Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, URGENCY Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Can parliamentary urgency and public accountability peacefully coexist? Russell Palmer (RNZ): Pay equity changes: 'People's select committee' formed to gather evidence instead of 'high-flying cliches' Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Former MPs unite for ‘people’
In episode five of The Good Oil Podcast, Cam sits down with Dr Sheree Trotter – academic, historian and commentator.
Oxford school culture under scrutiny after student assault.
Here are five actual fashion disasters sitting in our House of Representatives that no one in the media has the balls to criticise.
Each year the Food Scrap Bin programme costs more than $36 million, or about $77 per household – despite only 35 per cent of Aucklanders actually using them.
Well-intentioned policies are frequently beaten by the introduction of bad incentives and their outcomes.
What makes idealists dangerous is when they get frustrated because no one will listen. This, at least to them, justifies using force to make others do what they want, ‘for their own good’.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards BUDGET Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Ministers don’t know the scale of the tax break they’ve signed up to Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Investment Boost: Govt’s ticking fiscal time bomb Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): “Investment Boost” or “Corporate Welfare”? Fran O’Sullivan (Herald)
It’s a ridiculous story that exposes the media’s double standards and the fashion industry’s selective support. If the media wants to regain the public’s trust, they’d do well to stop obsessing over what female politicians wear and start focusing on what they do.
With New Zealand’s books in dire straits, every dollar counts. The government should conduct a full audit of the HRC’s spending and identify projects that fail to deliver real health benefits.
“I’m so glad I bothered to adjourn the debate to allow the Māori Party to be in the House for the budget. Oh wait…” – Bishop
A society that cannot protect its Jewish citizens (or worse, refuses to hear them) is a society that is failing its most basic commitments to justice, equality, and human dignity.
Where is the party with the courage to set New Zealand on the path to a better future – one where the good of New Zealanders is put first, and where there’s no kowtowing to vested interest groups demanding special privileges.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards BUDGET SUMMARIES AND ANALYSIS Jo Moir (RNZ): Analysis: Finance Minister delivers 'nip and tuck’ Budget Janet Wilson (Post): Winners make gains at the expense of the strugglers (paywalled) Matthew Hooton (Herald): Budget reveals we’re going broke faster than we knew (paywalled) Jamie
