A chance to choose better
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Date published: 7:04 am, September 7th, 2017 - 18 comments
A brief extract from one of Jacinda Ardern’s speeches in Hamilton yesterday. Not just for the next three years but for the next ten – we have a chance to choose better…
Three dirty hits – three epic fails
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Date published: 7:01 am, September 7th, 2017 - 21 comments
This is what an amoral party in a desperate third-term death spiral looks like.
Open Mike 07/09/2017
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 7th, 2017 - 174 comments
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Dr Doolittle strikes again
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Date published: 7:52 pm, September 6th, 2017 - 31 comments
How many portfolios can Mr Zoology stuff up?
Daily Review 06/09/2017
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 6th, 2017 - 29 comments
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The Spinoff’s Great Debate – 7pm tonight
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Date published: 5:13 pm, September 6th, 2017 - 11 comments
They’re at it again, livestream via Facebook.
Excitement mounting for Part 2 of Audrey Young’s analysis of Parties financial promises
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Date published: 5:03 pm, September 6th, 2017 - 20 comments
After the first in her series of articles inviting a bank economist to analyse and comment upon Labour’s spending promises, tomorrow she turns to the second in the series with a close analysis of National’s promises.
Salmond on the new political era
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Date published: 9:31 am, September 6th, 2017 - 62 comments
On Newsroom Dame Anne Salmond writes: “‘Jacindamania’ is not just about an individual politician, however caring and attractive. It marks a changing of the guard between generations, and a time to try out new ideas.”
Liar Joyce’s shifting goal posts and zero budgets
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Date published: 8:13 am, September 6th, 2017 - 16 comments
Hopelessly compromised Steven Joyce is trying to shift the goalposts from his thoroughly exposed $11.7bn lie to Labour’s “zero budgets”. He’s clutching at straws…
Joyce keeps digging
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Date published: 8:08 am, September 6th, 2017 - 11 comments
Steven Joyce is spinning furiously and is now claiming that Labour has set aside no money for budget increases for many Government Departments. But when Labour’s figures are compared to PREFU it is clear that Labour is planning to maintain or exceed National’s propose future spend.
Joyce and English now laughing stock
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Date published: 7:01 am, September 6th, 2017 - 148 comments
Post John Key all National ever had going for it was an undeserved reputation for financial competence. Now that is gone too. It doesn’t get any worse than this 3 weeks out from an election.
National – campaign vs reality
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Date published: 6:07 am, September 6th, 2017 - 13 comments
The brighter future cusp of something special moving forward advertising campaign fluff meets the reality of National’s NZ in this brilliant image.
Open Mike 06/09/2017
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 6th, 2017 - 62 comments
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Daily Review 05/09/2017
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Date published: 5:35 pm, September 5th, 2017 - 60 comments
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I will resign before raising Super beyond 65
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Date published: 3:29 pm, September 5th, 2017 - 33 comments
John Key and Jacinda Ardern have some things in common it seems. She has a pony tail and he likes pony tails (I was drawing a long bow to say that was something they had in common, I know). National are being beaten at their own game, or the beat is in the air. So […]
Speaking of mothers
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Date published: 1:28 pm, September 5th, 2017 - 31 comments
There’s a direct relationship between how badly we treat mothers and how much we exalt neoliberalism.
Tick tock.
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Date published: 1:01 pm, September 5th, 2017 - 45 comments
Relentlessly positive will help us change the government. Then what?
Even Kiwiblog won’t defend Joyce’s $11.7 billion claim
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Date published: 11:58 am, September 5th, 2017 - 15 comments
David Farrar has put up and then amended a post suggesting that there is a $11.7 billion hole in Labour’s policy financials. It appears that even he does not believe there is a $11.7 billion discrepancy in Labour’s accounts.
A test for NZ media and democracy
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Date published: 11:01 am, September 5th, 2017 - 23 comments
The Nats are not backing down from their $11.7bn lie. The media need to call it loudly for the big lie that it is. This is now a test for NZ’s democracy.
The Jacinda Phenomenon
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Date published: 8:34 am, September 5th, 2017 - 130 comments
Some thoughts on the Jacinda phenomenon based on my observations of her campaigning last Sunday in West Auckland.
Steven Joyce – liar or fool?
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Date published: 7:01 am, September 5th, 2017 - 52 comments
The economists have spoken, and Steven Joyce’s claim that there is a $11.7bn “hole” in Labours’ fiscal plan shows him to be either a liar or a fool. Shame on Bill English for repeating it in the debate.
Open Mike 05/09/2017
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 5th, 2017 - 81 comments
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Second leaders’ debate
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Date published: 9:21 pm, September 4th, 2017 - 114 comments
A much better debate, but English doubling down on the lies about Labour’s fiscal plan.
Daily Review 04/09/2017
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Date published: 5:35 pm, September 4th, 2017 - 35 comments
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Steven Joyce’s comprehension fail
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Date published: 3:03 pm, September 4th, 2017 - 43 comments
Steven Joyce’s claim that Labour’s budget forecasts have a $11 billion dollar hole in them raises some concern with his ability to actually understand Government budgetary processes.
The actual implications of a Capital Gains Tax
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Date published: 1:38 pm, September 4th, 2017 - 109 comments
Matthew Whitehead looks at what the Greens, Labour and National really mean when they talk about a CGT.
National’s 18 new taxes
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Date published: 9:35 am, September 4th, 2017 - 14 comments
A dose of reality on National and taxes, and wise words on the media circus surrounding tax.
National plays the lauranorda card
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Date published: 8:47 am, September 4th, 2017 - 42 comments
National is panicking and Paula Bennett has gone full dog whistle in claiming that gang members should have less rights than others.
Labour’s support for renters
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Date published: 7:05 am, September 4th, 2017 - 54 comments
While National revert to type with populist scaremongering, Labour is getting on with the business of releasing practical policy that supports real people and addresses real problems.
Open Mike 04/09/2017
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 4th, 2017 - 182 comments
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National have poisoned the Peters well
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Date published: 10:55 am, September 3rd, 2017 - 50 comments
National deciding to go after Winston Peters was a high risk strategy, and it has backfired on them. Caught between their own dirty history and a resurgent Labour.
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