Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FAST TRACK Farah Hancock (RNZ): $500,000 in political donations associated with fast track projects Chris Trotter (Democracy Project): A Fast-Track Backwards Alexia Russell (RNZ): The Detail: Fast-track list: The favoured projects that could be pie in the sky Brent Edwards (NBR)
National support up in September as National-led Government increases lead
Particular attention will be given to the role of his referees, his acquisition of high-capacity magazines, and the loophole that enabled him to convert standard rifles into military-style semi-automatic weapons.
It will cost NZ over $1 billion that should have gone into healthcare.
The actions of the useful idiots cannot be excused by their blood or religious ties. They act out of ignorance or, worse, a mob mentality that abdicates moral or political decision-making to whatever will get them the most likes on social media.
Kiwis are appalled that Ardern is making huge bucks off the back of them.
The Herald’s “Mood of the Boardroom” report is invaluable reading for those that want to know where the current coalition government is headed.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FAST TRACK, MINING, ENVIRONMENT Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The SFO will be kept busy monitoring the Fast Track Act list Jamie Ensor (Herald): Fast-track approvals projects raise conflict of interest questions, Govt maintains ‘robust’ process followed Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Will the 149
New Zealand might continue to align itself more closely with the United States. But it would come at a cost.
The only surprise about the news from Auckland University is that it has taken them this long to create a compulsory Māori course.
Changing the deck chairs by flying in a new man whose background includes advice on City Rail Link, PenLink, Wellington Town Hall and Pūhoi-to-Warkworth road to sort out NZ healthcare doesn’t wash.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FAST TRACK, INFRASTRUCTURE Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Government won’t say how fast track conflicts of interest were managed RNZ: Shane Jones calls Fast Track Bill conflict fears politically motivated Gary Taylor and Shay Schlaepfer (Newsroom): The fast-track bill: the good, the bad and
The world media is going digital so, in order to compete, TVNZ cancels their online digital presence. If TVNZ was a dog we’d put it down.
Calls for an immediate halt to New Zealand’s water fluoridation schemes.
A heart-to-heart with a 12 year old girl and her mum on what’s going on in her intermediate school.
The NZ Treasury’s lack of imagination threatens our future. It has no faith in economic magic and its message of doom is based on incorrect economics.
