Written By: Simon Louisson - Date published: 7:43 am, May 14th, 2016 - 43 comments
Categories: capitalism, Media
Tags: commerce commission, competition, corporate media, death of the media, Fairfax, monopolies, murdoch
… won’t be able to. (Simon Louisson formerly worked for The Wall…
Written By: Simon Louisson - Date published: 12:09 pm, May 12th, 2016 - 14 comments
Categories: capitalism, national
Tags: fishing industry, foreign ownership, peter goodfellow, quota, Sanford
… of this rort as well. (Simon Louisson formerly worked for The Wall…
Yes - very good
Written By: Simon Louisson - Date published: 1:34 pm, May 11th, 2016 - 40 comments
Categories: climate change, science
Tags: Budget, innovation, john key, science, Shaun Hendy
… check out inflation-adjusted spending. (Simon Louisson formerly worked for The Wall…
Thanks -- also upfixed Key quote: “I know that he is of the highest ethical level and that he has the greatest level of oversight," Key went on.
Written By: Simon Louisson - Date published: 8:01 am, May 10th, 2016 - 170 comments
Categories: accountability, don brash, Economy, john key, Politics, tax
Tags: andrea vance, antipodes trust, ken whitney, Mossack Fonseca, panama papers, The Spinoff, todd mclay
… kind of behaviour.” Why indeed. (Simon Louisson formerly worked for The Wall…
It is a standard (excuse the pun) convention that when someone talks to a reporter etc the way to report it is to say; told Reuters or told The Standard etc -- most people know this
Written By: Simon Louisson - Date published: 2:23 pm, May 9th, 2016 - 162 comments
Categories: capitalism, john key, tax
Tags: antipodes trust, brash, james shaw, johh key, Mossack Fonseca, nicky hager, panama papers, tax avoidance, tax evasion
… Key, it’s all okay. (Simon Louisson formerly worked for The Wall…
I would have thought you have enough expertise to find such stuff on internet. If you attempting to doubt the authenticity of the material, then that sounds like spin, which I understand is an area you have considerable skills. Spinning is what Key excels ...
Written By: Simon Louisson - Date published: 7:33 am, May 9th, 2016 - 277 comments
Categories: brand key, Economy, greens, james shaw, john key, Politics
Tags: Bentleys, ITJN, Mossack Fonseca, nicky hager, RNZ, tax havens, tvnz
… investigation of the Panama papers. (Simon Louisson formerly worked for The Wall…
Written By: Simon Louisson - Date published: 6:37 pm, May 8th, 2016 - 23 comments
Categories: john key, tax
Tags: Cook Islands, icij, john key, Mossack Fonseca, Nauru, niue, panama papers, Samoa, tax evasion, tax havens, vanuatu, wine box
… time. We await with interest. (Simon Louisson formerly worked for The Wall…
Written By: Simon Louisson - Date published: 8:00 pm, May 7th, 2016 - 14 comments
Categories: brand key, john key, tax
Tags: antipodes trust, hilary barry, john key, ken whitney, mark weldon, matt nippert, mediaworks, nbr, NZX, panama papers, Rachel Glucina, tax havens, The Spinoff
… ethics, the truth or mateship. Simon Louisson formerly worked for The Wall…
Written By: Simon Louisson - Date published: 1:03 pm, May 7th, 2016 - 169 comments
Categories: capitalism, class war, International, john key, national
Tags: Mossack Fonseca, panama papers
… to revolutions in ages past.” (Simon Louisson formerly worked for The Wall…
I picked up Key's comments from transcripts of RNZ, Newshub and DomPost news reports, which in turn came from news conferences, stand-ups, interviews etc
Written By: Simon Louisson - Date published: 9:00 am, April 21st, 2016 - 199 comments
Categories: brand key, Economy, john key, Minister for International Embarrassment, national, same old national, slippery, tax, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: tax havens
… and it’s absolutely wrong.” Simon Louisson formerly worked for The Wall…
The point that seems to evade John who is wilfully thick, is that not all tax avoidance is legal and his simplistic definition that evasion is illegal and avoidance is legal is wrong.
There is a very fine line between some tax avoidance and evasion and it is entirely possible for tax avoidance to be deemed illegal, as occurred when the Australian banks used their structured finance scheme. Tax evasion is where you deliberately break ...
The Australian Financial Review's "Chase the money" article published in today's Dominion Post http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/world/78768369/Panama-Papers-Mossack-Fonseca-bragged-about-NZs-easy-trust-system details how New Zealand is a tax haven with ...
Written By: Simon Louisson - Date published: 12:31 pm, April 12th, 2016 - 77 comments
Categories: john key, national, tax
Tags: John Sherwan, panama papers
… independent review for a whitewash. (Simon Louisson formerly worked for The Wall…
Written By: Simon Louisson - Date published: 9:16 am, April 8th, 2016 - 15 comments
Categories: Gerry Brownlee, national, Parliament, same old national, the praiseworthy and the pitiful
Tags: ombudsman, peter boshier
…’s not going to happen. Simon Louisson formerly worked for The Wall…
Written By: Simon Louisson - Date published: 11:58 am, April 7th, 2016 - 52 comments
Categories: john key, Privatisation
Tags: cullen fund, kiwibank, michael cullen
… most sane people don’t. (Simon Louisson formerly worked for The Wall…
Written By: Simon Louisson - Date published: 8:00 am, April 7th, 2016 - 18 comments
Categories: business, capitalism, Economy, Globalisation, International, john key, Minister for International Embarrassment, national, national/act government, Politics, same old national, tax
Tags: panama papers
… act to stop such behaviour? (Simon Louisson formerly worked for The Wall…
Written By: Simon Louisson - Date published: 12:32 pm, March 21st, 2016 - 24 comments
Categories: housing, national, same old national
Tags: nick smith
… left to pay the bill. (Simon Louisson is a former journalist who…
...-debt-could-impact-nz-economy Simon Louisson
... patient as Mr Key hopes. Simon Louisson
I argue that governments can't indefinitely keep running budget deficits, particularly when a country is running continuous and substantial current account deficits which are essentially an increase in private sector debt. Such policy results in ever ...
In regard to who is Simon Louisson, I am a former journo who worked for Reuters, NZPA, AP Dow Jones, The Wall Street Journal, The Press and The Jerusalem Post
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