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Before the massacre the State was warned

Written By: advantage
Date published: 7:43 am, March 10th, 2020 - 27 comments

Through a series of meetings that led all the way to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, and the Head of the State Services Commission Peter Hughes, and the Police, the Islamic Women’s Council repeatedly warned the highest levels of our civil service that their community was under imminent threat. They were ignored.

Open mike 10/03/2020

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 7:00 am, March 10th, 2020 - 58 comments

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Daily review 09/03/2020

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, March 9th, 2020 - 7 comments

Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …

Red tape bonfire of the vanities

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 2:19 pm, March 9th, 2020 - 19 comments

National has promised a bonfire of regulations. Just like conservatives in Australia, the United Kingdom, America and previous National administrations.

No Right Turn: Parliament and the pandemic

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 9:54 am, March 9th, 2020 - 23 comments

Idiot/Savant writes about what the government can and can’t do with sitting and the election.

The politics of gun control

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 7:47 am, March 9th, 2020 - 180 comments

National and NZ First are frustrating the passage of the Arms Legislation Bill by raising issues that may appeal to extremists but will not make the country a safer place after the Christchurch massacre.

Open mike 09/03/2020

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 7:00 am, March 9th, 2020 - 69 comments

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Quick Question.

Written By: Bill
Date published: 12:39 pm, March 8th, 2020 - 61 comments

Your material life; would you trade it for the world?

Update/edit.

Interesting that the definitive answers all ran in one direction.

Open mike 08/03/2020

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 7:00 am, March 8th, 2020 - 62 comments

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How To Get There 08/03/20

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 7:00 am, March 8th, 2020 - 7 comments

Welcome to TS’s Sunday think piece. It’s a blank sheet, a tabula rasa, waiting for your thoughts on the future and How To Get There.

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out

Written By: weka
Date published: 12:27 pm, March 7th, 2020 - 163 comments

Changes to the Residential Tenancies Act have a few landlords threatening to quit the business.

What the Government has done for beneficiaries

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 9:22 am, March 7th, 2020 - 43 comments

In Parliament this week Carmel Sepuloni outlined action being taken by the Government to implement the recommendations of the Welfare Expert Advisory Group designed to improve the plight of beneficiaries.

Open mike 07/03/2020

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 7:00 am, March 7th, 2020 - 102 comments

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The politics of hand washing

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 1:35 pm, March 6th, 2020 - 25 comments

Simon Bridges thinks that getting people to wash their hands and removing unemployment stand down periods is tinkering but that National’s still unreleased economic policy will solve the crisis.

RIP Jeanette Fitzsimons

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 10:04 am, March 6th, 2020 - 33 comments

Former Greens co leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has died.

Open mike 06/03/2020

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 7:00 am, March 6th, 2020 - 145 comments

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Daily review 05/03/2020

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:28 pm, March 5th, 2020 - 55 comments

Buttigeig 2020?

Written By: Bill
Date published: 11:06 am, March 5th, 2020 - 33 comments

Allowing for a Biden victory in the Democratic Party primary process, then come November, voters in the US will be voting on whether Buttiegieg or Trump will be the next President of the USA. That’s what I’m picking, and here’s why…

Can Bernie find a clutch and change gear?

Written By: lprent
Date published: 8:54 am, March 5th, 2020 - 33 comments

The basic problem with Bernie Sanders campaign is that his sole political role since the start of his career has been as the archetypal outsider. He injects ideas into the political debate that didn’t get play time, but he didn’t concentrate on making those things happen. Now it is costing him.

Bridges thinks the solution to Covid 19 is tax cuts

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 8:14 am, March 5th, 2020 - 64 comments

Simon Bridges thinks that tax cuts are the best way to address financial stress caused by businesses by the Covid 19 epidemic. Even though businesses under financial stress will be paying little if any tax and a tax cut would have little if any effect.