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Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ECONOMY, TAX Matthew Hooton (Metro): Welcome to the next Argentina Matthew Hooton (Herald): Worst economic downturn in living memory (paywalled) Dan Brunskill (Interest): New Zealand facing a second Great Recession Dan Brunskill (Interest): NZ’s per capita recession has surpassed the Global Financial Crisis
Jim Bolger thought he was secure when he went overseas as Prime Minister, only to be met by my father telling him Jenny Shipley had the numbers to roll him. Chris Hipkins now dances with the same perils as he swans off to the UK.
The trust results for the institutions of government and the media are particularly negative. In line with other survey results, it reveals that New Zealanders are quickly losing faith in politics and journalism.
TVNZ uses BBC news on the Israeli-Hamas conflict as a source for broadcasting to their dwindling audience.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards LABOUR, PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Wealthy people pay lower tax in NZ than in similar states, study shows Peter Dunne: Hipkins' risky overseas trip Brent Edwards (NBR): Can Labour develop a coherent and credible tax and fiscal plan? (paywalled) Claire Trevett
The media luvvies are all crying rivers of tears because politicians won’t go on their shows. They need to dry their eyes and start being objective rather than the left-wing shills they really are.
Our welfare system traps women in hopeless lives, depending on a state that doesn’t really want them but is too jealous to let them go.
At the very least, all of these financial arrangements need to be much more transparent in the public debate.
Donald Trump has now been subjected to two assassination attempts in two months, both in circumstances where the Secret Service have failed to adequately protect him.
Add to this their working-class roots and their lack of interest in ‘issues’ that stars like Swift profess to care about and the reason for Oasis’ pariah status becomes clear.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards JUSTICE, GANGS, CRIME Derek Cheng (Herald): Ministry of Justice warns NZ First-National coalition commitment risks doubling prison population (paywalled) Alice Neville (Spinoff): Inside the government’s beleaguered bid to reduce violent crime Tova O’Brien (Stuff): PM struggles to explain why he backs
Chris Hipkins is delusional. Most Kiwis see him as the ugly face of the Ardern regime, the guy who presided over multiple debacles in Health, Education, Police and Covid. Claiming his caucus backs him is fanciful.
When politicians and progressives are unwilling to participate in the debate on taxes, they simply hand over the ground to those with a greater interest in dominating the discourse.
