Looks Like Luxon Got One Right
Normally he has tits for hands but on this issue Christopher Luxon has the right of it. Naturally the opposition banshees are squawking: a sure fire way of knowing he’s right over the target.
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Cuban Food Shortages: Another Red Flag
When capped prices are below market prevailing prices, shortages follow.
Should the World Go to War?
War is supposed to have an ethical foundation – that it is right for men to kill other men who are attacking them and protect their homes and families.
NZ Politics Daily: 13 August 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards WELFARE Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): Welcome to the benefit Olympics Stewart Bowman-Lund (Spinoff): The green light flicks on for tougher beneficiary sanctions Glenn McConnell (Stuff): New sanctions for beneficiaries, but minister doesn’t know what happens post-sanction Russell Palmer and Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Government benefit
You Had Your Say in 2019, Now STFU
The Police Association has never been the same since Greg O'Connor left for parliament and was replaced by Chris Cahill, who can best be described as a functional idiot.
Perrottet’s Covid Apology Is Not Good Enough
Those who partook in and set up the framework for this abusive behaviour must face personal punishment or they will do it again.
The Greens Need to Decide
The question is, therefore, how to fix this quality problem. And it’s far from clear that the best answer is to just give party leaders the ability to fire MPs via the waka-jumping law.
NZ Politics Daily: 12 August 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ENERGY Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Electricity Crisis: why we are ‘forked’ (paywalled) RNZ: Pressure on power companies to act as energy woes mount Press Editorial (Post): The exercising of power (paywalled) Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Winston Peters says he ‘knows’ power companies are profiteering during ‘crisis’
If Is a Long Way from When
Labour spokesperson only talking about 'if' Labour gets back in as they oppose the educational reforms the public are crying out for.
Replay Radio – The Crunch
Cam speaks with guests Chris Trotter about the Green Party and Alwyn Poole about the appalling state of education in New Zealand.
Is the Medical Council Fit for Purpose?
Who exactly is the medical council protecting in the harassment of doctors calling for caution while dealing less harshly with a doctor who has actually harmed his patients?
NZ Politics Daily: 9 August 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ENERGY Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): What is behind our super high electricity prices? No Right Turn: Reaping what they sowed Richard Harman (Politik): Jones runs rings around the coalition (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Energy crisis: Simeon Brown says power shortage the problem despite gouging claim