Here is the replay of The Crunch from this week. Cam speaks with guests Simon Lusk and Maurice Williamson about a range of topics, including the current state of the US election race, Kamala Harris' performance, polling and roadworks! Then Cam asks his buddies what they think about the
What Marty Sharpe’s article reveals is simply corruption by a government agency with a pre-determined agenda.
When you look at the rewards our politicians reap, it is patently obvious to whom their service was, and is, rendered.
It increasingly looks like the Government has realised that its own underfunding of HNZ is causing a problem, but it is seeking to create a narrative that it is due to financial mismanagement and “bureaucracy bloat”.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ABUSE IN CARE REPORT, CHILD WELFARE Joel MacManus (Spinoff): The shadow of a boot camp hangs over parliament RNZ: Minister can't guarantee abuse won't occur at controversial boot camps RNZ: Christopher Luxon defends boot camps as 'very different'
What will it take for the Government to wake up...Another mass shooting with stolen guns where the information was obtained illegally from the register?
Systemic abuse in out-of-home care continues, and we can see from its interim reporting that the commission is clear the responsibility for putting an end to it lies with the government.
Perhaps the truth may lay in better the 14 person status quo when one considers the next in line who would join them, namely Benjamin Doyle.
How refreshing, heartening even, to read this speech from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment of all people. It’s full of commonsense and realism.
Our first job is to make New Zealanders aware of what is happening. The media will not report honestly on the matter, so we have to go around them.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ABUSE IN CARE Derek Cheng (Herald): Why some of the Royal Commission’s recommendations will land in the Government’s lap like a tonne of bricks (paywalled) Ric Stevens (Open Justice Reporting): Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care: What the final report
What’s the bet Tana will end up in Te Pāti Māori, and claim that the Greens are racists? I know who is advising her, and I know of their connections to Te Pāti Māori.
It’s worth asking how seriously Te Pāti Māori takes corruption issues and the untoward influence of big money in politics.
