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Professional identity-Why it matters or Why we are being screwed by the Government
Written By: Guest post - Date published: 11:09 am, April 22nd, 2018 - 27 comments
Categories: liberalism, public services, Social issues, useless, workers' rights
Tags: liberalism, social workA personal perspective on the repercussions of the government’s current approach to Social Work and Social Workers.
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What did we want from Marama Davidson?
Written By: Matthew Whitehead - Date published: 8:30 am, April 10th, 2018 - 68 comments
Categories: greens, leadership, Left
Tags: green party co-leader, julie anne genter, marama davidson.While there has been some informed commentary on Marama Davidson’s ascension as co-leader of the Green Party, some of the more right-wing outfits have failed to understand the dynamics within the party right now. What did Marama promise, and what were Greens expecting of her?
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Hallelujah Parliament to pass law allowing for wiping of convictions for engaging in homosexual behaviour
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:00 am, April 3rd, 2018 - 13 comments
Categories: grant robertson, human rights, identity, labour, national, Politics
Tags: homosexual convictions, homosexual law reformIt is predicted that today Parliament will pass a law allowing for the expunging of convictions of adults for engaging in homosexual behaviour.
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Doofus of the week Easter 2018 edition
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 12:24 pm, April 1st, 2018 - 55 comments
Categories: health
Tags: jonathan colemanThis week the award goes to a Fairfax reporter for writing as fawning a review of a political career as you can imagine.
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Justice for the family carer claimants
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:43 am, March 8th, 2018 - 28 comments
Categories: david clark, discrimination, national, same old national, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: andrew geddisNational’s constitutionally outrageous attempt to stifle the claims of family carers for compensation for discrimination should be repealed and a just settlement reached with the caregivers.
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March 8 2018: the TPPA and our nuclear free moment
Written By: weka - Date published: 6:17 am, March 8th, 2018 - 18 comments
Categories: capitalism, democracy under attack, Economy, Free Trade
Tags: Branko Marcetic, CPTPP, It's Our Future, tpp, TPPAAs Labour picks up the pen to sign the TPPA, environmental critics argue that the new agreement has done nothing to allay fears of New Zealand being sued by corporations to prevent the government from taking action on climate change.
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Our Reserve Bank
Written By: advantage - Date published: 8:30 am, February 28th, 2018 - 97 comments
Categories: uncategorized
Tags:There is a case for the Reserve Bank to be eradicated, or at least major changes made to its structure.
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Global Sharemarkets
Written By: advantage - Date published: 9:05 am, February 15th, 2018 - 63 comments
Categories: business, capitalism, Economy, economy, Financial markets, International, monetary policy, tech industry
Tags:Recent volatility in the U.S. stockmarkets has attracted calls that capitalism is facing a crisis. But the reality appears to be different.
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Obstructionist losers
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:30 am, January 21st, 2018 - 50 comments
Categories: Donald Trump, International, us politics
Tags:Despite controlling all three branches of the Government the Republicans have failed to get a funding bill passed and the US Government is facing shut down.
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Racist dog whistling
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:24 am, January 14th, 2018 - 64 comments
Categories: Africa, australian politics, Donald Trump, International, us politics
Tags: malcolm turnbull, peter duttonWe may think that we now live in more enlightened times where the scourge of racism is finally being dealt to and is no longer considered acceptable but recent events in Australia and the United States suggests that this is not the case.
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What will 2018 bring for National?
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:00 am, January 4th, 2018 - 179 comments
Categories: act, bill english, election 2017, Gerry Brownlee, greens, jacinda ardern, labour, national, nick smith, Nikki Kaye, nz first, paula bennett, Politics, same old national, Steven Joyce
Tags:What are National’s prospects this year? Will Bill English survive as leader? Will there be resignations and a clean out of the front bench? Stay tuned …
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We have an obligation to act on Manus Island
Written By: Matthew Whitehead - Date published: 6:20 am, November 2nd, 2017 - 229 comments
Categories: australian politics, jacinda ardern
Tags: australia, Manus Island, refugeesJacinda Ardern faces a test of her claim she can handle Australia better than the last two Prime Ministers. How will she react?
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Welfare reform 15 point plan
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 10:49 am, October 30th, 2017 - 108 comments
Categories: benefits, class war, welfare
Tags: #FIXWINZ, Catriona MacLennan, msd, WINZWith the ongoing revelations, stories and court cases showing the terrible state of welfare services in NZ, Lawyer and journalist Catriona MacLennan has written a list of what needs to change.
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Spare a thought for Steven Joyce
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:30 am, October 26th, 2017 - 36 comments
Categories: Abuse of power, Dirty Politics, national, Politics, same old national, Steven Joyce, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags:Steven Joyce had a bad day yesterday. His claim that National’s use of one of Eminem’s song was “pretty legal” was shown to be anything but. And he stuck to his claim that there was a $11 billion dollar hole in Labour’s budget, casting doubt either on his honesty or on his competence.
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The mess that the new government inherits
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 11:47 am, October 23rd, 2017 - 51 comments
Categories: accountability, climate change, Dirty Politics, Economy, economy, education, Environment, global warming, health, housing, labour, national, poverty, useless, water
Tags: challenges, dirty politics, economic genius, economy, education, Environment, health, history, homelessness, list, povertyThis post is too long to read. Its purpose is to serve as reference material, a “one stop” snapshot of where we are as a country. The mess that the new government inherits. The consequences of the nine long wasted years of National. The magnitude of the challenge ahead of us.
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Good work if you can get it
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:37 am, September 27th, 2017 - 116 comments
Categories: climate change, Economy, economy, Environment, ETS, farming, national, nz first, same old national, sustainability, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, water, winston peters, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: rachel stewartDuring the election campaign elements of the farming community protested the possibility of a water tax and of farming being in the ETS on the basis the sector could not afford it. In awkward news it has since come to light that the Chief Executive of Fonterra and senior executives are being paid huge salaries.
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Metiria Turei’s legacy
Written By: weka - Date published: 7:27 am, September 26th, 2017 - 127 comments
Categories: benefits, bill english, class war, journalism, Metiria Turei, poverty, welfare
Tags: #IamMetiria, MSM, stephanie rodgersWhat she did wasn’t a mistake.
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Federated Farmers need to cut the crap
Written By: lprent - Date published: 1:09 pm, September 20th, 2017 - 98 comments
Categories: Economy, Environment, farming
Tags: federated farmers, granny herald, hubbard, nz herald, rural intensification, urban intensificationFederated Farmers continued their fear campaign today in a Herald editorial. Their anonymous demand is that “Farmers should know they are still appreciated”. It is hard to have respect looking at bills that urban dwellers and businesses pay tofix their environment, while Federated Farmers bullshit about the environmental impacts of farming and how they don’t like paying to fix them.
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The actual implications of a Capital Gains Tax
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 1:38 pm, September 4th, 2017 - 109 comments
Categories: capital gains, Economy, greens, labour, national, tax
Tags: Matthew WhiteheadMatthew Whitehead looks at what the Greens, Labour and National really mean when they talk about a CGT.
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National’s 18 new taxes
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 9:35 am, September 4th, 2017 - 14 comments
Categories: national, spin, tax
Tags: hypocrisy, national's new taxes, spin, taxA dose of reality on National and taxes, and wise words on the media circus surrounding tax.
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National plays the lauranorda card
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:47 am, September 4th, 2017 - 42 comments
Categories: Abuse of power, bill english, crime, democracy under attack, drugs, election 2017, making shit up, national, paula bennett, police, Politics, same old national, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags:National is panicking and Paula Bennett has gone full dog whistle in claiming that gang members should have less rights than others.
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Jacindamania – international edition
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 9:45 am, August 25th, 2017 - 137 comments
Categories: jacinda ardern, Media
Tags: #ChangeTheGovt, International, Jacina Ardern, let's do thisIt can’t be many tiny countries that have a leader of the opposition make positive international headlines, but Jacinda Ardern has managed it.
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National’s Record On The Environment – Abysmal
Written By: BLiP - Date published: 9:48 am, August 19th, 2017 - 24 comments
Categories: Environment, paula bennett
Tags:In the style of how John Key’s contribution to the truth was discussed, lets take a wee look at National’s record on the environment
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Strewth Cobbah
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:00 am, August 16th, 2017 - 163 comments
Categories: australian politics, election 2017, International, jacinda ardern, labour, making shit up, Politics, spin, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: chris hipkinsOver the ditch the Australian Government has accused New Zealand Labour of using Parliament to undermine Barnaby Joyce. But an analysis of the claim suggests that anyone claiming this should be regarded as being a whacka because the media was onto the claim two days before the questions were asked.
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The subversive power of joy
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 9:09 am, August 12th, 2017 - 9 comments
Categories: activism
Tags: joy, opendemocracy.netThe subversive power of collective joy is maximised when it occurs in public, politicised spaces as an affirmation of collective identity.
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US Leaves Kansas.
Written By: Bill - Date published: 4:28 pm, July 31st, 2017 - 18 comments
Categories: International, Media, Propaganda, us politics, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: hypocrisy, madness. USI guess it’s kind of hard to anchor something that’s all up in the air…
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The Nation on housing
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:03 am, June 18th, 2017 - 57 comments
Categories: bill english, housing, human rights, national, useless
Tags: brighter future, compassionate conservatism, housing, housing crisis, the nationThe Nation did good work on the housing crisis yesterday. This is the Brighter Future that Bill English warned of in 2010.
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Arise Sir John
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:24 am, June 5th, 2017 - 261 comments
Categories: john key, useless
Tags: fail, john key, listJohn Key has been awarded a knighthood. Want to know why?
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Nature issues statement saying climate change cannot be negotiated with
Written By: weka - Date published: 6:58 am, June 5th, 2017 - 29 comments
Categories: climate change, disaster, Environment
Tags: auckland university, divestment, Otago UniversityThus endeth the divine right of kings. It’s time to remember where our power is.
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Postcards from the brighter future
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 10:58 am, June 1st, 2017 - 3 comments
Categories: class war, national, same old national, useless
Tags: brighter future, cusp of something special, list, postcardsPart of an occasional series. It all seems to be going according to plan.
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Government was advised the Accommodation Supplement increase will not work
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:25 am, May 29th, 2017 - 70 comments
Categories: Andrew Little, Economy, greens, labour, Metiria Turei, national, Politics, same old national, Steven Joyce, workers' rights
Tags:Radio New Zealand has reported that the Government ignored two year old treasury advice to implement the increase in the accommodation supplement.
- Vietnam war vets’ financial support claims boosted by new ruling
Sir Wira Gardiner made a claim in 2021 to have his brain tumour treated as a defence service-related condition. ...3 days ago - Taxpayer-funded Hīkoi Organiser Shows Parliament’s Budget A Political Slush Fund
Taxpayers’ Union Policy and Public Affairs Manager, James Ross, said “Taxpayers’ money is not a political slush fund. MPs shouldn’t be able to hide how they’re wasting our money, and it’s long-past time their budgets were covered by the OIA.” ...3 days ago - Public Comments By Auckland CCO Bosses Demonstrate Need For Duty Of Political Neutrality
"Dean Kimpton is the poster child of what an undemocratic CCO model has led to," says Jordan Williams, a Spokesman for the Ratepayers' Alliance. ...3 days ago
- Modern cars are surveillance devices on wheels with major privacy risks – new report
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice; Lead, UNSW Public Interest Law & Tech Initiative, UNSW Sydney Varavin/Shutterstock New research reveals serious privacy flaws in the data practices of new internet connected cars in Australia. It’s yet another reason ...3 days ago - The world reacts to te Hīkoi mō te tiriti
International media seem to agree the Treaty Principles Bill and national hīkoi put New Zealand at a pivotal moment in history. ...3 days ago
- City Rail Link: Mayor Wayne Brown unsure it will get across the line in time
Auckland's mayor has lost confidence that the City Rail Link will be finished on time, despite assurances from officials. ...3 days ago
- Women are still being paid almost $30,000 a year less than men and the gap widens with age
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leonora Risse, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Canberra Kaewmanee jiangsihui/Shutterstock Australia’s gender pay gap has been shrinking year by year, but is still over 20% among Australia’s private companies, a new national report card shows. But that gender gap is ...3 days ago
- Listen: Christopher Luxon says ‘no need to meet’ with hīkoi at Parliament
The Prime Minister says organisers were "closely aligned" with Te Pāti Māori, but acknowledged it was "a significant day". ...3 days ago
- ‘Burnt out, tired, frustrated’: how hospital pressures harm doctors’ mental health
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Belinda Lunnay, Senior Research Fellow in Public Health, Torrens University Australia Dragana Gordic/Shutterstock Even before the COVID pandemic, which added significant pressure to the health-care workforce, Australian doctors experienced poor mental health at higher rates than the overall population. The ...3 days ago
- When picking schools, don’t get stuck on single-sex vs. co-ed. Instead ask – are all students su...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Keddie, Professor of Education, Deakin University If parents have a choice, the decision about where to send a child to school and what will be best for them can be a really difficult one. One question that comes up frequently ...3 days ago
- Michelle Visage is now hosting Drag Race Down Under. It’s a milestone for cis women in drag
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yves Rees, Senior Lecturer in History, La Trobe University Stan Drag Race Down Under is back for a fourth season, only this time something is different. The Australasian franchise is no longer helmed by the eponymous RuPaul. Instead, this season the ...3 days ago
- ‘Impossible’ to know effect of new gang laws on victimisation – Justice Minister
The gang patch ban comes into effect at midnight tonight. ...3 days ago
- Luxon didn’t meet the hīkoi, but he won’t be able to hide from what comes next
An undeniable show of opposition to the coalition painted the streets of Wellington red, white and black, writes Stewart Sowman-Lund for The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. ...3 days ago - In a global nursing shortage, NZ’s reliance on overseas-trained staff is not sustainable
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathy Holloway, Associate Professor, Director of the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Practice, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Olafur Seinar Gestsson/Getty Images The global shortage of trained nurses has been described as a health emergency by the ...3 days ago
- Deportations hampered by availability and cost of flights
A lack of flights is being blamed for the number of deportations being hundreds short of government targets. ...3 days ago
- Live: te Hīkoi mō te tiriti is over, but the debate isn’t
After the hīkoi: supporters are proud of the message sent, but a six month long process for the Treaty Principles Bill still lies ahead. ...3 days ago
- What now for the Treaty Principles Bill?
"Kill the bill" was the cry from the hīkoi - and that's likely to happen with National and NZ First saying they will not support the Treaty Principles Bill at its second reading, but it may not be as quickly as protestors would like. ...3 days ago
- The smack: How a family’s plea to Oranga Tamariki for help with their son unravelled
A family living in fear of their young son's increasingly dangerous behaviour asked for support. Instead, the agency turned its focus on his mum. ...3 days ago
- Was the hīkoi New Zealand’s largest-ever protest?
Media estimates of the crowd size ranged from 17,000 to 100,000+, but one thing we can say for sure — it was bloody massive. Thirty-five thousand people. That’s the crowd size police initially estimated for the final leg of the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti, the nine-day march in protest of ...3 days ago
- How has Luxon’s position on the Treaty Principles Bill changed over time?
The prime minister has never supported David Seymour’s bill in principle, or beyond first reading in practice, but his language has certainly changed. The National Party has spent a large amount of time in this parliamentary term talking about a bill it doesn’t like. Which is not much fun. In ...3 days ago
- Has Netflix forgotten about New Zealand?
Following the opening of the Netflix ANZ office in Sydney and lacklustre commissioning of New Zealand content, the local industry has been left wondering where we fit in. Here at the bottom of the globe, we’re used to being overlooked. New Zealand has been left off the world map so ...3 days ago
- Homeowners move house sooner than you think: Why the average stay is shrinking
It turns out that the so called ‘seven year itch’ is more like five these days. The latest data from realestate.co.nz shows how long people hold onto their homes before they sell. And it’s shorter than you’d think.Kiwis keep their homes for an average of just five and a half ...3 days ago - Country calendar: woolsheds
Milking sheds, I know intimately; the headlights of a farmbike illuminating mysterious valleys in the darkness before dawn, herding the old moos, working the pumps, tuning the transistor to the Concert Programme to soothe yourself and the beasts, the whole place reeking of wet pooh and spilt milk; but of ...3 days ago
- Let’s not play into Seymour’s hands by talk of racist Treaty bill
Opinion: David Seymour is playing the long game, and we’d be dangerously foolish to count him out.As his Treaty Principles Bill passed its first reading in Parliament last week, there was no shortage of news coverage and analysis.Much of the commentary has focused on the ignorance of his interpretation of Te ...3 days ago
- Daily crossword, Wednesday 20 November
The post Daily crossword, Wednesday 20 November appeared first on Newsroom. ...3 days ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Wednesday 20 November
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- Reserve Bank likely to cut key interest rate by 50bp next week
Reserve Bank has had Kiwi economy in a chokehold to kill inflation, and it now needs to loosen its grip, Kiwibank says The post Reserve Bank likely to cut key interest rate by 50bp next week appeared first on Newsroom. ...3 days ago
- Foodstuffs’ merger now hinges on narrow view of Commerce Act
Analysis: Foodstuffs and the Commerce Commission’s different interpretations of Commerce Act will be tested in court The post Foodstuffs’ merger now hinges on narrow view of Commerce Act appeared first on Newsroom. ...3 days ago
- The Kiwi business leader giving exploited migrants a second chance
Indian immigration to New Zealand has been going on for more than 100 years, but in the past 25 it’s become synonymous with exploitation.The stories come thick and fast – dozens of Indian men living in squalid conditions, their promised jobs amounting to nothing; nurses training for and gaining Kiwi ...3 days ago
- Three generations: the court queens of Kāhu
At seven months old, little Holitopa won’t yet comprehend she’s part of basketball history. But her mother, grandmother and aunties hope that one day, she will follow in their shoes.“I hope she’s taller and longer than all of us,” says her mum, Krystal Leger-Walker. “There are a lot of basketball ...3 days ago
- Wellington intervention looks like a first resort, not the last
Opinion: This looks like ‘punching down’, in the mayor’s words The post Wellington intervention looks like a first resort, not the last appeared first on Newsroom. ...3 days ago
- Hīkoi: ‘The whole world is watching’
Māori leaders say the hīkoi was ‘never about the bill’, it was about forging unprecedented unity throughout the country The post Hīkoi: ‘The whole world is watching’ appeared first on Newsroom. ...3 days ago
- ‘What’s good for Māori is good for everyone’ – Hīkoi ends with peaceful protest
By Ashleigh McCaull, RNZ News journalist Aotearoa New Zealand’s capital Wellington Pōneke turned into a sea of black, white and red today, as more than 42,000 people supporting te Hīkoi mō te Tiriti overflowed Parliament’s lawn and onto the streets. Supporters then headed to Waitangi Park, where a post-hīkoi concert ...4 days ago
- Kiwi workers lose jobs as billion-dollar firm quietly shifts production to USA
There was a sense of secret pride among the 300 staff at the little-known contract manufacturer Alaron.Tied up by non-disclosure agreements, the Nelson workers weren’t allowed to talk about their biggest customer – ... 4 days ago - Chalmers targets reforms to superannuation products and transparency in the retirement phase
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Jim Chalmers will announce on Wednesday a package of reforms to the retirement phase of the superannuation system, to make it easier to navigate and consumer friendly. In a speech to the industry, Chalmers ...4 days ago
- We rated the urban forests of 8 global cities – only Singapore passed the 30% canopy test
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thami Croeser, Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Ryan DeBerardinis, Shutterstock Can you see three trees from your home, school or workplace? Is there tree canopy cover shading at least 30% of the surrounding neighbourhood? Can you find a ...4 days ago
- More children going hungry, Health Survey shows
Meanwhile, wait times for GPs keep increasing, along with rates of mental distress. ...4 days ago
- Kiwi pilot kidnapping in West Papua leads to police raids in Australia
By Duncan Graham An alleged plot involving firearms and threatening the life of New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens when held hostage in Papua this year is being investigated by the Australian Federal Police. The case involves “advancing a political cause by the separation of West Papua from Indonesia . . ...4 days ago
- 42,000 join as Treaty Principles Bill hīkoi reaches Parliament
By mid-afternoon today 42,000 people gathered at the Parliamentary precinct and the surrounding streets, police say. ...4 days ago
- Political finance law reforms will reduce big money in politics, but will rich donors be the ultimat...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joo-Cheong Tham, Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne Political funding in Australia has long been shrouded in secrecy. It is also dominated by large donations and unrestrained spending, courtesy of laissez-faire federal political finance laws. The Albanese government has ...4 days ago
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