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Do Housing Assets Cause a Conflict of Interest?
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.
NZ Politics Daily: 3 October 2024
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
If They Aren’t Then Sack Them
Civil servants seem to be ignoring the government directive to get back to the office. Time they had a harsh lesson.
Jacinda Ardern Cashes in on Her Time in Public Office
This idea that politicians should monetise their time in office is new. In the past, former prime ministers and senior politicians were expected to carry out public service after they finished their time in the Beehive.
NZ Politics Daily: 2 October 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards DUNEDIN HOSPITAL CUTS, PRIVATISATION 1News: Health NZ urges Govt to consider privately-run public hospitals Gordon Campbell: On the Dunedin hospital fiasco Ian Taylor (ODT): Dunedin Hospital: An open letter to Christopher Luxon Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Claim of efforts to cut costs — service chops
The Whispering Campaign Against Hipkins Has Started
You know the end is nigh when various left-wing mouthpieces start saying out loud what others are only whispering in to their chardonnays or their Fair trade decaf soy latte coffees.
New Hate Speech Laws Scrapped in Ireland
A small but powerful coalition of voices and organisations, including Senator McDowell, Free Speech Ireland, Elon Musk and ADF International, were able to make enough of an intelligent ‘ruckus’ about the Hate Offences Bill to sink it.
Williams Has Been Called NZ’s Tucker Carlson
The aftermath of the pandemic is being examined by these gentlemen.
NZ Politics Daily: 1 October 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards DUNEDIN HOSPITAL CUTS Chris Trotter (Interest): No government can survive the level of anger driving one quarter of a major city’s citizens onto the streets Alexia Russell (RNZ): The Detail: Dunedin Hospital's low place in infrastructure must-haves list Richard Harman
Giving Protestors the Stick They Deserve
Shane Jones has waded into some protestors who have gifted him and NZ First some good headlines, and he is saying things to these losers we all are thinking.
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[The Good Oil] October 2024 Political Poll
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