Daily review 27/02/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 27th, 2024 - 10 comments

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Open mike 27/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 27th, 2024 - 69 comments

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Daily review 26/02/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 26th, 2024 - 22 comments

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Open mike 26/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 26th, 2024 - 21 comments

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What’s Left?

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Date published: 12:07 pm, February 25th, 2024 - 51 comments

From Election 2023’s result through to February 2024 there has been massive loss and damage to the Parliamentary capacity of Labour and Greens. Who still has the capacity to lead? What’s left?

About the promoters electoral returns

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Date published: 9:14 am, February 25th, 2024 - 8 comments

The Electoral Commission has released the major promoters’ electoral returns. These show significant amounts of money being spent on getting Labour unelected but give no detail about how the campaigns were funded.

Open mike 25/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 25th, 2024 - 70 comments

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The problem with corporate money in electorate campaigns

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Date published: 10:44 am, February 24th, 2024 - 34 comments

Patrick Phelps campaign expense return

The 2023 candidate election returns have released and it has emerged that Bathurst Resources Ltd contributed $32,600 to Patrick Phelps, who ran a spoiler campaign against Damian O’Connor in West Coast Tasman.

Open mike 24/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 24th, 2024 - 34 comments

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Daily review 23/02/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 23rd, 2024 - Comments Off on Daily review 23/02/2024

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Open mike 23/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 23rd, 2024 - 90 comments

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Daily review 22/02/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 22nd, 2024 - 27 comments

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Open mike 22/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 22nd, 2024 - 116 comments

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Daily review 21/02/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 21st, 2024 - 2 comments

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RIP Efeso Collins

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Date published: 4:49 pm, February 21st, 2024 - 17 comments

Very sad news today with news of Fa’anana Efeso Collins’ untimely death.

Go well Grant Robertson

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Date published: 8:56 am, February 21st, 2024 - 72 comments

Yesterday it was announced that Grant Robertson was leaving politics.

Open mike 21/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 21st, 2024 - 46 comments

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Daily review 20/02/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 20th, 2024 - 8 comments

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Bene bashing 6.0

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Date published: 10:06 am, February 20th, 2024 - 102 comments

So what does National do when its minor support party tries to steal media attention with dog whistling racism? It reverts to some good old beneficiary bashing.

Open mike 20/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 20th, 2024 - 70 comments

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About the One News Poll

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Date published: 9:06 pm, February 19th, 2024 - 43 comments

The latest One News Verian poll suggests that there has been absolutely no honeymoon for the Government.

Daily review 19/02/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 19th, 2024 - 38 comments

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Open mike 19/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 19th, 2024 - 68 comments

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Open mike 18/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 18th, 2024 - 58 comments

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Where Oz goes, we go? To war with China?

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Date published: 9:28 pm, February 17th, 2024 - 38 comments

Testifying to the Defence Select Committee last week, Air Marshal Short said Australia was “reshaping” its Defence Force for “a singular threat from a singular direction.” This was described as being an obvious reference to China.

Get ready for your water to be privatised

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Date published: 10:39 am, February 17th, 2024 - 124 comments

The National Government’s repeal of the Three Waters Legislation and its pursuit of “new forms of infrastructure funding and financing” suggests that privatisation of water is on the drawing board.

Open mike 17/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 17th, 2024 - 41 comments

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Daily review 16/02/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 16th, 2024 - 5 comments

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Open mike 16/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 16th, 2024 - 35 comments

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Daily review 15/02/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 15th, 2024 - 9 comments

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Open mike 15/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 15th, 2024 - 89 comments

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