Open mike 21/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 21st, 2024 - 17 comments
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Daily review 20/09/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 20th, 2024 - 8 comments
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Luxon loses his cool when asked about doctoring gang membership statistics
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Date published: 8:26 am, September 20th, 2024 - 47 comments
On the same day that National had Parliament pass onerous anti gang laws to address allegedly dramatically increasing numbers of gang members Christopher Luxon lost his cool when it was pointed out to him that the Government is purging the list to reduce the numbers.
Open mike 20/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 20th, 2024 - 40 comments
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Daily review 19/09/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 19th, 2024 - 7 comments
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Lester Levy, $320,000 Part time Health NZ Commissioner: “It’s not for me to fix everything”
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Date published: 2:12 pm, September 19th, 2024 - 16 comments
Lester Levy claims he is working so hard it’s probably not good for his health. Meanwhile, he failed to bring financials to the Health Select Committee while explaining he was doing well on cutting costs – and would continue to do so.
New Zealand treats the wealthy better than comparable nations
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Date published: 10:51 am, September 19th, 2024 - 26 comments
A recently Tax Justice Aotearoa study suggests that the country could impse a capital gains tax or wealth tax and the wealthy would still be better off than they would be in similar countries.
Open mike 19/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 19th, 2024 - 61 comments
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Daily review 18/09/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 18th, 2024 - 8 comments
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The Civilian is back.
Unemployment is definitely up.
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Date published: 2:51 pm, September 18th, 2024 - 7 comments
The Civilian, a site that publishes the satire news is back. Hopefully for readers this will last. It only appears to have been running for a few days. Clearly the governments ongoing unemployment program is working well for the art of satire.
National’s gang patch ban may hinder police investigations
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Date published: 10:55 am, September 18th, 2024 - 18 comments
The police’s recent successful operation against the Comanchero gang could concievably have been compromised by National’s proposed gang patch ban.
Open mike 18/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 18th, 2024 - 66 comments
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Daily review 17/09/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 17th, 2024 - 18 comments
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Under National crime is out of control
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Date published: 9:07 am, September 17th, 2024 - 35 comments
Christopher Luxon yesterday celebrated a 22% reduction in crime in Downtown Auckland even though crime in the Auckland region went up by 7% during the same time. And later that day had to explain how the number of victims of violent crime had increased by 30,000.
National plan for 2000 extra Kiwis in prison per year
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Date published: 9:01 am, September 17th, 2024 - 20 comments
The government plans to put up to 2000 more Kiwis behind bars by 2034 at a potential cost of up to $1.2bn per budget in today’s money. Meanwhile crime, including violent crime is increasing across all of NZ.
Open mike 17/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 17th, 2024 - 57 comments
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Daily review 16/09/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 16th, 2024 - 6 comments
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Open mike 16/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 16th, 2024 - 75 comments
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Open mike 15/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 15th, 2024 - 24 comments
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Open mike 14/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 14th, 2024 - 33 comments
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Daily review 13/09/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 13th, 2024 - 11 comments
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Free School lunches have a profound beneficial effect on learning
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Date published: 11:23 am, September 13th, 2024 - 23 comments
This is what David Seymour was told. But he and the Government still chose to push through significant cuts to the scheme.
Open mike 13/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 13th, 2024 - 23 comments
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Daily review 12/09/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 12th, 2024 - 5 comments
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Trouble at Mill
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Date published: 1:00 pm, September 12th, 2024 - 25 comments
It seems clear that the Government refused to do anything to stop Winston Pulp from closing its mills. And the Government’s plans to address price volatility by the use of LPG is counterproductive, especially when the cost of renewable energy is considered.
Attorney General’s constitutional advice on Treaty Principles bill will be interesting
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Date published: 10:13 am, September 12th, 2024 - 46 comments
David Seymour finally released some hard information about Act’s coalition bone – Treaty Principles bill. The regulatory impact statement is damning and points to the status quo as being preferable. It will provide an interesting scope for Judith Collins in her non-partisan role as Attorney-General.
Open mike 12/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 12th, 2024 - 48 comments
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Daily review 11/09/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 11th, 2024 - 4 comments
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Open mike 11/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 11th, 2024 - 108 comments
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Daily review 10/09/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 10th, 2024 - 5 comments
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Towards the abyss
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Date published: 12:34 pm, September 10th, 2024 - 37 comments
Yesterday it was confirmed that Act’s Treaty Principles Bill had been approved by Cabinet for drafting and introduction into Parliament in November this year. Get ready for the circus to start.
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