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Out of Sight: Following the Money Trail
Despite the big outlays of money, it seems no group of officials kept tabs on the minors.
Oz Politics Roundup 8/12/2025
The Beetrooter bounces to One Nation and the Liberals get wetter and more un-electable.
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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.
Her Snout’s Wells and Truly in the Trough
There’s no cost-of-living crisis when you’re a Labor government minister.
The Toppling of the Work Tipple
So here’s to the furtive half-pint in the car park, the emergency hip-flask at the Christmas do and the quiet rebellion of those who still believe work should occasionally feel like play. Bottoms up – while we’re still allowed.
‘December 7, 1941, a Date Which Will Live in Infamy!’
I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us.
WA Pushes Ahead With Surrogacy Expansion
Amid a UN report condemning the harms of surrogacy to women and children, this new law is hardly a revolutionary reform.
New Brighton Mall Doesn’t Need a New Māori Name
And Auckland does not need spiritual mythmaking. It needs a transport system that works. Renaming everything in sight does not get a single train running on time.
A Discussion on the Irony of Relativism
Science embraces uncertainty. Scientists formulate theories to explain natural phenomena based on the available evidence. But they do not expect those theories to stand for all time.
When Only One Side Is Blamed
If this absence reflects the totality of MFAT’s internal work, then New Zealand foreign policy is operating with a blind spot large enough to distort the very concept of peace. For the sake of an informed national debate, that must change.
Is This a Curate’s Egg?
Could a politician be any more disingenuous? Could a politician be any more duplicitous? National may not even be in government in 2029. They may not even exist as a party the way they are going.