Open mike 17/03/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 17th, 2016 - 108 comments
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Compare and contrast: Little vs Corbyn on immigration
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Date published: 10:44 pm, March 16th, 2016 - 284 comments
Andrew Little says that NZ should restrict foreigners working as chefs [Update: Not exactly, no]. Jeremy Corbyn says the focus of government should be on health and schools, not restricting immigrants.
Daily Review 16/03/2016
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Date published: 6:00 pm, March 16th, 2016 - 29 comments
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Don’t stress, our banks will be ok – RBNZ
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Date published: 4:34 pm, March 16th, 2016 - 36 comments
Guest Post: by Simon Louisson The news for cow cockies and the wider dairy industry just gets grimmer and grimmer, but relax everyone, the banks will be fine, according to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand today. On a day when prices fell another 2.9 percent in Global Dairy Trade auction and Fonterra announced it […]
Latest primaries – Rubio gone
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Date published: 1:44 pm, March 16th, 2016 - 95 comments
Results are coming in from Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio in the US primaries. Trump and Clinton take Florida, Rubio drops out.
UK poll puts Corbyn’s Labour tied with Tories
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Date published: 10:45 am, March 16th, 2016 - 19 comments
A new poll has Labour tied with the Tories for the first time since Corbyn became leader.
Interest rates and banks
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Date published: 9:43 am, March 16th, 2016 - 185 comments
Yesterday Andrew Little criticised the banks’ failure to pass on the cut in Official Cash Rate (OCR) to we the people via mortgage / interest rate cuts. Naturally the political right went ballistic.
Key fiddles while dairy industry burns
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Date published: 9:27 am, March 16th, 2016 - 46 comments
The dairy crisis is escalating with a further drop in prices occurring overnight. And John Key has chosen to defend the Government’s handling of the crisis by attacking Andrew Little. He would be better off explaining what his Government is doing to address what is becoming a crisis.
Open mike 16/03/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 16th, 2016 - 65 comments
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Daily Review 15/03/2016
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Date published: 6:00 pm, March 15th, 2016 - 10 comments
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Key is on top of the dairy crisis
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Date published: 3:28 pm, March 15th, 2016 - 107 comments
Or not.
February breaks all records
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Date published: 9:36 am, March 15th, 2016 - 93 comments
The evidence that we have significantly underestimated the speed of climate change is mounting steadily.
Local democracy just got screwed
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Date published: 7:01 am, March 15th, 2016 - 31 comments
If the RMA Amendment Bill goes through, then community groups all over the country are going to become intimately acquainted with just how badly they have been shafted by Mr Smith and his accomplices.
Open mike 15/03/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 15th, 2016 - 87 comments
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Rowing together
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Date published: 9:00 pm, March 14th, 2016 - 51 comments
The Nation interview on the economy on the weekend was very interesting – leaders of Labour, Greens and New Zealand First all agreeing on the need for New Zealand economy to diversify beyond dairying. It was a very encouraging sign that the time is ripe for change – now I look forward to their combined ideas on what should be done.
Daily Review 14/03/2016
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Date published: 6:00 pm, March 14th, 2016 - 12 comments
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Safe As Milk
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Date published: 1:44 pm, March 14th, 2016 - 110 comments
Labour is calling for an urgent summit of the dairy industry players to avoid the looming bankruptcy of one in ten farmers. National’s response? Crisis, what crisis?
Labour considering Unconditional Basic Income
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Date published: 12:43 pm, March 14th, 2016 - 361 comments
As with capital gains tax, the political left is kicking off a very important discussion for NZ.
Could National lose Whangarei?
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Date published: 11:32 am, March 14th, 2016 - 43 comments
National are nervous about losing the safe electorate seat of Whangarei. Something tells me that the NATs will be fighting back hard come 2017.
Family First on the important issues of the day
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Date published: 11:10 am, March 14th, 2016 - 13 comments
Don’t conservative cranks have anything better to do with their time?
Rachel Maddow on Donald Trump’s campaign strategy
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Date published: 9:06 am, March 14th, 2016 - 97 comments
Rachel Maddow sets out a timeline suggesting that Donald Trump has engaged in calculated escalation of violent rhetoric and action which is causing damage to the US society and how this marks a new low for the Republican Party.
Open mike 14/03/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 14th, 2016 - 103 comments
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Go, technology, inequality, the future of work
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Date published: 12:05 pm, March 13th, 2016 - 42 comments
Miscellaneous Sunday morning meanderings on technology, inequality and the future of work.
Quantitative easing for the masses
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Date published: 8:25 am, March 13th, 2016 - 136 comments
It seems that “serious economists” are discussing something called “helicopter money”. Would it fly in NZ?
Open mike 13/03/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 13th, 2016 - 132 comments
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Trump Chicago rally cancelled amid protests
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Date published: 2:56 pm, March 12th, 2016 - 62 comments
Seems like not everyone in America is going to roll over for Trump.
Who is ultimately responsible for NZ’s massive dairy farm debt?
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Date published: 1:11 pm, March 12th, 2016 - 82 comments
People talk of excessive borrowing in the dairy sector. Of course, the real problem is that of excessive lending.
David Walker – Dick Of The Year
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Date published: 9:29 am, March 12th, 2016 - 39 comments
Long serving diplomat and New Zealand’s Chief Negotiator for the Trans Pacific Partnership, David Walker, was yesterday presented with the 2016 Dick Of The Year award.
Wee Todd Barclay may have a wee problem
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Date published: 8:47 am, March 12th, 2016 - 63 comments
Clutha Southland National MP’s employee dispute has escalated with a police inquiry into the possible secret recording of a staff member being conducted.
Norman on the economy
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Date published: 8:03 am, March 12th, 2016 - 58 comments
Russel Norman was right in 2014 when he said that the Nats were daft to gamble on oil and bulk milk production, and he’s right again now to draw attention to the failures. We need a green economy!
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