If not now then when?
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Date published: 8:23 am, May 26th, 2022 - 47 comments
Yet another school shooting has occurred this time in Texas with 19 children and two teachers shot. And this weekend the NRA is holding its annual Convention in Texas and Donald Trump is one of the guest speakers.
Open mike 26/05/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 26th, 2022 - 102 comments
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Daily review 25/05/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 25th, 2022 - 8 comments
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Wood announces boost to Coastal shipping
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Date published: 9:47 am, May 25th, 2022 - 36 comments
Transport Minister Michael Wood has announced funding to increase coastal shipping services in New Zealand in a move that will decrease highway congestion, reduce wear and tear on roads, improve employment, support regional development and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Why Is New Zealand So Strong?
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Date published: 7:00 am, May 25th, 2022 - 36 comments
As New Zealand signs up to another alliance to shore up our economic security in the face of fast retreats in economic globalisation, it’s worth taking stock of why New Zealand’s economy is so strong.
Open mike 25/05/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 25th, 2022 - 123 comments
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Daily review 24/05/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 24th, 2022 - 26 comments
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Open mike 24/05/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 24th, 2022 - 110 comments
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Daily review 23/05/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 23rd, 2022 - 17 comments
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How to get the progressive government we want
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Date published: 9:59 am, May 23rd, 2022 - 95 comments
What if instead of waiting for a new left wing party to arise, the left worked with the three progressive parties we already have in parliament?
Open mike 23/05/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 23rd, 2022 - 49 comments
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Open mike 22/05/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 22nd, 2022 - 71 comments
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The Australian Election
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Date published: 7:08 pm, May 21st, 2022 - 66 comments
Post for people to comment on developing news about the Australian election.
The terrorist ‘heroes’ of Mariupol
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Date published: 4:44 pm, May 21st, 2022 - 128 comments
The mass surrender of over 2000 members of the extreme nationalist AZOV battalion in Mariupol is a major win in the fight against global race-based terrorism. These extreme nationalists share the same ideology as the Christchurch and Buffalo assassins. Efforts to combat extremism have focused on the influence of social media on individuals. Insufficient attention is paid to organising centres such as AZOV.
The time that Roger Douglas was right
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Date published: 10:30 am, May 21st, 2022 - 39 comments
Roger Douglas may have caused New Zealand a lot of harm through his policies and actions but there was one occasion where if a policy he had helped to introduce had been retained New Zealand would be a much better place.
Open mike 21/05/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 21st, 2022 - 91 comments
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Daily review 20/05/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 20th, 2022 - 31 comments
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The Media and the Australian election
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Date published: 2:03 pm, May 20th, 2022 - 28 comments
I cannot understand why in Australia Scotty from Marketing still has a fighting chance of remaining as Prime Minister. But the recent tightening in the polls suggests that this is a possibility.
The Goldilocks budget
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Date published: 9:25 am, May 20th, 2022 - 24 comments
How was the 2022 budget? Was it the worst since Ruth Richardson’s mother of all budgets or the best since the first Labour Government gave everyone a Christmas bonus in 1935?
Open mike 20/05/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 20th, 2022 - 47 comments
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Daily review 19/05/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 19th, 2022 - 4 comments
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The politics of high inflation – can governments do anything?
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Date published: 10:46 am, May 19th, 2022 - 13 comments
It is clear that we will continue to face these economic challenges with tools that are ill-equipped to face the problems. Only a truly international response can create an economy that delivers for all.
Budget Day: there are real alternatives
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Date published: 9:34 am, May 19th, 2022 - 9 comments
Budget Day, where our centre left neoliberal government straddles the line between compassion and BAU. Given the pressures of climate, the pandemic and global instability, what are the real alternatives?
Budget Day!
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Date published: 8:15 am, May 19th, 2022 - 50 comments
Today is budget day. What surprises will Grant Robertson announce to address the country’s many and varied problems. Will Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis be able to sound like they actually understand what is in the budget? Stay tuned for 2 pm …
Open mike 19/05/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 19th, 2022 - 38 comments
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Daily review 18/05/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 18th, 2022 - 63 comments
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Longing for a low carbon future
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Date published: 8:27 am, May 18th, 2022 - 48 comments
It’s the question that obsesses me, how to cultivate a deep cultural longing for a post-carbon, more just, more equal world?
– Transitions Town pioneer Rob Hopkins
Open mike 18/05/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 18th, 2022 - 51 comments
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Daily review 17/05/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 17th, 2022 - 18 comments
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Has Business NZ been telling porkies?
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Date published: 8:08 am, May 17th, 2022 - 18 comments
Business NZ has claimed that the proposed Fair Play legislation breaches International Labour Law and that the International Labour Organisation agrees with it. But its claims appear to be on the wrong side of what we could politely describe as the truth.
The Emissions Reduction Plan we voted for
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Date published: 6:05 am, May 17th, 2022 - 33 comments
what kind of climate action do we want?
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