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JFC, these people are intent on killing us all.
📺 NZ ACT Party #nzpol
📢 ACT MP Mark Cameron is calling on Parliament to thank farmers working through summer by reinstating provisions in the Resource Management Act that prevent regional councils from factoring climate change into their planning.
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📢 ACT MP Mark Cameron is calling on Parliament to thank farmers working through summer by reinstating provisions in the Resource Management Act that prevent regional councils from factoring climate change into their planning.
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Farmers don’t get a holiday, but they deserve a red tape break
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January 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
JFC, these people are intent on killing us all.
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Sent in my submission on Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill. Published it on Wordpress sanjanah.wordpress.com/2025/01/06/s... and LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/pulse/submis... Drew on my research to flag, amongst other worrying things, a *causal link* between Bill, & rapid rise of racism online.
January 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Sent in my submission on Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill. Published it on Wordpress sanjanah.wordpress.com/2025/01/06/s... and LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/pulse/submis... Drew on my research to flag, amongst other worrying things, a *causal link* between Bill, & rapid rise of racism online.
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Whoah!
This piece on the Observer newspaper's capture by global oil interests is explosive!
Written by investigative journo & Observer insider Carole Cadwalladr, it paints an incredibly gloomy picture of the future of independent newspapers.
Gulp!
broligarchy.substack.com/p/who-is-the...
This piece on the Observer newspaper's capture by global oil interests is explosive!
Written by investigative journo & Observer insider Carole Cadwalladr, it paints an incredibly gloomy picture of the future of independent newspapers.
Gulp!
broligarchy.substack.com/p/who-is-the...
Who is 'the money behind the money?'
As the Guardian announces the 'sale' of the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media, I wave hello to my new bosses (hi!) with an investigation of their finances.
broligarchy.substack.com
December 19, 2024 at 1:58 AM
Whoah!
This piece on the Observer newspaper's capture by global oil interests is explosive!
Written by investigative journo & Observer insider Carole Cadwalladr, it paints an incredibly gloomy picture of the future of independent newspapers.
Gulp!
broligarchy.substack.com/p/who-is-the...
This piece on the Observer newspaper's capture by global oil interests is explosive!
Written by investigative journo & Observer insider Carole Cadwalladr, it paints an incredibly gloomy picture of the future of independent newspapers.
Gulp!
broligarchy.substack.com/p/who-is-the...
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When I spend money on my health, I just ignore the benefits because they’re intangible.
I also love to partner with private investors add extensions to my house, then I charge myself a toll when I use the new room.
Yall just don’t understand true household economics.
I also love to partner with private investors add extensions to my house, then I charge myself a toll when I use the new room.
Yall just don’t understand true household economics.
December 17, 2024 at 6:44 AM
When I spend money on my health, I just ignore the benefits because they’re intangible.
I also love to partner with private investors add extensions to my house, then I charge myself a toll when I use the new room.
Yall just don’t understand true household economics.
I also love to partner with private investors add extensions to my house, then I charge myself a toll when I use the new room.
Yall just don’t understand true household economics.
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Treasury just called bullshit on Nicola Willis' austerity strategy. So she's doubling down on cutting spending. Trouble is households & businesses can't step forward to replace the Govt as it pulls back. They can't take on much more debt to replace Govt debt. 1/2 thekaka.substack.com/p/blaming-tr...
Blaming Treasury & Labour, Willis looks for even more Austerity
Willis says she’ll double-down on spending cuts to get back to surplus earlier than Treasury forecast in HYEFU; Councils, doctors, nurses, builders blame austerity for unnecessary & extended recession
thekaka.substack.com
December 17, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Treasury just called bullshit on Nicola Willis' austerity strategy. So she's doubling down on cutting spending. Trouble is households & businesses can't step forward to replace the Govt as it pulls back. They can't take on much more debt to replace Govt debt. 1/2 thekaka.substack.com/p/blaming-tr...
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The Minister of Finance and the Treasury released its Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update today, and with it – its ‘plan’ for the Budget in 2025 in the Budget Policy Statement. The indicators show very clearly that it’s not working for anyone. A long thread (apologies) #nzpol
December 17, 2024 at 2:40 AM
The Minister of Finance and the Treasury released its Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update today, and with it – its ‘plan’ for the Budget in 2025 in the Budget Policy Statement. The indicators show very clearly that it’s not working for anyone. A long thread (apologies) #nzpol
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And exactly what the conventional wisdom now from IMF/OECD/World Bank studies shows happens when you tighten the Govt's belt in a recession (or most times in reality): austerity doesn't actually work. It actually makes things worse. 3/3 open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...
When austerity worsens public debt & cuts GDP
Treasury expected to downgrade GDP growth & tax forecasts as Government's spending cuts & building freezes hit the economy; Willis expected to delay surplus & lift borrowing forecast by $6 billion
open.substack.com
December 16, 2024 at 7:21 PM
And exactly what the conventional wisdom now from IMF/OECD/World Bank studies shows happens when you tighten the Govt's belt in a recession (or most times in reality): austerity doesn't actually work. It actually makes things worse. 3/3 open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...
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This is a perfect example of how these ghouls are failing the country. Disgraceful.
Immunisation programme faces funding cut, as whooping cough looms | RNZ News
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#nz #vaccines #nzpol
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#nz #vaccines #nzpol
Immunisation programme faces funding cut, as whooping cough looms
The successful programme for pregnant Māori and Pasifika and their babies in South Auckland has been forced to cut services, amid warnings of a whooping cough epidemic.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 16, 2024 at 6:24 PM
This is a perfect example of how these ghouls are failing the country. Disgraceful.
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Staggeringly predicable (especially given this is literally about a report predicting issues).
Massively cutting IT staff for a highly technology-dependent organisation with thousands of staff deployed around the country is definitely not going to be a great choice.
Massively cutting IT staff for a highly technology-dependent organisation with thousands of staff deployed around the country is definitely not going to be a great choice.
Health NZ's IT cutbacks: Faults could 'snowball', report warns
Hospitals face a greater risk of many more cyber attacks due to the mass layoff of IT staff, according to a Health NZ document.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 16, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Staggeringly predicable (especially given this is literally about a report predicting issues).
Massively cutting IT staff for a highly technology-dependent organisation with thousands of staff deployed around the country is definitely not going to be a great choice.
Massively cutting IT staff for a highly technology-dependent organisation with thousands of staff deployed around the country is definitely not going to be a great choice.
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The govt has announced it intends to repeal the 4 well-beings in local govt’s purpose and return to the previous local public services formula. I’ve written about this before, concluding that legally it makes no material difference to local govt’s powers.
openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz/articles/jou...
openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz/articles/jou...
December 16, 2024 at 3:59 AM
The govt has announced it intends to repeal the 4 well-beings in local govt’s purpose and return to the previous local public services formula. I’ve written about this before, concluding that legally it makes no material difference to local govt’s powers.
openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz/articles/jou...
openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz/articles/jou...
Firstly: boo fuckn hoo developers who would rather not be told our 3W infrastructure is poop, thanks. Then the facts: only 2.3% of developer enquiries since the infrastructure constraint map was released by WC have been declined. Borderline propaganda for the RE industry, this..
December 16, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Firstly: boo fuckn hoo developers who would rather not be told our 3W infrastructure is poop, thanks. Then the facts: only 2.3% of developer enquiries since the infrastructure constraint map was released by WC have been declined. Borderline propaganda for the RE industry, this..
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December 11, 2024 at 8:07 PM
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How insane is the War on Drugs? In Fort Lauderdale cops made the crack themselves, then set up fake dealers and arrested addicted people for buying from them.
Now, over 30 years AFTER the Florida Supreme Court declared the practice illegal, the Broward DA is working to exonerate all the entrapped.
Now, over 30 years AFTER the Florida Supreme Court declared the practice illegal, the Broward DA is working to exonerate all the entrapped.
Florida prosecutor seeks to clear records of people charged with buying police-made crack in 1980s
A Florida prosecutor says he will seek to vacate as many as 2,600 convictions of people who bought crack cocaine manufactured by the Broward County Sheriff's Office for sting operations between 1988 a...
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December 9, 2024 at 12:12 PM
How insane is the War on Drugs? In Fort Lauderdale cops made the crack themselves, then set up fake dealers and arrested addicted people for buying from them.
Now, over 30 years AFTER the Florida Supreme Court declared the practice illegal, the Broward DA is working to exonerate all the entrapped.
Now, over 30 years AFTER the Florida Supreme Court declared the practice illegal, the Broward DA is working to exonerate all the entrapped.
Fictional problem vs Reality: "Van Velden said recent examples of partial strikes causing disruption included hospital-based MRI technicians limiting the number of scans per day in August, leading to cancer treatment delays and larger waiting lists."
December 9, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Fictional problem vs Reality: "Van Velden said recent examples of partial strikes causing disruption included hospital-based MRI technicians limiting the number of scans per day in August, leading to cancer treatment delays and larger waiting lists."
..political editor takes deceptive and/or dull-witted equivalency b/w unions and a shifty propagandist for tobacco and RW arseholes for a spin: "There was little union-to-union solidarity from Taxpayers’ Union [git] Jordan Williams who said his organisation was being penalised because of Renney."
December 9, 2024 at 7:22 AM
..political editor takes deceptive and/or dull-witted equivalency b/w unions and a shifty propagandist for tobacco and RW arseholes for a spin: "There was little union-to-union solidarity from Taxpayers’ Union [git] Jordan Williams who said his organisation was being penalised because of Renney."
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#NZpol
It's almost like the guy who oversees complex transport decisions across the nation and so-called "champion" of local people advocating local solutions that work for them doesn't actually know what either of these concepts actually mean in reality and is just a spineless, vindictive prick...
It's almost like the guy who oversees complex transport decisions across the nation and so-called "champion" of local people advocating local solutions that work for them doesn't actually know what either of these concepts actually mean in reality and is just a spineless, vindictive prick...
Long-planned Warkworth intersection rebuild turned down because it included cycling and pedestrian components.
That green patch on the right of the photo is a primary school.
Simeon needs to grow up.
That green patch on the right of the photo is a primary school.
Simeon needs to grow up.
'In fact, we felt insulted' - Cancellation of notorious Warkworth intersection fix under fire
A Warkworth transport group working to improve an intersection described as the worst in New Zealand says it's "appalled and insulted" by the reasons given for shelving the long-promised upgrade.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 7, 2024 at 12:44 PM
#NZpol
It's almost like the guy who oversees complex transport decisions across the nation and so-called "champion" of local people advocating local solutions that work for them doesn't actually know what either of these concepts actually mean in reality and is just a spineless, vindictive prick...
It's almost like the guy who oversees complex transport decisions across the nation and so-called "champion" of local people advocating local solutions that work for them doesn't actually know what either of these concepts actually mean in reality and is just a spineless, vindictive prick...
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The Government's entire strategy is built on the idea that spending cuts and Government debt reduction work to improve economic growth and reduce public indebtedness (debt-to-gdp). The trouble is the actual evidence from the IMF, OECD & World Bank shows that doesn't work. 1/3
December 3, 2024 at 7:28 PM
The Government's entire strategy is built on the idea that spending cuts and Government debt reduction work to improve economic growth and reduce public indebtedness (debt-to-gdp). The trouble is the actual evidence from the IMF, OECD & World Bank shows that doesn't work. 1/3
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The trouble for the Government here is that achieving Government debt reduction again would require a similar-sized increase in household debt. That would have been possible without LVR and DTI limits. Not any more.
Evening #NZpol. Feeling grandiose thanks to depressing xmas work party 🍺. Anyway, enjoy the most important economic history graph in NZ... the great debt swap of 1992 to 2008.
We 'grew' our economy with credit pumped into the economy. Then we kept the party going with falling interest rates. Cheers
We 'grew' our economy with credit pumped into the economy. Then we kept the party going with falling interest rates. Cheers
December 3, 2024 at 8:04 PM
The trouble for the Government here is that achieving Government debt reduction again would require a similar-sized increase in household debt. That would have been possible without LVR and DTI limits. Not any more.
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It's a real fking puzzle to be fair #NZPol. I mean what is keeping people on the benefits they need to stay alive and feed their kids? Have they no pride? Have they tried begging harder for a job?
December 3, 2024 at 1:33 AM
It's a real fking puzzle to be fair #NZPol. I mean what is keeping people on the benefits they need to stay alive and feed their kids? Have they no pride? Have they tried begging harder for a job?
..looking at you too NZ.
The dirty dozen: 12 pesticides that are banned elsewhere but still used in Australia.
Australia still uses dozens of chemicals that are banned in other countries – including the UK and US – because they are toxic to humans, animals or the environment.
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Australia still uses dozens of chemicals that are banned in other countries – including the UK and US – because they are toxic to humans, animals or the environment.
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The dirty dozen: 12 pesticides that are banned elsewhere but still used in Australia
Australia still uses dozens of chemicals that are banned in other countries – including the UK and US – because they are toxic to humans, animals or the environment
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:44 PM
..looking at you too NZ.
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"Interviews with NZ writers are rare anywhere on RNZ, especially emerging writers and children’s writers, including those on awards shortlists"
WTF Radio New Zealand! Support NZ writers. Open up your closed shop. newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/02/e...
WTF Radio New Zealand! Support NZ writers. Open up your closed shop. newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/02/e...
Epic fail at RNZ
A stinging report from NZ's Society of Authors on RNZ's failure to uphold its charter obligation to support local writing
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December 2, 2024 at 5:51 PM
"Interviews with NZ writers are rare anywhere on RNZ, especially emerging writers and children’s writers, including those on awards shortlists"
WTF Radio New Zealand! Support NZ writers. Open up your closed shop. newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/02/e...
WTF Radio New Zealand! Support NZ writers. Open up your closed shop. newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/02/e...
"I love the fact that it came back for us. I love the fact that it took over the land that was taken from us. I love the fact that it’s resilient and it still keeps returning, even through the destruction...The lake is just like us." openrivers.lib.umn.edu/article/the-...
The Return of Pa’ashi: Colonial Unknowing and California’s Tulare Lake
The early morning sun shone off the water. I parked at the “Flooding Ahead” sign and walked past deep gouges in the ground. The teeth marks of a bulldozer’s blade were still visible where it had du…
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December 2, 2024 at 5:31 PM
"I love the fact that it came back for us. I love the fact that it took over the land that was taken from us. I love the fact that it’s resilient and it still keeps returning, even through the destruction...The lake is just like us." openrivers.lib.umn.edu/article/the-...
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Recrudescence. Yep. That about sums it up.
December 1, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Recrudescence. Yep. That about sums it up.
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I finally got a chance to watch the PM on Q+A. Interesting...
December 1, 2024 at 9:16 AM
I finally got a chance to watch the PM on Q+A. Interesting...