Government moves to introduce open banking Martien Lubberink (Newsroom): ...4 days ago
- Addicted to secrecyBack in July, Public Service Minister Chris Hipkins said he was concerned about the growing number of secrecy clauses excluding information from the coverage of the Official Information Act, and promised "safeguards" to limit their use in future. meanwhile, the government he is part of has just introduced another one, ...5 days ago
- Bryce Edwards: Will the Govt act on mega bank profits and reform the banking sector?The corporate retail banks are making mega profits on the back of Government policies and indirect subsidies of recent years. As a result, there are calls from across almost the whole political spectrum for greater regulation of the banking sector, including windfall taxes. But will outrage turn into action? Prime ...5 days ago
- Member’s DayToday is a Member's Day. First up is the second readings of Ginny Andersen's Crimes (Child Exploitation Offences) Amendment Bill and Deborah Russell's Employment Relations (Extended Time for Personal Grievance for Sexual Harassment) Amendment Bill. Following that, the House should complete the first reading of Duncan Webb's Companies (Directors Duties) ...5 days ago
- Climate change reparations – who pays?This is a re-post from the NZ Newsroom by Kevin Trenberth Climate change reparations are expected to be one of the main issues at COP27, the next round of international climate talks from November 6-18 in Egypt. Climate change reparations are a new way of looking at how to pay developing countries ...5 days ago
- Much Worse Than It Looks.
Bad News: While Labour’s refusal to back away from its most controversial policies is mobilising right-wing voters against them, its all-too-evident failure to address the worsening problems associated with the cost of living, health, education, housing and criminal offending will be having the opposite effect on the voters in its ...5 days ago - The Drift South: The Changing Face of New Zealand Population
One of the defining aspects of New Zealand population dynamics since European settlement was the so-called Drift North. People relocating from the South Island to the North Island, in search of economic opportunity and of warmer weather. The early years of settlement saw most Europeans head for the South ...6 days ago - Free Speech Union holds its first symposium and AGMReport by Daphna Whitmore The growth of the Free Speech Union is remarkable. In just a few years it has grown to 72,000 registered supporters, 6,000 New Zealanders have donated to it, and more than 1000 people are members of its trade union arm. The FSU put on a symposium ...6 days ago
- All noise and no policyOver the weekend Labour had a very bad poll - basicly, the chickens coming home to roost on their fuck around and do nothing policy. But on Monday, price-gouging Aussie bank Westpac offered them a golden opportunity, in the form of a billion dollar profit. Everyone hates the banks, they're ...6 days ago
- Gordon Campbell on bank profits, and the US midtermsSo far, the political response to excessive bank profits has held up a mirror to party identity. Labour thinks the level of bank profits is “open to question” but offers no action in response. National thinks the problem must lie with the state (not the banks), and wants to investigate ...6 days ago
- Luxon and WillisChristopher Luxon was, presumably, in his day a dab hand at airline schedules, but he is obviously a little less competent when it comes to running a country. There is a world of difference between focussing on the single objective of the bottom line when running a trading company and ...6 days ago
- Jacinda Ardern’s Wall Of Sound.Thirty Minute Symphony? Among her peers there is no one who approaches Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern when it comes to talking the talk. She is, indisputably, New Zealand’s foremost impresario of political verbiage.PHIL SPECTOR’S “WALL OF SOUND” production technique revolutionised the recording of popular music in the 1950s and 60s. ...6 days ago
- Political Roundup: 8 November 2022Items of interest and importance today PARLIAMENT, ELECTION Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Much Worse Than It Looks Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Battle of the polls: Internal poll has Labour equal with National Newshub: Video: Newshub political editor Jenna Lynch breaks down ‘terrible, terrible’ poll result for Labour David Fisher (Herald): Why ...6 days ago
- Are clean technologies and renewable energies better for the environment than fossil fuels?This is a re-post from the CCL Blog The grand transition from a fossil fuel-based economy to a green one is underway. It will involve a fundamental shift in the way we generate and use energy for various purposes. Instead of drilling and mining for fossil fuels, we’ll need to mine ...7 days ago
- Labour’s morally indefensible choicesLabour held its party conference over the weekend, and the government announced a minor expansion of its free ECE policy - actually a subsidy to ECE providers - to try and shore up middle-class support. And in the Herald today, Jacinda Ardern said she'd go further if money was no ...1 week ago
- Climate Change: A “nightmare” of their own makingLast month, the government grovelled to the sacred cow, basicly adopting Federated Farmers' he waka eke noa framework to not-really price greenhouse gases at the farm level. And of course, farmers hate it and are calling it a "bureaucratic nightmare": "Paying taxes doesn't equal doing our part, and paying ...1 week ago
- Bryce Edwards: Labour’s version of conservatism is no longer popularNew Zealand now essentially has two conservative major parties for the public to choose from. Unfortunately for one of them – the Labour Party – the public increasingly prefers the more authentic conservative option, National. This can be seen in the latest opinion poll showing National continuing to storm ahead ...1 week ago
- 2022 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #44A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Oct 30, 2022 thru Sat, Nov 5, 2022. Story of the Week COP27 climate summit to test resolve of world battling war, inflation Many of the biggest players distracted by crises Global ...1 week ago
- Is New Zealand covertly supporting the glorification of neo-Nazism?
Ukrainian veterans of the Azov Battalion, formed by a white supremacist and banned from receiving U.S. aid, attend a rally in Kyiv on March 14, 2020. Source “Ukraine’s Nazi problem is real, even if Putin’s ‘denazification’ claim isn’t” Vladimir Sindeyeve / NurPhoto via Getty ...1 week ago- Disingenuous National Party s(loga)neering continues to make seeing out 2022 way harder than it need...
Make it make sense. For the love of retaining some sanity as we chase down the end of the year, make. it. make. sense! A Party that wants us to get in thousands more people to fill jobs… that being, the ones that are presumably to be vacated ...1 week ago- Climate Change: Winning slowly
Five years ago David Wallace-Wells published "The Unihabitable Earth", looking at the horrifying consequences of what-were-then-likely climate change scenarios. Today, he has something of a followup in the New York Times, "Beyond Catastrophe: A New Climate Reality Is Coming Into View". Its a very long article, but the TL;DR is ...1 week ago- Why are Bond Markets So Terrifying?
‘I used to think that if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the president or the pope or as a .400 baseball hitter. But now I would like to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody.’ James Carville.The rule by British politicians Liz Truss ...1 week ago- Political Roundup: 4 November 2022
Items of interest and importance today GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, ELECTIONS Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Labour’s conference challenge is to launch Project Dawn Matthew Hooton (Herald): Bureaucracy needs shaking into action (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): Economic gloom, Iranian balance, Labour’s tough challenge(paywalled) RNZ: Labour’s party faithful to gather for annual conference as pressure mounts ...1 week ago- 0-800-STASI
The Lidless Eye: New Zealand’s Security Intelligence Service has scoured its own files, and drawn on the relevant files of its Five Eyes partners, to produce a handbook identifying all the tell-tale signs that a citizen has undergone radicalisation, and is on the verge of organising and/or engaging in an act ...1 week ago- Three Waters. Three Mayors. Three Cheers!
Three Wise Men: Who should pay for upgrading New Zealand's waste, storm and drinking water services? That is the $64 billion (at the very least!) question. The most obvious answer: and the one Mayor Wayne Brown in Auckland, Mayor Phil Mauger in Christchurch, and the Mayor of the Waimakariri District, ...1 week ago- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #44 2022
Notables: Usable, but unused: A critical story of co-producing the UK’s Climate Change Risk Assessments. We seem to have all the pieces needed to build climate-risk-responsive policy but often there's no policy product at the end of the assembly line. James Porter & Caitlin Clark investigate and explain how our blueprint for building ...2 weeks ago- More wind
If Aotearoa is going to decarbonise, we're going to need a lot more renewable electricity. And it looks like the industry is stepping up, with the announcement of Aotearoa's first offshore wind farm: New Zealand’s first offshore wind farm will be built 22km off the coast of South Taranaki ...2 weeks ago- Media Link: “AVFA” on electoral politics in Brazil, US and Israel.
This week Selwyn Manning and I do a post-mortem on Brazil’s election and a preview of the US midterms under the general banner of “it is about the movement, not the man,” then turn to the tactical and existential issues surrounding Israel’s latest (and increasingly rightwing-leaning) elections. You can draw ...2 weeks ago- Gordon Campbell on inflating the threat posed by social media
It has been a big week for the preachers of the social media apocalypse. During her speech on Monday to the He Whenua Taurikura hui on Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism, PM Jacinda Ardern told us that the country’s security agencies have just released a draft National Security Long Term ...2 weeks ago- David Parker Rejects Co-Governance.
Stubbornly Thoughtful: According to veteran political journalist, Richard Harman, the Environment Minister David Parker rejected the inclusion of co-governance provisions in his Natural & Built Environments Bill, facing-down the opposition of Nanaia Mahuta and Labour’s Māori Caucus “in what may be seen as a defining move by the Government, which ...2 weeks ago- Bryce Edwards: A Culture war over hate speech and free speech is unlikely
Sunday’s announcement by Justice Minister Kiri Allan about forthcoming legislation on hate speech has sparked concerns that the country is headed for a second round of culture wars over free speech. As one journalist states today, Allan is “reigniting last year’s political firestorm”. Some have suggested that Labour are about ...2 weeks ago- No, Aragorn and Conan Are Not Alike: A Reply to The Brothers Krynn
Due to a new laptop, I have been spending early November making excellent progress on Old Phuul. It turns out that when one has a functioning computer at one’s disposal, there is a corresponding renewal of interest in actually writing. So much so, I intend for the next couple ...2 weeks ago- Climate Change: Taxing the rich is a climate change policy
The Greens are often criticised by the right for linking social equality with environmental issues. But it turns out that they are deeply connected: the ultra-rich are responsible for a massive amount of climate pollution: The top 1% of earners in the UK are responsible for the same amount ...2 weeks ago- 26,000 employed under Labour
The quarterly labour market statistics were released this morning, showing unemployment stable at 3.3%. There are now 97,000 unemployed - 26,000 fewer than when Labour took office. So, I guess the bankers aren't getting what they want. Which means we can expect the howling for ordinary people to be thrown ...2 weeks ago- How sea level rise contributes to billions in extra damage during hurricanes
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeff Masters When Hurricane Ian barreled into the coast of southwest Florida on Sept. 28, the mighty hurricane’s 150-mph winds drove a massive and destructive storm surge inland. A preliminary estimate from NOAA puts Ian’s damage at more than $50 billion, and ...2 weeks ago- Political Roundup: 2 November 2022
Items of interest and importance today ECONOMY, BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Nearly $6b in National’s planned tax cuts for richest 5 per cent according to union analysis Thomas Manch (Stuff): CTU attacks National’s ‘massive and uncosted’ tax cut plan; National rejects ‘false assumptions’ Ireland Hendry-Tennent (Newshub): Christopher Luxon defends ...2 weeks ago- Gordon Campbell on Iran getting worse, alcohol in sport and a music playlist
So we’ve found a ledge for our Iran policy, and are now doing our best to call it a mezzanine. Yesterday, the government announced the suspension of the Human Rights Initiative with Iran that both countries launched in 2018. The suspension is in protest at Iran’s violations of human rights ...2 weeks ago- Climate Change: No Magic bullets for agriculture
Farmers are responsible for 50% of our greenhouse gas emissions, mostly in the form of methane from their animals' digestion of grass. For the past two decades, our agricultural climate change policy has basicly focused on finding a technological fix for this, a magic bullet which will let them keep ...2 weeks ago- Political Roundup: 1 November 2022
Items of interest and importance today PARLIAMENT, PARTIES, ELECTIONS Thomas Coughlan (Herald): National defends selling dinner with Christopher Luxon for $1500 (paywalled) Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): I warned you that Winston is back and I was right Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Horizon Poll: Winners, Losers & Predictions Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Raf ...2 weeks ago- 2022 General Reading: October (+ Old Phuul update)
Completed reads for October: Shadows of Ecstasy, by Charles Williams Haita the Shepherd, by Ambrose Bierce An Inhabitant of Carcosa, by Ambrose Bierce The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft (collection), by H.P. Lovecraft The Emperor of Dreams (collection), by Clark Ashton Smith A Voyage to Sfanomoë, by Clark ...2 weeks ago- “Governor” Of The People.
Topsy-Turvy: Justice Minister Kiri Allan has got the direction of power and control in New Zealand completely upside-down.“AS A GOVERNOR.” That is how Justice Minister Kiri Allan described her political function on TVNZ’s Q+A. Unfortunately, Jessica Mutch McKay, standing in for Jack Tame, allowed Allan’s self-characterisation to pass without comment. Which ...2 weeks ago- Democracy wins in Brazil
Brazilians went to the polls today in a run-off presidential election, and voted narrowly to re-elect former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva rather than authoritarian, coup-apologist, anti-environment, covid-superspreader Jair Bolsonaro. Which is pretty good news for Brazilian democracy, the global climate, and actual Brazilians - Bolsonaro managed to murder ...2 weeks ago- Time for a windfall tax
Last week ANZ bank reported a record $2.3 billion profit - a full 0.6% of total GDP gouged out of our economy. And earlier in the year the Commerce Commission found that supermarkets were making a million dollars a day of excess profits due to their abuse of market power. ...2 weeks ago- Geoffrey Miller: Is it time for Jacinda Ardern to head to the Middle East?
In her victorious election campaign in 2017, Jacinda Ardern famously called climate change ‘my generation’s nuclear-free moment’. But perhaps surprisingly, Ardern has not attended a UN climate change conference since she became New Zealand’s Prime Minister in 2017. Had New Zealand’s Covid-19 situation allowed for it, Ardern would have almost ...2 weeks ago- Kick? No, Run and Pass
Yesterday’s narrow and stuttering win against Japan highlighted an affliction that has increasingly handicapped the All Blacks in the modern era. Time and again, the keen-eyed observer will have seen that the first response of an All Black back, finding himself in possession and with space to move, was to ...2 weeks ago- 2022 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #43
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Oct 23, 2022 thru Sat, Oct 29, 2022. Story of the Week Global Energy Report: Pain at the Pump, High Energy Costs Could Create a Silver Lining for Climate and Security Russia’s invasion ...2 weeks ago- The Empire Strikes Back.
From The Periphery To The Metropole: Beyond its personal dimensions, Rishi Sunak’s rise speaks to the extraordinary dynamism and diversity of global capitalism. Brexiteer though Sunak may be, his rise to the prime-ministership of Britain will strike many Brexit voters as yet further proof that, like the guests at the ...2 weeks ago- Eliminating The Racism Virus.
Mistaking Metaphors For Reality: The experience of the public fight against Covid-19 has revealed just how injurious to social cohesion and the public peace draconian levels of medical intervention can be. And, let’s not forget, Covid-19 was an real virus! Arming the state with equivalent powers against a metaphorical virus ...2 weeks ago- More Than One Way To Skin A Cat.
A woke government, served by a woke broadcaster, might just be persuaded to embark on a bold new broadcasting journey.NOBODY HAS YET come up with a credible case for amalgamating Radio New Zealand and Television New Zealand. Even so, the merger proceeds apace, costing the taxpayer a ridiculous amount of ...2 weeks ago- How Are We Covered for Earthquakes?
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Items of interest and importance today ECONOMY, BUSINESS Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Election 2023 – it’ll be the economy again, stupid! Matthew Hooton (Herald): Why aren’t politicians taking frightening challenges seriously?(paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Calls grow for monthly inflation update, to reduce risk of interest rate blunder Liam Dann (Herald): Adrian ...2 weeks ago- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #43 2022
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- Iwi and Government partnership delivers homes for Ngāti WhakaueThe first of many builds for Ngāti Whakaue Lands Trust was delivered today with Associate Minister of Housing (Māori Housing) Peeni Henare attending the opening of eight affordable whānau homes. “House by house, whānau by whānau, we are working together to address housing needs. Ngati Whākaue are walking the talk ...3 days ago
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- Appointment of King’s CounselAttorney-General David Parker has announced the appointment of 10 King’s Counsel. “The criteria for appointment recognise that excellence and leadership in the profession should be viewed through a wider, community lens. I am pleased to see that the profession continues to make a good contribution to access to justice, which ...3 days ago
- New board members for Te Whatu Ora and Te Aka Whai OraGP Dr Jeff Lowe and former Inland Revenue Commissioner Naomi Ferguson have been appointed to the board of the organisation that runs the country’s public hospitals, Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand. Health Minister Andrew Little announced their appointments today, along with the appointment of Steven McJorrow (Ngāti Kahungunu) ...3 days ago
- New financing arrangements to continue to deliver Kāinga Ora build programme“In the last five years Kāinga Ora has delivered over 8,370 newly built homes, over 900 retrofits and is overseeing the biggest urban development programme since the 1970s, with programmes like Large Scale Projects,” Megan Woods said. “To ensure Kāinga Ora can expand this work further, Cabinet agreed to increase ...3 days ago
- Targeting hardship: more funding to Porirua developmentThe Government is committing to more transformative improvements to housing and critical infrastructure in eastern Porirua says Housing Minister Dr Megan Woods, announcing a further $204 million in funding to advance urban development there. “Eastern Porirua has strong and vibrant communities, but it is in critical need of investment and ...4 days ago
- Significant communications investment to keep emergency responders and the public safeA new digital communications network for emergency service workers will roll out from next year, marking the most significant advance in New Zealand’s public safety communications in decades, Police Minister Chris Hipkins announced today. The Public Safety Network will deliver emergency services with a single secure digital radio network and ...4 days ago
- Innovation fund for tourism opensApplications are now open for the Innovation Programme for Tourism Recovery that will support unique and transformative ideas that will improve our tourism sector. “We want to see projects that are sustainable, low carbon and that can deliver on our goals for a high skilled and high wage sector. “Successful ...4 days ago
- Experts appointed to guide Māori-led climate actionClimate Change Minister James Shaw has today announced a new Interim Ministerial Advisory Committee to develop a framework for Te Ao Māori responses to the climate crisis. Promised as part of the Emissions Reduction Plan, a Māori ‘climate action platform’ will help ensure whānau, hapū and iwi are at the ...4 days ago
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- NZ-UK Free Trade Agreement a step closer to ratificationThe benefits of New Zealand’s free trade agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom are now a step closer with the passing of two Bills, Minister for Trade and Export Growth Damien O’Connor said. The United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Legislation Bill and the Apple Transitional Export Quota Bill passed their third ...4 days ago
- Govt moves to introduce open banking to give customers a better dealThe Government has announced moves to increase bank competition and deliver a better deal for New Zealanders with the introduction of open banking, Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs David Clark announced today. Last July, the Government agreed to establish a consumer data right framework (CDR) which would require data ...4 days ago
- New Zealand ranked first in Sustainable Trade IndexMinister for Trade and Export Growth, Damien O’Connor said New Zealand achieving first place in the 2022 Sustainable Trade Index indicates the country is on the right track for our economic recovery and future economic security. The Sustainable Trade Index, launched in Singapore overnight by the Hinrich Foundation and the International ...5 days ago
- Prime Minister to attend EAS, APEC leaders’ meetingsPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern will travel to Cambodia to attend the annual East Asia Summit (EAS), ahead of representing New Zealand at APEC Economic Leaders Week in Thailand. “Reconnecting New Zealand with the world while actively strengthening partnerships between government, business and industry is an essential part of our economic recovery ...5 days ago
- New Ambassador to Egypt announcedForeign Minister Nanaia Mahuta today announced the appointment of Amy Laurenson as New Zealand’s next ambassador to Cairo, Egypt. “Aotearoa New Zealand has a constructive and long-standing relationship with Egypt. They are a prominent regional leader and we appreciate their perspectives on issues in the Middle East and across Africa,” Nanaia Mahuta ...5 days ago
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- Speech at the Ministry of Justice Operations, Service and Delivery Leader’s Forum, Te Papa, Wellin...As Minister for Courts, I am very pleased to be here today and help to acknowledge the work of the Operations and Service Delivery team, within the Ministry of Justice. Operational Service Delivery is a crucial part of the Ministry of Justice, without you the judiciary and the Government would ...5 days ago
- Community fund to support vital work in biodiversity battleA fund for community-led efforts to protect threatened species and at-risk cultural heritage has opened for applications today, the Acting Minister of Conservation Meka Whaitiri has announced. The Department of Conservation’s Community Fund will make $9.2 million available for community conservation groups nationwide in the next year, supporting critical, grassroots ...5 days ago
- Fuel markets to become more resilient, sustainable and competitiveThe Government is strengthening New Zealand’s fuel sector through a suite of initiatives to increase supply resilience and sustainability, and to encourage more competition, the Energy and Resources Minister Dr Megan Woods has announced. “These improvements will pave the way for a more stable, low-emissions fuel supply, greater choices for ...5 days ago
- New Zealand push for global action at COP27 on climate loss and damageAotearoa New Zealand is supporting countries to deal with the impacts of loss and damage from climate change, as the UN climate conference COP27 gets underway in Egypt. The Government has announced a dedicated allocation of NZ$20 million climate funding to address loss and damage in developing countries. It delivers on ...5 days ago
- Govt acts to help small businesses get paid on timeNew measures to help small businesses get paid on time are one step closer as the Business Payment Practices Bill passed its first reading today. “Timely payment for goods and services is crucial for the financial health of any business. Small businesses in particular are less resilient to poor payment ...6 days ago
- Modernised border experience on the way for travellersA safer and smarter border experience is a step closer after the Customs and Excise (Arrival Information) Amendment Bill passed its first reading in Parliament. The Bill amends the Customs and Excise Act 2018 to make the obligations for arrival information clearer. Customs Minister Meka Whaitiri said it will improve ...6 days ago
- Acoustic wool panels the latest innovation for New Zealand strong woolA New Zealand company with backing from the Government, has successfully developed a world-first fire resistant, acoustic wall panel for commercial interiors made entirely from New Zealand strong wool, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor announced. “T&R Interior Systems Limited (T&R) has spent the past two years refining its wool panels to ...6 days ago
- Phil Twyford to progress ASEAN trade upgrade talksMinister of State for Trade and Export Growth Phil Twyford will travel tomorrow to Cambodia for trade negotiations with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). “Making sure we have high-quality trade deals in place which ensure New Zealand businesses continue to grow in key markets is central to ...6 days ago
- Financial Intelligence Unit Conference – Russia sanctionsMihi Whakataka te hau ki te uru, Whakataka te hau ki te tonga. Kia mākinakina ki uta, Kia mātaratara ki tai. E hī ake ana te atakura. He tio, he huka, he hauhū Tihei Mauri Ora! Tena koutou katoa. Introduction Tēnā koutou katoa Thank you for inviting me to join ...6 days ago
- NZ’s resilience to supply chain disruptions to be investigatedThe Government has asked the Productivity Commission to hold an inquiry into the resilience of the New Zealand economy to supply chain disruptions. “The shock to the global economy over the last three years from the COVID pandemic has been considerable. While New Zealand’s supply chains have shown resilience, there ...6 days ago
- Govt books resilient amid challenging global timesThe resilient economy and the Government’s responsible financial management means New Zealand is well positioned to respond to a difficult and challenging global environment. For the three months to the end of September, the Operating Balance before Gains and Losses (OBEGAL) recorded a deficit of $2.6 billion, a little higher ...6 days ago
- Adrian Orr reappointed as Reserve Bank GovernorAdrian Orr has been reappointed as Reserve Bank Governor. “Following the Reserve Bank Board’s unanimous recommendation to me, I am pleased to reappoint Adrian for another five-year term, effective from 27 March 2023,” Grant Robertson said. “The Reserve Bank has been undergoing a considerable period of change since Adrian’s appointment ...6 days ago
- Minister completes tour of 54 rural and provincial councilsKieran McAnulty has met 54 rural and provincial councils in his new role as Minister of Emergency Management, Associate Minister of Local Government, and Associate Minister of Transport. “It was really important to me that I got out within the first few months of becoming a Minister to meet all ...6 days ago
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- National and ACT remind us that they would pull the chain on the govt’s Three Waters legislationBuzz from the Beehive Readers of Point of Order will be familiar with the raft of issues that bedevil legislation to implement the government’s Three Waters reforms. They extend far beyond co-governance to financing and debt arrangements and have been revealed in a comprehensive series of articles by Thomas Cranmer. ...2 days ago
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- US elections: when in doubt, do nothing
America’s Democrats sighed with relief after Tuesday’s mid-term elections, even though they look likely to narrowly lose control of the House of Representatives, and perhaps even the Senate. Because notwithstanding high levels of voter dissatisfaction, the widely-anticipated Republican wave petered out. We should be impressed with the ability of ...3 days ago - What do we know about REvil, the Russian ransomware gang likely behind the Medibank cyber attack?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Goldsmith, Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Flinders University Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw on Friday confirmed police believe the criminal group behind the recent Medibank cyber attack is from Russia. Kershaw said their intelligence points to a group of ...3 days ago
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- Three Waters: Government agrees to significant changes after Select Committee recommendationsThe reforms - which aim to put New Zealand's drinking water, wastewater and stormwater into four regional entities - have been highly controversial, with councils claiming they will lose control. ...3 days ago
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- New appointees will get to sit around the table with Tipa Mahuta, no matter which health authority b...Buzz from the Beehive We were reminded today of the formidable influence exercised by Tipa Mahuta, sister of Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta. Tipa’s name popped up – twice – in a press statement from Health Minister Andrew Little, who has made more appointments ...3 days ago
- Global carbon emissions at record levels with no signs of shrinking, new data shows. Humanity has a ...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pep Canadell, Chief Research Scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Marcin Jozwiak/Unsplash, CC BY Global carbon dioxide emissions from all human activities remain at record highs in 2022, and fossil fuel emissions ...3 days ago
- Why giving the Commerce Commission the power to set ‘fair’ fuel prices is unfair on NZ’s clima...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland Getty Images The government announcement that the Commerce Commission will soon have the power to regulate wholesale petrol and diesel prices might be good news for cash-strapped motorists, but it’s ...3 days ago
- Newsletter – New Zealand Politics Daily – November 11 2022New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Items of interest and importance today PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT Shane Jones (Herald): Stop the forays into identity politics, de-colonisation and global posturing, St Jacinda. ...3 days ago
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- Shut Up And Act: NZ’s Leading Voluntary Carbon Credits Provider Urges COP27 Delegates To Stop Talk...New Zealand’s leading carbon offsetting company CarbonClick says the talk fest has already been overcooked before it even started, and those attending COP27 need to agree to getting on with the simple, practical steps that will make a difference ...3 days ago
- Rental Price Indexes: October 2022The rental price indexes measure the changes in prices that households pay for housing rentals. Key facts Monthly change In October 2022 compared with September 2022: the index for the stock measure of rental property prices rose 0.3 percent the index ...3 days ago
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- Wai2575 Health Claimants Another Step Closer With Crown To Resolving RecompenseA long-standing rōpū of determined Wai 2575 health claimants, who first filed a claim back in 2005 in the Waitangi Tribunal are another step closer to closing the final chapter on underfunding grievances with the Crown. Calculations were previously ...3 days ago
- School attendance: Minister Jan Tinetti rules out punitive approachLow school attendance rates for term two are an aberration, partly due to the impact of the Omicron outbreak, the Associate Minister of Education says. ...3 days ago
- University Of Waikato Suspends Striking TEU MembersTe Whare Wānanga o Waikato | University of Waikato has advised Te Hautū Kahurangi | Tertiary Education Union members covered by today’s strike notice, in an email to staff sent after 6:30pm last night, that they will be issued with suspension notices ...3 days ago
- Hamilton West candidates set out their approachesThe hard slog for candidates hoping to become the new MP for Hamilton West has begun, with just four weeks before the by-election. ...3 days ago
- Hamilton West by-election candidates begin campaigningThe hard slog for candidates hoping to become the new MP for Hamilton West has begun, with just four weeks before the by-election. ...3 days ago
- ‘One of the greatest damn mysteries of physics’: we studied distant suns in the most precise ast...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Murphy, Professor of Astrophysics, Swinburne University of Technology NASA There’s an awkward, irksome problem with our understanding of nature’s laws which physicists have been trying to explain for decades. It’s about electromagnetism, the law of how atoms and light ...3 days ago
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- ‘What am I supposed to do about all this really bad stuff?’ Young people identify 7 ‘superpowe...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Quinn, Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Many young people feel anxious, powerless, sad and angry about climate change. Although there are some great resources on children’s eco-anxiety and climate distress, the vast majority are designed for and by adults. ...3 days ago
- ‘A kind of meditative peace’: quiet hour shopping makes us wonder why our cities have to be so n...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eduardo de la Fuente, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Justice and Society, UniSA, University of South Australia Shutterstock The idea behind “quiet hour” shopping is to set aside a time each week for a retail experience that minimises noise and other sources ...3 days ago
- ‘I’m the problem, it’s me’: Why do musicians revisit their pain and doubt in their art?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cher McGillivray, Assistant Professor, Bond University Republic Records/AP Taylor Swift’s latest album Midnights launched with the single Anti-Hero. Anti-heroes in fiction are dark, complex characters who may question their moral compass but are ultimately trying to be led by their ...3 days ago
- Grattan on Friday: Government throws everything at securing workplace reforms before Christmas but P...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Peter Reith would have appreciated the irony. In the week that the former industrial relations minister died, federal politics was yet again consumed with a highly charged debate over workplace changes. Industrial relations is ...4 days ago
- Mark Zuckerberg can sack 11,000 workers but shareholders can’t dump him: it’s called ‘manageme...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Sydney “I want to take accountability for these decisions and for how we got here,” tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg told the 11,000 staff he sacked this week. But does he really? The retrenchment of ...4 days ago
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- Soup on Van Gogh and graffiti on Warhol: climate activists follow the long history of museums as a s...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Message, Professor of Public Humanities, Australian National University Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans at the National Gallery of Australia are just the latest artistic target of climate protesters, who have been throwing soup, mashed potatoes and cake at art worth millions ...4 days ago
- Why Putin’s retreat from Kherson could be his most humiliating defeat yetSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Life, as the saying goes, is coming at Vladimir Putin fast. Having gleefully announced the annexation of four regions of Ukraine barely more than a month ago – even as his ...4 days ago
- Reserve Bank rejects political criticisms, stands by review"Globally, central banks throughout the world are under immense attack - much of it which becomes very personal very quickly," Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr says. ...4 days ago
- Australia is investigating whether ex-defence personnel provided military training to China. Would i...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Andrews, Senior Policy Advisor, Australian National University This week, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles announced he had directed the Department of Defence to investigate reports “that ex-Australian Defence Force personnel may have been approached to provide military ...4 days ago
- Open banking: sector will be first to adopt data-sharing to make switching easierCommerce and Consumer Affairs Minister David Clark says the sector will be the first to implement data sharing requirements designed to make it easier for customers to shop around. ...4 days ago
- Medibank hackers are now releasing stolen data on the dark web. If you’re affected, here’s what ...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeffrey Foster, Associate Professor in Cyber Security Studies, Macquarie University On October 13 one of Australia’s largest medical insurers, Medibank, announced it had suffered a cyberattack – one which has resulted in the breached personal details of 9.7 million customers in Australia. ...4 days ago
- First Nations women are 69 times more likely to have a head injury after being assaulted. We show ho...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Fitts, ARC DECRA Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Shutterstock First Nations people, please be advised that the following article mentions family violence and assault. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 69 times more ...4 days ago
- It’s the big issue of COP27 climate summit: poor nations face a $1 trillion ‘loss and damage’...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Peel, Director, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne The costs of climate-related disasters are growing and the poorest countries are bearing the brunt of impacts, from the unprecedented floods in Pakistan to the expanding famine in Somalia. Natural disasters in ...4 days ago
- National Goes Wobbly On Indexation: Luxon Must Commit To Axing The Stealth TaxIf National wants to make New Zealand a prosperous and productive society, they need to show a commitment to fully costed tax reform. In comments reported in the New Zealand Herald , both Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis refused to make a firm ...4 days ago
- Finance Minister back to his old ebullient self — but what’s happened to NZ’s economy?Finance Minister Grant Robertson confirmed in Parliament this week he is back to his old ebullient self and exuded good cheer when questioned on the state of the NZ economy, though he did note, almost as an afterthought, forecasts for the global economy are being revised downward, and this ...4 days ago
- Applications invited for $54m fund for tourism initiativesA multi-million dollar fund is now available for innovative tourism projects to help the industry become more sustainable and resilient. ...4 days ago
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