Winston’s Next Job

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Date published: 8:30 am, January 10th, 2025 - 9 comments
Categories: Donald Trump, International, us politics, winston peters
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While he scoops up behind Minister Willis’s Cook Strait ferry disaster, he’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and our primary lead on the rise of President Trump and boy does he have a job ahead of him.

Open mike 10/01/2025

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Open mike 09/01/2025

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Who funds the Taxpayer’s Union?

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Date published: 9:03 am, January 8th, 2025 - 27 comments

Six months late and in the middle of the Holiday Period the Tax Payers Union has filed its election year accounts suggesting that it received $2,628,721 in donations that year. And there is no indication of who from.

Open mike 08/01/2025

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Interesting Yanis Varoufakis.

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Date published: 8:48 am, January 7th, 2025 - 27 comments

That Star Trek depicts a communist society, without of course calling it that, is crystal clear.

Open mike 07/01/2025

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Open mike 06/01/2025

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President Trump makes a new Middle East Possible

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Date published: 6:04 pm, January 5th, 2025 - 21 comments

U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump makes more things possible in the Middle East than the Biden administration.

Costello hands out free vapes

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Date published: 5:43 pm, January 5th, 2025 - 11 comments

The Government has announced that it will be supplying vaping starter kits to stop smoking services. It is not known who will be the suppliers of these kits or on what terms.

Open mike 05/01/2025

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Open mike 04/01/2025

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Open mike 03/01/2025

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Open mike 02/01/2025

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Open mike 01/01/2025

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2024 in review

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Date published: 11:01 am, December 31st, 2024 - 25 comments

It is that time of year when during the brief hiatus of civilisation known as the holidays we get the time to reflect on what has happened over the past 12 months.

Open mike 31/12/2024

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Wage theft – now that is a real crime

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Date published: 5:38 pm, December 30th, 2024 - 17 comments

In Australia, the Fair Work Act is enhanced to provide for jail time and large fines for individuals and companies who deliberately indulged in wage theft. It is a Federal act with investigative powers. Our members ‘Theft by Employers’ bill looks pathetic by comparison. But worth passing in its 3rd reading. It would be a “real tough on crime” act – not weak like Mark Mitchell’s tee-shirt snatch.

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The absurdity of National’s Gang Patch ban

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Date published: 12:19 pm, December 29th, 2024 - 61 comments

It did not take long for the first example of the absurdity of the Government’s gang patch ban to appear.

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The Pogues wrote the best Christmas song ever

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Date published: 9:21 am, December 25th, 2024 - 16 comments

It is Christmas time and the eternal debate about who wrote the best Christmas song ever is being debated yet again. For me there is only one possible contender.

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On the tenth day of Christmas Chris Luxon took from me …

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Date published: 9:13 am, December 24th, 2024 - 24 comments

A lot actually.

Open mike 24/12/2024

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Government sabotages its Emissions Reduction Plan

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Date published: 7:10 am, December 23rd, 2024 - 7 comments

Under its latest Emissions Reduction Plan the Government is placing major reliance on processing of orgnic waste and landfill gas capture. But it has quietly recently cut funding for the Waste Minimisation Fund by $177 million over 4 years.

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