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Xero doesn’t like being on the receiving end
Written By: - Date published: 1:28 pm, December 11th, 2015 - 16 comments
Xero used to fund hate for hire blog Whaleoil via advertising, because “we like to support the sunlight of good challenging discussions”. But when they became the targets of attack they didn’t like being on the receiving end.
Judge scammed by a legal idiot and his pet pest
Written By: - Date published: 8:29 pm, December 8th, 2015 - 36 comments
Thank the deity of your choice for that. Judge Harrison has found and courageously, in a timely manner, corrected his mistake of granting an interim court order under s18 of the incredibly badly written Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015. The problem for a judge being requested to give any injunctive order is that they only hear one side of the argument – that of the plaintiff. And in this case the plaintiff and his associates seemed to have deliberately lied to the judge.
Offending comment was made from Giltrap!
Written By: - Date published: 6:20 pm, December 5th, 2015 - 56 comments
The court order obtained by the internet pest Marc Spring against the YourNZ blog and Pete George to remove references about Spring AND his employer the Giltrap Group, was obtained using a comment made from the place of work of Marc Spring. It was probably made by Marc Spring in a deliberate perversion of the course of justice.
Towards banana republic status
Written By: - Date published: 9:30 am, November 19th, 2015 - 43 comments
National has passed legislation with retrospective effect under urgency to change previous legislation also passed under urgency so that the law says what it thinks the law should have said, despite the existing law being abundantly clear.
Dear Stuart Nash
Written By: - Date published: 9:20 am, November 2nd, 2015 - 357 comments
Stuart Nash has criticised members of the Labour and this blog for having open and occasionally forceful debate.
Petition on Slater’s hate speech
Written By: - Date published: 7:41 am, October 31st, 2015 - 128 comments
Kiwiblog supports anti TPPA protest
Written By: - Date published: 12:17 pm, October 1st, 2015 - 24 comments
Kiwiblog is advertising the TPPA Ministerial protest promoted by the Its Our Future website.
Cameron Slater – still technically (and legally) incompetent
Written By: - Date published: 12:31 pm, September 19th, 2015 - 17 comments
Loaded with paper and irrelevant arguments, Cameron Slater managed to add 7 counts of contempt of court to his every growing sheet of convictions. It is a pity that he doesn’t put that level of effort into the technical job of policing his site. I look at 6 of those convictions.
MPs are harmful to digital communications
Written By: - Date published: 8:23 am, September 11th, 2015 - 21 comments
As anticipated, what is the first complaint at this site under the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015? Not from a kid cyber-bullied by the classmates. But by an adult trying to stifle legitimate criticism and analysis of what they wrote and distributed digitally. And they didn’t read what they were required to do under the act.
A silly act: it begins
Written By: - Date published: 2:36 pm, August 20th, 2015 - 7 comments
When Parliament passed the Harmful Digital Communications Act, many people warned that it would be abused to stifle political speech. And it has, with NZ First MP Tracey Martin incorrectly accusing a political blogger (who supported a rival NZ First MP) of violating the Act. A bad first start. But it figures, the act is silly, slow and unworkable.
More charter school fiascos
Written By: - Date published: 11:48 am, July 22nd, 2015 - 15 comments
Charter schools continue to hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Right-wingers continue to back them for all the wrong reasons.
Charge Cameron Slater or let me hack systems
Written By: - Date published: 9:01 am, July 20th, 2015 - 107 comments
If the police have no intentions of enforcing those laws protecting computer systems, as they haven’t for Cameron Slater, then shouldn’t they tell us? I’d love to openly and freely hack into systems without legal retribution – just like Cam does. Why should we leave the fun to well connected technological idiots like Cam?
Hager v Attorney General & Dirty Politics
Written By: - Date published: 11:02 am, July 13th, 2015 - 49 comments
Nicky Hager’s case against the Police is being heard in the Wellington High Court today. Jon Stephenson is live blogging (slightly delayed) proceedings and will tweet developments to #HagerCase.
The Canterbury rebuild
Written By: - Date published: 11:58 am, July 9th, 2015 - 20 comments
The Canterbury Rebuild grinds on with news that CERA is to be replaced by a new entity dubbed Regenerate Canterbury. But is a name change all that is required?
Only ACT standing up for free speech?
Written By: - Date published: 8:46 am, June 26th, 2015 - 76 comments
ACT has withdrawn support for the Harmful Digital Communications Bill. Bravo. Labour, Greens – where do you stand on this badly drafted and damaging bill?
Kiwiblip!
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, June 21st, 2015 - 16 comments
Either Kiwiblog had a very large social media blip (one million page views in a day is pretty high), or something is really wrong with Sitemeter, or there is a irritating bug somewhere bloating the numbers. I’d like to know one way or another, as I’ve had to deal with some strange spikes like this in the past and they are tricky to track down.
Spark sponsoring hate blogger
Written By: - Date published: 12:17 pm, June 10th, 2015 - 82 comments
Hey Spark – this is a terrible, terrible decision…
Little weighs in on dirty politics
Written By: - Date published: 11:21 am, June 8th, 2015 - 104 comments
Andrew Little on the latest round of dirty politics.
“It beggars belief any politician – like John Key and Judith Collins – wants to have anything to do with him [Cameron Slater].”
Update on dirty politics developments
Written By: - Date published: 11:37 am, June 7th, 2015 - 189 comments
A brief roundup of coverage and developments in the latest dirty politics revelations.
More dirty politics revealed on The Nation today
Written By: - Date published: 6:15 am, June 6th, 2015 - 218 comments
You might want to tune in and watch The Nation this morning at 9:30.
Effective political communication
Written By: - Date published: 9:13 pm, May 26th, 2015 - 61 comments
Richard Harman concluded his presentation to the recent Fabian “Destination Next Progressive Majority” event by quoting the noted political scientist Bob Chapman’s remark that he had “reluctantly come to the conclusion that it was far more important for a political party to have a communication strategy than an economic policy.” I’m inclined to agree.
Farrar’s STD
Written By: - Date published: 10:56 am, May 15th, 2015 - 142 comments
David Farrar has a bad case of STD (Standard Titillation Disorder).
The unusual case of the disappearing blog
Written By: - Date published: 10:26 am, May 12th, 2015 - 308 comments
Giovanni Tiso has discovered that Cactus Kate’s blog is slowly disappearing from the Internet.
NRT: National wants to jail people who expose politicians
Written By: - Date published: 8:32 am, May 2nd, 2015 - 27 comments
Interesting post from I/S at No Right Turn on the Harmful Digital Communications Bill.
The Daily Blog under attack
Written By: - Date published: 4:46 pm, April 29th, 2015 - 110 comments
Earlier today Martyn Bradbury reported that The Daily Blog was under attack.
Update: Its running again. Nope down again.
Numerical illiteracy at the Herald
Written By: - Date published: 1:21 pm, April 29th, 2015 - 46 comments
Today, we see a Herald ‘editor’ demonstrating exactly how useless they are at interpreting polls. They are saying that a poll where almost all of the sample was taken before the Ponygate story broke, indicates that it doesn’t matter much. To rub home just how stupid and out of touch the Herald editors were last week, it then whines about nasty social media. What can one say of these cloistered monks of ‘journalism’… Plenty.
Pull the other one… ponytails, minimisation and male privilege
Written By: - Date published: 5:48 pm, April 25th, 2015 - 407 comments
From pulling ponytails to police minimisation, there is a deep problem in our country with attitudes towards women and to sexual violence.
My Little Ponytail
Written By: - Date published: 9:49 am, April 22nd, 2015 - 407 comments
A really strange story has appeared on The Daily Blog. It claims to be a first person account of PM John Key regularly physically harrassing a staff member in his local cafe over the summer. While it may be much ado about nothing, the Prime Minister really should tell NZ his side of the story. Or resign if it’s true.
Update: It’s true. Key’s office has confirmed the harassment.
Geddis spanks Farrar
Written By: - Date published: 10:40 am, April 16th, 2015 - 30 comments
Andrew Geddis at Pundit on National’s spin on Bridges. Includes a pretty sticky moment for Nat spinster David Farrar. You will need to disinfect your brain.
Cameron Slater has a idiot for a lawyer
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, April 14th, 2015 - 42 comments
Instead of taking the shot granted by the High Court of simply making an appeal, some incompetent legal dunderhead made the idiotic move of not filing. Then they took the much harder step of belatedly attempting to get the Court of Appeal to allow them to appeal. Complete stupidity. But this is a lawyer with Cameron Slater for a client..
- Brainwashed People Think Everyone Else is Brainwashed
Hi,I am just going to state something very obvious: American police are fucking crazy.That was a photo gracing the New York Times this morning, showing New York City police “entering Columbia University last night after receiving a request from the school.”Apparently in America, protesting the deaths of tens of thousands ...3 weeks ago
- Operation Burnham: Defence Force failed to share info crucial to investigation
Peter Boshier says the information gap undermined his initial investigation, and meant the NZDF avoided being accountable. ...5 days ago - It’s time to give Labor’s first term a scorecard – have we actually seen any transformative vi...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland This week’s budget was Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ third and – for practical purposes – final for the current parliamentary term. Even if the 2025 election is delayed long enough to give ...5 days ago - Rally Condemns Zionism And The State Of Israel For Ongoing Genocide
They held a noisy but peaceful demonstration against the ongoing genocide being carried out by the State of Israel, condemning the Israeli ambassador who was hosting an invitation-only event to celebrate the establishment of the State of Israel. ...6 days ago - Winston Peters expresses concern over New Caledonia unrestThe Minister of Foreign Affairs says the escalating situation is of serious concern across the Pacific region. ...6 days ago
- PrEP was earmarked $26m in the budget. What is it? Will it stop me getting HIV?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bridget Haire, Senior lecturer, public health ethics, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Bowonpat Sakaew/Shutterstock HIV prevention was allocated A$43.9 million over three years in this week’s federal budget. Some $26m of this is for “PrEP” for people without access to ...6 days ago
- Children's Minister wants to work with Māori – despite working to scrap Treaty obligatio...Karen Chhour wants Oranga Tamiriki to establish more partnerships with Māori, despite introducing a bill to Parliament removing their obligation to do so. ...6 days ago
- What is PrEP for HIV? Will it stop me getting infected?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bridget Haire, Senior lecturer, public health ethics, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Bowonpat Sakaew/Shutterstock HIV prevention was allocated A$43.9 million over three years in this week’s federal budget. Some $26m of this is for “PrEP” for people without access to ...6 days ago
- Why is New Caledonia on fire? According to local women, the deadly riots are about more than voting ...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole George, Associate Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of Queensland New Caledonia’s capital city, Noumea, has endured widespread violent rioting over the past 48 hours. This crisis intensified rapidly, taking local authorities by surprise. Peaceful protests had been ...6 days ago
- Suspended Green MP Darleen Tana on full pay misses half Parliament's 2024 sitting daysDarleen Tana was stood down in March after Stuff reported allegations of migrant exploitation relating to her husband's e-bike company. ...6 days ago
- Mayor calls for 'slow down' of fast-track lawAlthough his council supports the intent of the legislation, it's called on the government to reconsider its approach. ...6 days ago
- Risk of ‘genetic discrimination’ by insurance companies is ruining people’s trust in vital med...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brad Elphinstone, Lecturer in psychology., Swinburne University of Technology A DNA sequence. Gio.tto/Shutterstock Should you be denied life insurance or have to pay extra if you have a genetic risk for certain diseases? Should insurance companies even have access to your genetic ...6 days ago
- Investigating social media harm is a good idea, but parliament is about to see how complicated it is...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Senior research associate, University of Sydney Barely a day has gone by this month without politicians or commentators talking about online harms. There have been multiple high-profile examples spurring on the conversation. There was the circulation of videos of Bishop ...6 days ago
- Popeyes battle shows how big businesses protect their trademarks – even when they have no plans to...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Allen-Franks, Lecturer and Co-director of the New Zealand Centre for Human Rights Law, Policy and Practice, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Robert Gauthier/Getty Images At first sight, the battle between a Manawatū fish-and-chip shop and a Louisiana-based chicken joint ...6 days ago
- Trump vs Biden round two: The 2024 US presidential election, explained
With less than six months to go, it’s time to start paying attention to what could be the most consequential election of our lifetimes. It’s less than half a year until election day in the United States, which makes this a good opportunity to review what’s happened thus far in ...6 days ago - Sports are supposed to be for all – but new research reveals just how few LGBTQI+ people play spor...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ryan Storr, Research fellow, Swinburne University of Technology The topic of homophobia in sport has recently made headlines in Australia, with a series of homophobic incidents involving men’s AFL players. These homophobic incidents are usually well-reported in news media, but research ...6 days ago
- ‘Too difficult to work out’ – new research reveals just how few LGBTQI+ people play sportSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ryan Storr, Research fellow, Swinburne University of Technology The topic of homophobia in sport has recently made headlines in Australia, with a series of homophobic incidents involving men’s AFL players. These homophobic incidents are usually well-reported in news media, but research ...6 days ago
- Explainer: What sparked New Caledonia's deadly civil unrest?At least four people are dead and hundreds are injured amid widespread fires, armed clashes with police and mass looting. ...6 days ago
- Nouméa ‘was on fire’ – New Zealander in New Caledonia tells of unrestRNZ News A New Zealand man has described scenes of chaos in the New Caledonia capital of Nouméa during the escalating civil unrest. Four people have died and hundreds have been injured during rioting by pro-independence supporters over electoral changes. French president Emmanuel Macron has declared a 12-day state of ...6 days ago
- France declares state of emergency in New Caledonia – four die in riotsAsia Pacific Report France has declared a state of emergency on the Pacific territory of New Caledonia — New Zealand’s closest neighbour — after four people, including a police officer, have been killed in pro-independence riots over voting changes that further marginalise indigenous Kanaks, news agencies report. The move came ...6 days ago
- MPI slashes 10% of workforce in response to Govt spending cutsThe agency charged with safeguarding and growing our key primary exports has today confirmed it is cutting 10% of its nationwide workforce. ...6 days ago
- A conversation with Emily Perkins the morning after winning big at the OckhamsThe biggest winner from the 2024 Ockham book awards talks to Madeleine Chapman about her fascination with stages of life, advocating for the arts, and what’s next. Last night, at a not-as-long-as-expected ceremony at Q Theatre in downtown Auckland, Emily Perkins won the Big Prize for the second time. Her ...6 days ago
- NZTA to cut more than 120 jobs, as MPI confirms 391 roles goingThe transport agency is axing more than a hundred extra jobs, as the Ministry for Primary Industry looks to lose 10 percent of the work force. ...6 days ago
- ‘All our rabbits are dead’: 10 moments of national insignificance from the NZ ArchivesWith funding ending for Archives New Zealand’s digitisation programme, Hera Lindsay Bird shares a taste of what’s being lost – because history isn’t just about the big-ticket items. On Tuesday morning the PSA held a snap protest outside the National Library in Wellington, urging the government to continue funding the ...6 days ago
- Hollow Words From Winston Peters“North Korea would better serve its people by meaningfully re-engaging with the international community through diplomacy rather than threats” says Mr Peters. ...6 days ago
- NEW POLL: Luxon Wants Tax Bracket Indexation, So Do KiwisFollowing comments from Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in yesterday’s pre-budget speech that not adjusting tax brackets for inflation each year is “lazy”, the Taxpayers’ Union is releasing a new poll that reveals that the vast majority of ...6 days ago
- What is allyship? A brief history, present and futureSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Marie Cumming-Potvin, Associate Professor/ Director of Research (School of Education), Murdoch University Shutterstock Despite social change, LGBTQI+ people still face discrimination at school and in the community. Language for diverse genders and sexualities is continually changing. LGBTQI+ allyship is part ...6 days ago
- Help Me Hera: I want to switch hairdressers but I feel sooo guilty about itShould I tell her before I see someone else? Invent a story about being stuck overseas? Grow my hair long? Want Hera’s help? Email your problem to helpme@thespinoff.co.nz Hello Hera, I’ve been seeing my hairdresser for about 12 years, making this one of the longest relationships of my adult life (longer than my ...6 days ago
- Government Held Accountable By A Broad Coalition In Herald Ad To Protect Te Tiriti O Waitangi And Te...More than 25 environmental and community groups have published an Open Letter calling on Parliament to honour Te Tiriti and protect the environment. ...6 days ago
- Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jakob Weis, Postdoctoral research associate, University of Tasmania Dust storm blowing off the Australian east coast over the South Pacific. Jeff Schmaltz/NASA GSFC, Author provided The Southern Ocean, a region critical to Earth’s climate, hosts vast blooms of microscopic ocean plants known ...6 days ago
- Cancer is increasingly survivable – but it shouldn’t depend on your ability to ‘wrangle’ the...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Dew, Professor of Sociology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images One in three of us will develop cancer at some point in our lives. But survival rates have improved to the point that two-thirds of those ...6 days ago
- Choice and control: what can the ACCC do to stop NDIS price gouging and reduce costs?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mona Nikidehaghani, Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of Wollongong Many Australians with disability feel on the edge of a precipice right now. Recommendations from the disability royal commission and the NDIS review were released late last year. Now a draft NDIS reform ...6 days ago
- Stirring films made the Snowy scheme a nationbuilding project. Could the troubled Snowy 2.0 do the s...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Belinda Smaill, Professor of Film and Screen Studies, Monash University National Archives of Australia In 2017, then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull alighted from a helicopter to announce a grand plan: Snowy Hydro 2.0. It would turn the famous hydroelectric scheme into a ...6 days ago
- Living across the road from Loafers LodgeIn some ways, I couldn’t have been closer to the tragedy. In others, I was a whole universe away. This essay was first published on 3 March, 2024. The Sunday Essay is made possible thanks to the support of Creative New Zealand. Had you been trying to market a suburb in ...6 days ago
- WorkSafe not to prosecute FENZ over Muriwai landslide deaths, despite shortcomingsWorkSafe has found shortcomings at Fire and Emergency (FENZ) over how two volunteer firefighters died in a landslide in Cyclone Gabrielle. But it will not prosecute FENZ, nor release its ...6 days ago
- Like being ‘slapped’ or ‘kicked’: judicial bullying is a problem in Australian courtroomsSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Nickson, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Newcastle Law School, University of Newcastle Bullying by judges, magistrates and other judicial officers is a factor in many lawyers leaving the profession. This month is the first anniversary of the Judicial Commission of Victoria’s ...6 days ago
- Auckland Council set to approve 10-year budget planAuckland Council will go over the final proposal for the city's 10-year-budget two days after it was revised by the mayor. ...6 days ago
- With two weeks to go, what do we know about Budget 2024?The prime minister has made it clear this is a no frills budget in all but name, writes Stewart Sowman-Lund in this extract from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. ...6 days ago
- Government's invite list shows fast-track process is flawed – Forest & BirdThe group has also raised concerns about the power that ministers could have after it was revealed Shane Jones failed to report a dinner with a company deputy chair. ...6 days ago
- Hamilton councillor Melaina Huaki quit after being queried about regular absencesMelaina Huaki attended only two-thirds of the meetings she was scheduled to be at, and resigned after RNZ asked why. ...6 days ago
- Diary cock-up heaps pressure on fast-track ministers
Minister Shane Jones’ failure to declare a dinner with mining interests is just one red flag of many about the Government’s proposed fast-track legislation, Transparency International says. Earlier this week, Newsroom revealed Jones, the Resources Minister, at a dinner on the West Coast on February 16, encouraged a mining company ...6 days ago - Deadnaming, insults and harassment: trans Corrections officer brings landmark human rights case agai...Exclusive: A transgender man is bringing an unprecedented human rights case against the Department of Corrections. He tells Alex Casey about his experience at work and what he’s fighting for. This story contains transphobic language and references to self-harm. Take care. A trans Corrections officer is taking a case against ...6 days ago
- Olympic runner’s zippy secret weaponWhile women’s sport is exploding in Aotearoa and around the world, you still don’t hear a lot of talk about athletes and their periods, RED-S, breastfeeding and visible panty-lines. SASS Talk isn’t afraid to have that kōrero. LockerRoom founder Suzanne McFadden and Olympian broadcaster Sarah Cowley Ross host the episodic podcast, sparking ...6 days ago
- Building firms uncertain about work pipeline after post-Covid highsThe construction sector wants to know when it can rely on state-funded projects again The post Building firms uncertain about work pipeline after post-Covid highs appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
- Daily crossword, Thursday 16 MayThe post Daily crossword, Thursday 16 May appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
- Bishop indicates RMA reform could tackle heritage debateWith 10 Wellington sites retaining heritage status, Minister for RMA Reform Chris Bishop is looking for new pathways to enable de-listing The post Bishop indicates RMA reform could tackle heritage debate appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
- NZ holds its own on defence spending but global volatility is a challengeOpinion: Future governments will have to decide whether they can afford to keep up with security partners’ defence budgets The post NZ holds its own on defence spending but global volatility is a challenge appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
- Time to rebalance our food system towards cheap healthy foodOpinion: New Zealand is a country of food producers. We may be a small, isolated nation at the end of the world, but we create an outsized amount of kai, most of it bound for faraway shores. Each year New Zealand exports enough food to feed 39 million people their ...6 days ago
- The unsung heroes keeping our lights onWhen households and businesses pulled the country back from the brink of painful power cuts on the coldest day of the year, there was no reward for the sacrifices they made in turning off their heat pumps and lights. Matt Ward, SolarZero CEO Photo: Supplied Consumers saved the day ...6 days ago
- Health negotiators told to put sovereignty ahead of stopping pandemicsDiplomats have been tasked with ensuring New Zealand can opt out of health rules rather than focusing on strong new pandemic prevention measures The post Health negotiators told to put sovereignty ahead of stopping pandemics appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
- Are best-before dates a waste of time – and a waste of food?6 days ago
- Vaping and how to stop another chemical generationOpinion: A recent study published in Nature’s Scientific Reports recently presented a novel approach to predicting which chemicals might be emitted from a vape. During heating, chemicals can break down into smaller molecules. A process known as pyrolysis. This study combined deep learning computational methods with chemical structure information from ...6 days ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Thursday 16 MayLoading…(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){var ql=document.querySelectorAll('A,DIV,A[data-quiz],DIV[data-quiz]'); if(ql){if(ql.length){for(var k=0;k<ql.length;k++){ql[k].id='quiz-embed-'+k;ql[k].href="javascript:var i=document.getElementById('quiz-embed-"+k+"');try{qz.startQuiz(i)}catch(e){i.start=1;i.style.cursor='wait';i.style.opacity='0.5'};void(0);"}}};i['QP']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)})(window,document,'script','https://take.quiz-maker.com/3012/CDN/quiz-embed-v1.js','qp'); Got a good quiz question? Send Newsroom your questions. The post Newsroom daily quiz, Thursday 16 May appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
- New Caledonia violence ‘unfortunate’ but ‘not surprising’, says Pacific Forum chiefRNZ Pacific Outgoing Secretary-General Henry Puna of the Pacific Islands Forum is “not surprised” with the violent unrest in New Caledonia which has shut down the French Pacific territory. New Caledonia has come to a virtual stop after three days of civil unrest, resulting in burning, shooting and looting, as ...6 days ago
- Antoinette Lattouf: A disheartening feminist ‘silence’ over GazaCOMMENTARY: By Antoinette Lattouf Sorry Palestinian women and children. It seems Australia’s leading women’s media company has more pressing issues to cover than the seemingly endless human rights atrocities committed against you. It’s been seven months of almost complete silence from Mamamia and their most popular writers and podcast hosts. ...6 days ago
- Gallery: From the river to the sea, Palestine will be freeAsia Pacific Report As Israel drives the Palestinians deeper into another Nakba in Gaza with its assault on Rafah, the Palestine Youth Aotearoa (PYA) and solidarity supporters in Aotearoa New Zealand tonight commemorated the original Nakba — “the Catastrophe” — of 1948. The 1948 Nakba . . . more than ...6 days ago
- The budget couldn’t include every ‘good idea’ but not boosting JobSeeker and the Youth Allowan...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Goldie, Adjunct Professor and UNSW Law Advisory Council Member, UNSW Sydney Victoria Labadie/Shutterstock The government says the budget will help people doing it tough. But it has also opted not to increase JobSeeker and Youth Allowance, despite expert advice these ...6 days ago
- Funding might change, but Job-ready Graduates stays for now. What does the budget fine print say abo...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gwilym Croucher, Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne On one level, the 2024 federal budget brought few big surprises for universities. The two key measures were already announced leading up to May 14: ...6 days ago
- Politics with Michelle Grattan: Budget fight looms on Future Made in Australia tax breaksSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Tuesday handed down his third budget. It had a second successive surplus and sweeteners, including relief on energy bills, and tax breaks for development of green hydrogen and critical minerals processing. ...6 days ago
- Emily Perkins takes home top prize for fiction at Ockham book awardsBooks editor Claire Mabey reports on the winners of this year’s book awards. Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction ($65,000 prize) Lioness by Emily Perkins (published by Bloomsbury), about a middle-aged woman wrestling with her life choices, has won the $65,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction. Hooo boy this ...6 days ago
- Police cannot rush pulling out of attending mental health callouts, foundation saysThere are worries the crackdown on gangs could come at the cost of mental health. ...6 days ago
- Ockhams: Emily Perkins wins $65K fiction prizeEmily Perkins has won the fiction prize at the 2024 Ockham book awards for her novel Lioness. She collects $65,000, the most loot you can pocket in New Zealand letters, as winner of the Jan Medlicott Acorn fiction prize for her satire of the anxious rich. It’s kind of ...6 days ago
- The budget is full of good news, but good news isn’t the same as good managementSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Deputy Program Director, Budgets and Government, Grattan Institute This year’s budget has “something for everyone”, with very little in the way of cuts and no new taxes. It’s a classic “good news” pre-election budget. Whether it is too good to ...6 days ago
- Carbon credit supply might need to be cut as efficient furnace comes onlineA new steel-making furnace will reduce emissions so much, environment officials have pitched reducing the whole country's supply of carbon credits. ...6 days ago
- Three dead in New Caledonia amid independence, electoral unrestThree people have now died in New Caledonia in the wake of pro-independence protests and escalating unrest. Charles Wea, a spokesperson for international relations in the New Caledonian territorial President’s office, confirmed the deaths to RNZ Pacific. The circumstances are unclear in the French territory’s third day of violence. France’s ...6 days ago
- Waitangi Tribunal to hear a claim into government disestablishing the Māori Health AuthorityClaimants have been notified that they have met the criteria for a 'priority inquiry' scheduled for October 2024. ...6 days ago
- Why is the government proposing caps on international students and how did we get here?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Ziguras, Director, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne The federal government is due to introduce legislation on Thursday to enable new caps on the number of international student places at educational institutions in Australia. These include ...6 days ago
- For a ‘future made in Australia’, we need more innovation and diverse people in science and techSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Walker, Visiting Fellow, Australian National University Crazy Owl Productions/Shutterstock This year’s federal budget is making up for decades of lost time – both in our clean energy transition and in betting on new technological breakthroughs. The Future Made in ...7 days ago
- The police minister loves numbers. Except when he’s asked about lowering themWhy worry about accurate messaging around gangs when you can throw out some scary numbers instead? As sure as night follows day, Mark Mitchell will premise a gang policy announcement with a spine-tingling stat about soaring gang membership. “New Zealanders need only look at the fatal shooting in Ponsonby recently ...7 days ago
- Auckland won’t complete big busway in PM and minister’s electoratesA new 10-year budget for Auckland has dropped funding for the fourth and final part of the up to $1.4 billion dollar Eastern Busway, partly because the Government ditched the regional fuel tax. The Auckland Council believes it has been left $600m short by that early call to do away ...7 days ago
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