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PM Needs to Don His Hard Hat
First, let me say I think overall the Prime Minister is doing a good job. He didn’t disappoint in executing his 100-day plan. He and his ministers have been getting on with the job, and publishing a plan for the next few months was a good move. I
About as Non-partisan as You Can Get
I listened to a Mediawatch bulletin from RNZ and heard the authors of the Trust in Media report exhorting news outlets to carry less opinion, emphasising that the issue of opinion, and the slant of such, was a major, very major, concern to news-consumers and a huge factor in
Labour – The Party for Crims
While the Government moves to honour an election promise by introducing legislation to bring back the Three Strikes laws, Labour is hell-bent on proving that they are the party for the criminal classes in New Zealand. The opposition has laid into the government’s plan to reintroduce a “three
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor It is another Hipkins disaster. https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350246034/how-did-cost-moving-two-schools-blow-out-more-400m I have been in the building industry for over twenty years and I have done a lot of schools. I find them a low margin business
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Three Ministers Will Have Absolute Power
Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz The ability of the private sector to quickly establish major new projects making use of the urban and natural environment is to be supercharged by the
View from Your Window
**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo was of the countryside between Sapporo and Chitose stations in Hokkaido and shows a JRF (Japan Rail Freight) container.
NZ’s New Rules Won’t Help Low-Skilled Migrant Workers
Francis L Collins Professor of Sociology, University of Auckland The New Zealand government claims its recently announced changes to visa rules will address exploitation and unsustainable migration. In reality, the new rules are likely to have the opposite effect. The exploitation of migrant workers has become a growing problem in
More About AUKUS
Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com A few days ago, I posted a short article entitled “Why not AUKUS”. Unsurprisingly, it prompted a range of reactions. There were some who agreed with my analysis
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Operation Good Oil Post-refinery Report 2024
Mark Freeman A new independent report into the closure of the Marsden Point Oil Refinery refutes the claims used by the refinery company’s board of directors that led to the closure of the refinery. The refinery used to supply 65%–70% of New Zealand’s refined fuel, but its
The More Things Stay the Same
Graeme Edgeler Graeme Edgeler is a Wellington barrister, with a professional interest in constitutional and electoral law democracyproject.substack.com Sunday morning, the Wellington High Court heard a judicial review brought by Hon. Karen Chhour, the Minister for Children, against a decision of the Waitangi Tribunal. This is unusual, judicial
