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Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FAST TRACK, INFRASTRUCTURE Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Government won’t say how fast track conflicts of interest were managed RNZ: Shane Jones calls Fast Track Bill conflict fears politically motivated Gary Taylor and Shay Schlaepfer (Newsroom): The fast-track bill: the good, the bad and the
The world media is going digital so, in order to compete, TVNZ cancels their online digital presence. If TVNZ was a dog we’d put it down.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FAST TRACK, INFRASTRUCTURE Anneke Smith (RNZ): Critics express alarm at list of fast-track projects Glenn McConnell (Stuff): The details for each of the 149 projects on the ‘fast track’ list Richard Harman (Politik): Bishop answers the call (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Post): Why fast track
The Navy parked their survey boat on top of a reef they were there to survey. I guess that’s one way of finding it.
For all their lecturing sanctimony, the celebrity industry worships monsters.
The media are the biggest cry-bullies there are. They are wailing because Google is going to walk if they end up being taxed to protect failing media companies.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Govt out of pan and into fire on health funding Phil Pennington (RNZ): Analysis: Dunedin Hospital rebuild held up by authorities as example of 'lessons learned' programme Haimona Gray: Dunedin Hospital - A Mislabelled Failure Jules Radich (Post)
Labour in the UK had a terrible anti-Semitism issue, so much so they needed an inquiry and the removal of some MPs. Labour in New Zealand seems to have a similar issue, but are strangely silent on the issue, even as their MPs signal support for the genocidal attacks against Israel on Oct 7.
The establishment left dragged the centre right so far leftward to the point that traditional conservative positions on anything were considered to be far-right. So why is the left, not the right, such a threat to the Free World?
The concentration of property ownership among MPs and the potential influence this might have on policy decisions, especially in a housing crisis, raises valid concerns about conflicts of interest and erodes public trust.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Jo Moir (RNZ): Casey Costello will release 'independent advice' about benefits of heated tobacco products ODT Editorial: Getting on the case of Costello (paywalled) Bridie Witton (Stuff): ‘Resign’: Growing calls for Casey Costello to lose portfolios over heated tobacco products Adam
