My pick is that no-one will correct the systemic failures that give rise to a country with 90% renewable energy having to subsidise its citizens’ power bills. And that’s not just the latest crowd, that’s your beloved lefty parties too. All the power for ...
Yes, Lake Onslow, but it wasn’t a confirmed project as such yet. Just one of the many infrastructure projects around the country that was log jammed in consultation.
Ok, sure, while you pontificate on the perfect solution, and resist until that arrives, the world burns. But you kept your principles intact aye, so all good.
There’s only one right wing party in parliament in NZ and that’s ACT. And they’re about as far right as a mild Republican in the US, I’d say.
Well, the Greens and National worked together on the home insulation improvements, so collaboration is definitely possible. Collaboration on specific policies is a far better way to achieve improvements than having to wait until Labour gets its occasional ...
Agreed - but can’t happen unless all parties open to a conversation
Imagine if we had an environment party that included people with economic nous, and would work with whatever large party was leading the government. We’d be unstoppable.
Curious - why would you vote for TPM or Greens when they will never be in power? They haven't yet learned that politics is the art of the possible, not a stridently principled place at all. And in terms of Labour, I think they've cooked their goose this ...
Yes I read that a while back when it came out, before Covid, from memory. Key quote for me was “What we have been able to find out so far is not the whole truth,” said Olli Kangas at the University of Turku, who led the Finnish study in partnership with ...
Ok, so a total reinvention of the system. That’s only ever been achieved with a revolution, and few of those have worked out well. If Labour people couldn’t find the backbone to enact some of those reforms when they had the first majority since MMP came in...
Of course some can’t work 40 hrs a week. The minority though, and by some measure. How do you see this working though if a kid leaves school then goes onto the living wage, but never actually works? Or maybe you mean people who have proven disabilities or ...
Interested in how you see this working please. 1. If people get a living wage for not working, why would they go to work? 2. What ‘fix’ exactly, to the housing crisis, would you apply? And who would do the work involved? thanks
Link please, or it doesn’t count
‘More public service accountability’? I’d be happy with ‘some’.
Lots of speculation in this post.
Has he cleaned out the paedophiles yet?
I agree Terry, it is unrealistic to expect that people can speak te reo in order to get a job. In some people's idealist world, that situation might exist, but not for practical people. There will be some jobs (a very small number in the scheme of things) ...
Welcome to the echo-chamber Terry. [TheStandard: A moderator moved this comment to Open Mike as being off topic or irrelevant in the post it was made in. Be more careful in future.]
I think the vast majority of New Zealanders would agree. If you do a job that depends on speaking te reo to achieve quality outcomes, then sure, either train those folks in that, or hire those that can already do that. But if you're pushing paper around ...
Disagree - progressive means continuing, developing, growing, ongoing There's a world waiting out there for those with dreams Anne, as opposed to resignation to victimhood
It's great to see a progressive Maori representation in this new centre-right government, with 7 Maori ministers. And not just with token ministries either, unlike under Labour.
We’re in the same sector then. I disagree about there being a capital shortfall here though. There’s plenty of capital in NZ, it’s just invested in the wrong things. Very few tech companies in NZ that get sold off internationally, profitably for the ...
Not sure I mentioned landlords…
I'm going to enjoy the coming 3 years too - as will the rest of the productive sector. I don't think the troughers in Wellington will enjoy it though.
Surely the amount of public transport needed comes down to the amount of people needing to travel? Not whether you fit into some arbitrary demographic age/ethnic profile?
How are you measuring success of the Provincial Growth Fund? Dollars spent, or outcomes achieved? Genuine question, as I live in the provinces.
If Labour really thinks this is necessary, why haven't they just done this already? They've had unbridled power for 6 years - the first time anyone in govt has, since MMP came in.
I disagree
Not a huge fan of Grant per se, but I'm not seeing anyone list out any great achievements from Hipkins
All I'm hearing here is stuff about redistribution of funds. Nothing about fixing any systemic issues, many of which were caused by the Labour party themselves in the 80s? Is this really the best these people can come up with?
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