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[The Good Oil] Stuff Up of the Day
Check out the latest media stuff ups both locally and around the world.
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One Nation Leading in Battleground State
The Liberals are toast – and Labor ought to start worrying.
Quebec Bans Prayer and Symbols in Public
What happens when religious freedom becomes provocation or threatening?
We Should Celebrate American Greatness
Thank God President Trump had the vision to restore our space program.
Biotech Cannot Be Allowed a Right to Secrecy
They are still refusing to publicly acknowledge the extent of adverse effects. Like the Kentucky lottery winner, many benefited from a pandemic financial windfall, but having started down the GE medicine trail they are unable to change tack even though the risks are now known.
Quick Hit: Luxon’s Bishop Move – Clever Tactics or Self-Inflicted Wound?
If National’s polling doesn’t improve by mid-year, the leadership question resurfaces – and Bishop will be perfectly positioned with his big policy portfolios and nothing to lose
Why the Platform Decision Gets It Wrong
A statutory misadventure dressed up as purposive interpretation
The Good Oil Occupation Poll
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How Low Do National Wish to Go
The aim should be not to win reliant on other factors but to win big yourself with policies that appeal to the majority of voters. In this regard National has some work to do.
Hidden in the Agenda: When Your Vote Isn’t Enough
We cannot let this “Gated Democracy” become the new normal in Otago, Tasman, Taupō, Gore – or anywhere else in New Zealand, for that matter.
Why Councils Need to Live Within Their Means
Councils must get back to basics, live within their means, and treat ratepayer money with the same care that families apply to their own budgets. Because, if they do not, the pressure on communities will only grow and confidence in local government will continue to erode.
How Chris Luxon Is Using His Wife to Save His Political Skin
Are we witnessing organic ‘feel good’ stories about the PM’s wife? Or is it something else? And why does the NZ media call her our ‘First Lady’?