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The Problems With Property Taxes
If you are paying to live on your own property, you don’t really own it at all. Especially given that the government has the authority to evict you and sell it off if you fail to pay the property taxes.
NZ Politics Daily: 3 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT Andrea Vance (RNZ): New poll delivers hung Parliament, bad news for Christopher Luxon as preferred PM Luke Malpass (Post): The Post/Freshwater Strategy Poll: There was no honeymoon, just high prices and a recession (paywalled) Simon Wilson (Herald): The Government’s year:
Will the Politicians Learn Anything, Though?
The opaque and constrained nature of the commission itself suggests that mistrust is still warranted. Why would a government set such limited terms of reference if there was nothing to conceal?
NZ Politics Daily: 2 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards LABOUR Andrea Vance (Post): ‘We aren’t feral’: Just how can Chippy soothe Labour losers? (paywalled) Vernon Small (Post): Can Labour win on tax when it has failed before? (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Chris Hipkins tells Labour NZ needs it to change – can it?
In Government, but Not in Power
Voters they can put a party into government, but not into power.
It Must Be a Huge Amount
KiwiRail are trying to keep a consultancy bill secret: it must be astonishingly huge and embarrassing.
NZ Politics Daily: 29 November 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards COVID-19 INQUIRY Russell Palmer (RNZ): Health sector cuts: Michael Baker sounds alarm on job losses after Covid inquiry Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): A Covid inquiry ends and another begins Luke Malpass (Post): The Covid inquiry that did what it was asked (paywalled) ODT
It’s Official, the Ardern Regime Was Cruel
With the release of the first part of the Covid Inquiry we can now acknowledge what many of us already knew...that Ardern’s regime was cruel...and wrong.
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The video was widely mocked by critics noting the vice president’s tired and somewhat rattled appearance, with some going so far as to question whether she was under the influence of alcohol.
Now Vanuatu Has Banned Gay Marriage
The minister says let this serve as a notice that the government has decided: marriage is defined as being between a male and a female.