Daily review 14/12/2022

Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, December 14th, 2022 - 10 comments
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  1. pat 1
    14 December 2022 at 6:35 pm

    "In dollar terms, the deficit between import spending and export receipts was some $29.7 billion, up by $13.3 billion from the year-ago figure.

    In dollar terms the deficit is way higher than seen previously. For example that previous high of deficit to GDP from 2008 related to a dollar deficit of just $14.7 billion."

    https://www.interest.co.nz/business/118852/statistics-new-zealand-reports-countrys-deficit-between-what-we-received-exports

    The polling numbers currently are likely flattering.

  3. joe90 3
    14 December 2022 at 7:31 pm

    And there was me thinking astrology was a bit of harmless fun.

    https://twitter.com/sanjanacurtis/status/1602515675079221248

  4. pat 4
    14 December 2022 at 8:38 pm

    As Christmas rapidly approaches it must be time for ukuleles.

  5. Temp ORary 5
    14 December 2022 at 10:50 pm

    There doesn't seem to be much interest in today's Fiji election – which, at least to me, seems like the big political story of the day in the Pacific. Provisional results are finally coming out now:

    Sitiveni Rabuka starts as the frontrunner for Fiji's election race as his People's Alliance Party gets a strong lead in the first round with 52.87% of the votes counted ahead of Prime Minister Bainimarama's FijiFirst Paty who trail with just over 20% of the votes counted…

    Elections Supervisor Mohammed Saneem has announced the first round of provisional results, with Sitiveni Rabuka's party well ahead in the count.

    People's Alliance Party – 2,600 (52.87%)

    Fiji First – 1,020 (20.74%)…

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/480758/fiji-election-2022-all-the-results-as-they-come-in-and-all-the-action-from-the-island

    Though given that the results in 2018 were: Bainimarama's FijiFirst – 227,241, to Rabuka's (then Social Democratic Liberal Party) 181,072, the published results are nowhere near 20% yet.

    Despite both potential leaders' background in military coups, that may be less likely this time (if their public statements can be relied upon):

    Ahead of the election, the military sought to allay fears of any interventions, with Major General Jone Kalouniwai insisting his forces will “honour the democratic process by respecting the outcome”…

    Bainimarama, who cast his vote in Suva, was asked if he would accept the results of Wednesday’s vote.

    “Of course,” he replied before lashing out at reporters, suggesting they ask “better questions”.

    Rabuka, who also cast his vote in Suva, said he was “feeling great and getting better”.

    But he called into question whether the prime minister would concede if defeated.

    “I accepted my defeat in 1999,” Rabuka said. “I hope he can do that. We cannot live forever, we cannot rule forever.”

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/14/voting-underway-in-high-stakes-election-in-fiji

    Update:

    As of 9.45pm (Fiji local time), Rabuka's People's Alliance Party has a strong lead with 4450 votes (46.04%). PM Bainimarama's Fiji First Party has 2780 votes (28.76%). Biman's National Federation Party counts 1032 votes (10.68%). However, Bainimarama is ahead in the candidate results, leading by 1228 votes (18.75%) ahead of Rabuka who holds 1714 votes (17.73%).

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