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Governments throwing around money is always going to be politically popular. But, as Margaret Thatcher famously noted, sooner or later governments run out of other peoples’ money. When the Rudd government announced its first stimulus measure in the face of the GFC – a $900 cash payment to all Australians – the
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Chris Wilson Sanjal Shastri University of Auckland What is the relationship between hate crimes and terrorism? Could we have predicted the terror attacks at Masjid Al Noor and the Linwood Islamic Centre on March 15 last year if we had been able to identify a rising number of verbal and
As I wrote this week, the great economic danger facing Australia as it struggles – hopefully – out of COVID panic is an explosion in government debt. Debt is not of course an evil in itself, as any business which has ever taken out a loan to finance growth knows. But, as
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I have just read the various election policies of the Maori Party. In all areas, they want a separate system in place for Maori funded by taxpayers of course. Their idea appears to focus on the fact that if they have a system whereby Maori are exempt from the rules
Grant Duncan Massey University New Zealand’s election is coming down to a simple contest between the Labour-Green bloc on the left and the National-ACT bloc on the right. Although the right is behind in the polls, if it were to gain the majority, ACT Party leader David
Media lies and internal assassination attempts are par for the course for this woman with the fortitude of a proverbial NZ brick s***house. Surviving Suzie Ferguson’s onslaught, Collins refused to be sunk come hell or high water. Ferguson constantly cut off Collins mid-sentence and changed the subject
1News Colmar Brunton poll 1News: 1 News Colmar Brunton poll: With time running out, National fails to close gap on Labour 1News: Greens down in latest 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton poll, NZ First sees small rise 1News: Analysis: As election looms, National needs to ‘give everything they have’ to close
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Judith Collins went for a walkabout in Ponsonby and was met by a Media Party backlash, accusing her of having a rent-a-crowd. While she was doing the walkabout a woke optometrist firm blocked her entrance to the store and gave her two thumbs down, much to the delight
North Otago farmer Jane Smith says she likes to “play the ball, not the man,” but when it comes to Environment Minister David Parker and his freshwater reforms – she’s willing to make an exception. “David Parker’s actually made this very personal, he’s on a personal crusade,” she
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