Political parties are expensive. Even for millionaire businessmen. It would probably have been cheaper to have simply bought the National party. Presumably the current owners didn't want to sell. Perhaps New Zealand First could do with a policy injection? ...
Out of interest, how would (or could) this issue been dealt with under the disputes resolution provisions of the TPP?
"Technically". Ah yes, "technically". Lovely word, "technically". I rather think that the corrupt are well practiced at doing corruption in a way which is, on the surface, not corrupt. However. It would be either ignorant or disingenuous to assume that the...
Mmmmmmmmmmmm, no, I'm not so sure. I'm pretty sure it's ignorance. New Zealand has become such a class-sodden society that there is a real ignorance about what all those pretty flow-charts and interaction-diagrams actually mean for the real people who live...
Social welfare systems are usually a good example of systems designed by people who don't use them. Clever people creating bad or second-rate systems out of ignorance.
Let's hope that the compliance burden of this bout of bureaucracy will involve better designed systems than the last one.
Ah, I'm pleasantly behind the times again.
Mmmmmmmmm? Judges? But I may be wrong.
If I recall, the travel benefit was granted in lieu of a pay rise. One of those things which seem easy at the time, which are never properly costed, and which make a good impression at the time. But which turn out to be a really bad idea, getting worse as ...
Thanks to Mister Trump for saving us from the horrors Cruz, Bush, Rubio, Christie et al. Any of whom might have proved electable.
Personally, I am grateful that Mister Trump has saved us the horrors of four years of Bush/Rubio/Cruz/Ryan/Christie/whoever.
Personally, I am grateful that Mister Trump has saved us the horrors of four years of Bush/Rubio/Cruz/Ryan/Christie/whoever.
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From the RNZ link, quoting Julie Patterson, a spokesperson for the DHBs: "The issue that we've got as DHBs is the union is expecting that when the junior doctors have days off during the week either side of that weekend, that they will continue to get paid...
The same way either way. No real choice
Ah well, unless there's an electoral upset in 2017, I suspect that that's the end of the Inspector of Prisons. Hope he can transition successfully through the window of opportunity provided by the revolving door to the private prison sector. . .
This is the same tired people pushing the same tired ideas. The aim is to create an "issue" upon which can be built careers. The "issue" is fundamentally incapable of resolution, which means that the careers built on it will last forever and can be handed ...
I think you'll find that Sir Robert's tax cuts were targeted squarely at the bottom tax brackets. Not much solace for the rich in those. . .
Fox News had some fairly good analysis and commentary on this. The best pairing was probably Charles Krauthammer and Mrs Clinton's press secretary. Their verdict was a draw. Looking forward to round two.
As Harold Wilson once said, "A week is a long time in politics". And there are fifty-plus 'long times' until the election.
Clicks and ratings, Repateet, ratings and clicks. Simple as that. And relentless self-promotion to lazy media who no longer make their own analyses.
Back in the dim gloom that was the 1970s, even "Truth" made a vague stab at even-handed political opinions, with weekly columns by Messrs Muldoon and Rowling. Just fancy that. Any suggestions as to who the NZ Herald could or should put up as the left wing ...
Didn't Bruce Jesson write a rather good book about this sort of thing? Something that both sides could learn from?
Why the Cameron Partners methodology in particular?
So who do you think should be doing the sticking? Anyone in particular in mind?
The ratepayers might complain about the need for constant traits ti the impact-damaged footpaths.
Economics is akin to botany - a descriptive occupation. It's practitioners are somewhat like Joseph Banks, busy describing what they see, but completely unable to explain it. It took centuries for the modern "active" biological sciences to emerge. Why ...
" . . . document attached to his email contained “sensitive words” that were in violation of government security classifications." Infused's link pointed to a system whereby the security was at the document level, whereas the quote above indicates that the...
Do Statistics New Zealand have a mandate (indeed a legislated duty) to review New Zealand government statistics, and offer helpful suggestions? What does the Government Statistician think about this apparent dogs breakfast?
I rather think that the Russians fear their neighbours, and their neighbour's neighbours, to the south. Hence the desire to keep the action in Syria going for as long as possible. And to export it even further, to Libya, possibly Nigeria.
I'm not sure I see any reason for zero tax for one section of the population at the expense of others. However. . . As far as your tax haven white collar crime thing goes, I still think that it would be a shame if the baby went out with the bathwater. ...
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