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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)
NZ Politics Daily: 24 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards LUXON STATE OF THE NATION SPEECH, ECONOMY Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Luxon launches year of growth with a war on nojo Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Presiding over a shrinking economy, Christopher Luxon decides it’s a good idea to grow it again (paywalled) Bernard Hickey (The
Seymour’s Stand at Waitangi: Defiance or Duty?
As David Seymour walks into the eye of this storm at Waitangi, we’re not just witnessing a political act of defiance: we’re seeing a man who believes he’s defending a principle against what he sees as the overreach of cultural interpretation.
Trump 2.0
Woke died. DEI died. Illegal immigration invasion died. Corruption got put on notice. Political weaponisation was exposed. The scales of justice were rebalanced.
NZ Politics Daily: 23 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT Guyon Espiner (Listener): Is Christopher Luxon worried his party might reshuffle him? (paywalled) Jamie Ensor (Herald): Christopher Luxon goes all in on economy as National MPs accept reshuffle fate (paywalled) Jamie Ensor (Herald): Christopher Luxon expected to deliver reality check on what’s
Roy Morgan Poll Give Nats Some Hope
Luxon is going to have to lift his game or the open mutterings will turn in to an insurrection.
NASA Did Not Invent Velcro
Public vs private innovation: the next time there is proposed legislation on the table to fund research and development, think twice about the history and the costs of state-funded innovation.
NZ Politics Daily: 22 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT, CABINET RESHUFFLE Jamie Ensor (Herald): National Party caucus meeting: MPs meet after reshuffle, poor poll result Jo Moir (RNZ): NZ political parties gear up for a busy 2025 Thomas Manch (Post): Luxon assembles his caucus after Cabinet reshuffle Roy Morgan: Support for
