Doocey is taking the piss

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Date published: 7:49 am, March 26th, 2021 - 12 comments

Private member’s bills are an important feature of Parliament.  They give all MPs the chance to change the law to address real or perceived issues and problems.  So what does National MP Matt Doocey think is the country’s most pressing problem?

Open mike 26/03/2021

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 26th, 2021 - 51 comments

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Daily review 25/03/2021

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 25th, 2021 - 35 comments

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The housing crisis and the Government’s response

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Date published: 9:28 am, March 25th, 2021 - 163 comments

The Government’s housing policy announcements have been attacked by the right and landlords as being an attack on rights and business, and by elements of the left for being too timid.  Which suggests that the announcements are quite well pitched.

Open mike 25/03/2021

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 25th, 2021 - 78 comments

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Daily review 24/03/2021

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 24th, 2021 - 15 comments

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The Australian Parliament and Women

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Date published: 12:13 pm, March 24th, 2021 - 14 comments

To understand how power and misogyny and democracy all flow from the one stinking head, one need look no further than the Australian Parliament right now.

Open mike 24/03/2021

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 24th, 2021 - 44 comments

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Daily review 23/03/2021

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 23rd, 2021 - 12 comments

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Government announces plan to help first-home buyers maintain the housing crisis

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Date published: 10:33 am, March 23rd, 2021 - 226 comments

Labour disappoints again. Individual investment rights trump collective responsibility for people having homes.

Something big but not like that

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Date published: 7:45 am, March 23rd, 2021 - 41 comments

I am going out on a limb here but I think that Comrade Chris Trotter suggesting that Jacinda Ardern may resign as Prime Minister may be overhashed.

Open mike 23/03/2021

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 23rd, 2021 - 48 comments

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That’s No Moon  – It’s A Space Station

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Date published: 7:50 pm, March 22nd, 2021 - 9 comments

Did anyone notice Russia and China signing up to a treaty to form a common base on the moon?

Daily review 22/03/2021

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 22nd, 2021 - 43 comments

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Open mike 22/03/2021

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 22nd, 2021 - 75 comments

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Covid Zeitgeist

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Date published: 12:04 pm, March 21st, 2021 - 31 comments

NZ politics needs recharging and renewal to move forward. We need more charging stations.

Open mike 21/03/2021

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 21st, 2021 - 16 comments

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Open mike 20/03/2021

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 20th, 2021 - 98 comments

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Daily review 19/03/2021

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 19th, 2021 - 16 comments

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Boris wants more bombs

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Date published: 8:05 am, March 19th, 2021 - 50 comments

Boris Johnson has announced that the United Kingdom will increase its stockpile of nuclear weapons and open up the possibility of using weapons against non nuclear nations, despite being a signatory to various treaties that prohibit both actions being taken.

Open mike 19/03/2021

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 19th, 2021 - 74 comments

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Britain’s tin-ear ’tilt’ to the Indo-Pacific

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Date published: 5:39 pm, March 18th, 2021 - 14 comments

In its new integrated defence and foreign policy strategy, Britain intends  to raise its nuclear warheads on Trident from 180 to 240. What a waste. It also intends to “tilt” to the Indo-Pacific, sending the New HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier here later in the year to give a message to China. It should read its history.

Daily review 18/03/2021

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 18th, 2021 - 5 comments

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Americas Cup is New Zealand’s cup?

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Date published: 7:30 am, March 18th, 2021 - 80 comments

It appears that the Government and Auckland Council have spent $250 million on an event the organisers of which are now making plans to go overseas in pursuit of the big corporate dollars.

Open mike 18/03/2021

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 18th, 2021 - 67 comments

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Daily review 17/03/2021

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 17th, 2021 - 24 comments

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National and the Greens on how to solve the housing crisis

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Date published: 11:04 am, March 17th, 2021 - 71 comments

Over the past week National and the Greens have released housing policy designed to address the country’s current housing crisis.  National’s are tired and either reflect what is already happening or reinforce their doctrinal view of the world.  The Green’s proposals are more radical and reflect steps that Micky Savage and the First Labour Government took in 1935.

New Zealand Service in Afghanistan Concludes

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Date published: 7:00 am, March 17th, 2021 - 44 comments

Did New Zealand military forces do good in Afghanistan?

Open mike 17/03/2021

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 17th, 2021 - 36 comments

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About the latest poll

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Date published: 8:42 pm, March 16th, 2021 - 45 comments

Media claims that Ardern’s support have peaked and are tanking are way too premature.

Daily review 16/03/2021

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 16th, 2021 - 34 comments

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