The basis for the claim rents will decrease is actually the first point, which you agree with, that there ought to be some reduction in the capital cost of rental ownership and that in the longer term this will result in more rental properties being ...
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 11:23 am, March 11th, 2024 - 127 comments
Categories: Christopher Luxon, cost of living, national, politicans, same old national, tenants' rights
Tags: trickle down
Recently the Government has been working out how to cut funding for school lunches for poor kids while at the same time it has also announced that it will restore interest deductibility for landlords. The interest deductibility changes are being pushed …
I always get concerned at discussions about sentencing. The public only see a fraction of what is happening. I have appeared before Judge Glubb a few times. I always found him to be professional and careful to balance competing interests. Sentencing is ...
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:52 pm, March 8th, 2024 - 39 comments
Categories: act, Christopher Luxon, greens, labour, national, political parties, Politics, polls
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The Atlas aligned Taxpayer's Union has released its latest Curia poll results. I always have a certain sense of incredulity when reading Curia's poll results. Like the last one which suggested that Act's racist anti Treaty campaign had resulted in a surge…
"From a philisophical standpoint, I think this type of initiative allows parents to progressively hand more and more responsibility for their children to the state." But at least their kids are fed and can learn.
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:51 am, March 5th, 2024 - 73 comments
Categories: act, david seymour, education, national, national/act government, nicola willis, poverty, same old national
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Three months ago Nicola Willis was talking about fiscal cliffs. These were areas of activity which the previous Government had funded but not into the distant future. She presented it as some sort of conspiracy to not continue with beneficial activities …
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 1:22 pm, March 4th, 2024 - 44 comments
Categories: Deep stuff, democracy under attack, democratic participation, Media, media abuse, melissa lee, Politics
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The New Zealand media sector has been in turmoil during the past week. Warner Bros Discovery is consulting with workers about the total shutdown of its media wing Newshub. You would think that leaving such a big hole in the country's media infrastructure …
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 12:16 pm, March 1st, 2024 - 51 comments
Categories: Christopher Luxon, national, Parliament, parliamentary spending, Politics, same old national
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Remember when Christopher Luxon said: I know how hard you work to pay your taxes – and under my government the culture of treating taxpayers like an ATM is over." Or when he claimed about excessive spending by the last Government? From OneNews: Luxon said…
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 12:32 pm, February 28th, 2024 - 63 comments
Categories: act, law, law and "order", mark mitchell, national, same old national
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Keeping track of this Government's policy preferences is giving me a sense of whiplash. Over the past couple of days they yet again announced a crackdown on gangs. Patches will be banned in public, there will be the ability to issue dispersal notices and …
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:14 am, February 25th, 2024 - 8 comments
Categories: election 2023, election funding, electoral commission, spin, taxpayers union
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I have spent the last day looking at the promoters electoral returns that have recently been released by the Electoral Commission. There were some interesting features. Top spending was a brand new promoter called Vote for Better. Radio New Zealand said …
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:44 am, February 24th, 2024 - 34 comments
Categories: election 2023, election funding, elections, labour, nz first
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The 2023 candidate and third party electoral returns have now been released. There is a lot to analyse but already there is one entry that is raising eyebrows. In West Coast Tasman an independent candidate, Patrick Phelps, received $32,600 from Bathurst …
Absolutely most important characteristic of a Labour MP. Anyone who fails this should think of alternative career opportunities.
"It's hard to be poor, it's expensive to be poor, and moreover, public discourse is making it socially unacceptable to be poor. Whether it's bashing on beneficiaries, dragging our feet towards a living wage, throwing shade on school breakfast programmes, ...
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 4:49 pm, February 21st, 2024 - 17 comments
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Very sad news today with news of Fa'anana Efeso Collins' untimely death. He was a unique character, larger than life, one of the best orators I have ever seen and dedicated to his family and community. Rather than attempt to describe him his maiden speech…
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:56 am, February 21st, 2024 - 72 comments
Categories: bill english, brand key, Christopher Luxon, david seymour, grant robertson, john key, labour, nicola willis, politicans
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Yesterday it was announced that Grant Robertson was leaving politics. The announcement was not surprising. His going list only was a strong indication that he may not be around for long, particularly if Labour lost the election. The announcement was met …
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:06 am, February 20th, 2024 - 102 comments
Categories: benefits, Economy, employment, national, same old national, unemployment
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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. And it has engaged in some selective interpretation of data in doing so. From Radio New …
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:06 pm, February 19th, 2024 - 43 comments
Categories: chris hipkins, labour, national, national/act government, polls, same old national
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The presentation of the latest One News poll suggested that it was all good for the right and bad for the left. I guess I will not surprise you to say I thought the poll was actually pretty good for the Left. Sure Chis Hipkins took a hit but this is MMP. …
Haha some of them are really good kooks!
Yep.
+1
My argument is that we need to agree what the Treaty says or it will cause more and more division. But this gives you a veto to exclude water when it is abundantly clear that it should be included.
Article 2 doesn't mention water. So when article 2 mentions Taonga or treasures it did not include water which even then was probably the most important Taonga? And fisheries are included but not water? Please try harder. Much harder.
If you look after Southland I will do my best to look after Tamaki Makaurau!
"Nanaia Mahuta should never have claimed that Maori involvement was a Treaty requirement. And that she had this advice from Crown Law." Even National acknowledges Iwi rights to and interests in water. Of course this is a treaty issue. Explain to me after ...
Eternal vigilence Robert at a local level.
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:39 am, February 17th, 2024 - 124 comments
Categories: assets, Environment, Privatisation, privatisation, simeon brown, uk politics, uncategorized, water
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This week National has passed legislation through Parliament dismantling Three Waters. I have always struggled to understand its opposition. The country's water systems are in very poor shape. Far too many people have been poisoned. The infrastructure is …
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 12:23 pm, February 12th, 2024 - 23 comments
Categories: Christopher Luxon, national, nicola willis, Parliament, same old national, taxpayers union
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Well call me surprised. National has reversed Labour's tightening of rules around lobbyists and have given four lobbyists Parliamentary swipe cards. And refused to say who they are. In April of last year then Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announced the …
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:58 am, February 11th, 2024 - 30 comments
Categories: Donald Trump, International, Joe Biden, us politics
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In the last couple of days there has been concerning news come out of the US of A. The Republican appointed to investigate the legality of Joe Biden's retention of official records has concluded that he should not be charged. The justification is …
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 2:10 pm, February 10th, 2024 - 6 comments
Categories: auckland supercity, climate change, local government, public transport, science, simeon brown, transport
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Two pieces of news this week makes you wonder about the suitability of Simeon Brown for the position of Transport Minister. First of all together with Christopher Luxon he announced the ending of Auckland's Regional Fuel Tax. It is clear there have been …
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:14 am, February 8th, 2024 - 78 comments
Categories: Christopher Luxon, crime, national, paul goldsmith, same old national
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I found yesterday's post Cabinet press conference quite jarring. Clearly National was still smarting about criticism about the way it was handling Treaty issues. So it did what National Governments have done since time immemorial, it played the law and …
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