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NZ Politics Daily: 30 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PRIVATISATION, ASSET SALES, ECONOMY Janet Wilson (Post): The fear is getting real for National (paywalled) Max Rashbrooke (Spinoff): How a failure of the imagination opens the door to privatisation Bernard Hickey (The Kākā): Luxon stumbles into toxic privatisation debate Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): Privatisation fear
Face of the Day
The reshuffle is significant as the chair of FEC is often one of the last jobs an MP will do before a prime minister elevates them to a role in the executive.
Do You Trust Chinese AI? I Don’t, and Here’s Why
Dodgy is as dodgy does. The new Chinese AI is dangerous: don’t use it.
NZ Politics Daily: 29 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PRIVATISATION, ASSET SALES Richard Shaw (The Conversation): David Seymour says Kiwis are too squeamish about privatisation – history shows why they lost the appetite Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Asset sales are on the agenda. So, what could be sold? Jo Moir (RNZ): Christopher Luxon hints
Face of the Day
Officials had for months been working to meet leaders from Kiribati but faced “repeated rebuffs”, a source explained, and Peters on Monday night revealed he was going to review aid to the country.
Child Sacrifice and Our Desire to Ignore It
The apparent immunity of Epstein’s associates and the attacks on Musk speak much of the disinterest of those with political and commercial power in exposing the sex slavery industry.
Killings by Rogue Military in West Papua
A rogue Indonesian military unit is roaming Intan Jaya Regency, slaughtering West Papuans at will.
Big Fire at Australian Lithium Mine
The shutdown highlights vulnerabilities in the global supply chain.
NZ Politics Daily: 28 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR Chris Trotter (Interest): Seeking growth unambitiously, the easy way Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On The Government’s Gaslighting About Growth Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Asset sales: Government starts the mood music for privatisations (paywalled) Giles Dexter (RNZ): Greens accuse Prime Minister of
How Bureaucracy Fueled the LA Wildfires
Half of California is ‘publicly owned’ and subject to multiple bureaucracies. They not only neglected fire controls, but fined people who took basic precautions.
NZ Politics Daily: 27 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Economics 101: The coalition’s wake-up call (paywalled) Russell Palmer (RNZ): Economists challenge details of Luxon's new growth plan Press Editorial (Post): Just a question of attitude (paywalled) ODT Editorial: Going for growth (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Post): Growth,
