Probably didn't inform them that the Greens' plan gets them more as well as more public services?
PRe-election Economic and Fiscal Update
From the Greens' full Agriculture and Rural Affairs policy: 5. Increasing Sector Resilience Issues The agricultural sector is increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, geopolitical trade headwinds and biosecurity incursions. Increasing ...
Labour's 'savings' include taking supposed ring-fenced climate change funds... Without informing the Climate Change Minister. While some of the money will come from trimming future Budget operating allowances, as well as a directive to public sector ...
That's right alwyn, you can read and parse what I was pointing out. I admit that does surprise me.
To the surprise of no one: Businesses have been returning record profits while inflation surges during the cost of living crisis, new research shows. The study was designed to emulate analysis done overseas by the European Central Bank and a number of ...
There certainly isn't a 'path for power for the left' if you advocate not voting for left wing parties. The only way to have a left wing government is to vote for it and NZFirst definitely isn't on the left. It is reassuring to see that despite it's ...
lol Or these people 'on the left' can vote for the only left-wing parties in parliament; TPM and the Greens. Why someone 'on the left' would help bring in a National-led government by voting for the WinstonFirst party is beyond me.
The Greens have announced their Climate Safe Communities policy: Climate Safe Communities is an achievable plan that over the next seven years will reshape the places we live to meet three priorities: People first - our communities will be reshaped around ...
That is a former Labour MP advocating for a grand coalition. 'Getting things done' is not the goal; the aim is staying in power and locking out the alternatives.
Telegram channel Grey Zone (https://t.me/s/grey_zone) ≠ News website the Grayzone (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grayzone) Could you provide evidence that the Grayzone is rigorous and respected?
This RNZ feature on party policies show the depth and range of the Greens policy platform: https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/news-extras/story/2018902030/election-2023-rnz-s-guide-to-party-policy Many of the other party have either yet to announce their ...
Following on from my comment yesterday about the climate change impacts of the wealthy: Methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, is thought to be responsible for more than a quarter of global warming experienced to date. Controlling it is such an urgent ...
For the new study, researchers analyzed data on emissions and income from 1990 to 2019. Accounting for earnings from investments, they found that not only are the top 10 percent of earners responsible for 40 percent of emissions, but the top 1 percent are...
The Biden has filed a motion to throw out a climate change case arguing "because the child plaintiffs are not the only people who will be harmed by ecological breakdown, the suit should be thrown out." Biden’s Justice Department filed its most recent ...
ACT Party leader David Seymour has come under fire after accepting a donation from a far-right extremist and characterising the man's threats to destroy mosques as "a silly comment on Facebook". In October, Newsroom reported that a far-right extremist who...
Where they always are; supporting Winston's ego, and in this election, buoying the chances of a National led government. He has, as I have shown, been clear that he will not work with Labour. We must vote for what is actually presented by the politicians, ...
He has told them, multiple times, this is the most recent: NZ First leader Winston Peters is sticking to his guns in refusing to form a coalition Government with Labour. https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/winston-...
We don't need UN special rapporteur Leilani Farha's report, tabled in February in Geneva, to know that housing in our country has long been treated as a speculative asset instead of a home - the core ingredient to upholding that human right. Along with ...
This Kirsty Johnston piece is out today: Agriculture is warming the earth faster than any other industry in Aotearoa. Yet attempts to rein in the sector’s emissions have fallen short once more. In a three-part series, Crown vs Cow, In Depth reporter Kirsty...
Thomas Coughlan at the Herald has written about the lack of climate change policies of the so-called government in waiting. This is unacceptable given the climate emergency and really needs to be reiterated; we cannot afford to go backwards: The Herald put...
Sure. Just showing that the generally accepted understanding of the phrase is as unreliable as the understood premise, as you note.
What We Say: Blood is thicker than water. The Original: “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.” The saying means that chosen bonds are more significant than the bonds with family or “water of the womb.” More directly, it means ...
Labour needs 3 years in opposition to sort its shit out. Absolutely not, we cannot afford to have a NACT+NZF government. Labour voters that are upset with the lack of action by this government can express their feeling by voting for the reforms offered by...
underemployment is definitionally people who want to work more but aren't able to: Underutilisation reflects people who: do not have a job, but are available to work and are actively seeking employment – unemployed are employed part time (fewer than 30 ...
It is interesting that the image used for this post is about the human right to housing. Labour have made some progress, yes, but housing as a right has not been taken seriously by this government. The UN provided a 27 point plan, number one being ...
New research shows that 55% of New Zealanders are struggling with their financial situation – up 17% compared to February 2021 and the highest level since surveying began. Out of those surveyed, 51% say they are ‘starting to sink, or treading water’ and a...
Montana is violating the rights of young people with policies that prohibit the state from considering climate change effects when it reviews coal mining, natural gas extraction and other fossil fuel projects, a state judge said on Monday. The decision by...
ABC financial journalist Alan Kohler pointing out the inequity baked into the system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm6_Bd42CTU&ab_channel=EquityMates Tax settings need to change to address this imbalance if we want younger people to ever be able to own ...
Labour+NZF were great together. This statement probably needs to be interrogated too.
Prime minister Chris Hipkins has ruled out changing New Zealand’s tax policies to more closely mirror Australia’s, saying people are doing terribly right now and need certainty things will stay that way. https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/02-08-2023/all-my-...
Cats, with their independent spirit and beguiling purrs, have captured the hearts of humans for millennia. In New Zealand, felines are no exception, boasting the highest national cat ownership rate globally [definition cat nz cat foundation]. An estimated 1.134 million pet cats grace Kiwi households, compared to 683,000 dogs ...
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