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Pumping up the Polls

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Lindsay Mitchell
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Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, TV and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under commission and exhibits at Wellington, New Zealand, galleries.

Stephen Joyce opines in the NZ Herald today about the PM’s “performative policy-making”:

“I thought we’d reached peak performative decision-making when Jacinda Ardern took offence at Jack Tame pointing out how many of her performative policy announcements hadn’t resulted in anything.”

Turn the page to witness the PM at WOW [on Friday] – peak performative poll-pumping:

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The previous post described how Jacinda Ardern has spent 14 hours on her Child Poverty Reduction portfolio in 20 months.

I wonder what she spent on fittings, rehearsal and performance at WOW?

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