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Should a Former Act Lobbyist Be in Charge of Gun Reforms?
“While the Police Association feel that they’ve been excluded, we have actually included New Zealand Police who represent all of the frontline, not just those that belong to the union” – McKee
NZ Politics Daily: 19 August 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, LOBBYING, POLITICAL INTEGRITY 1News: Q+A: NZ's political lobbying, donations rules need tightening - think tank Derek Cheng (Herald): Political corruption, donations and lobbying in New Zealand: New report from the Helen Clark Foundation on rules in need of overhaul (paywalled)
1NEWS Carries Water for Chris Cahill
1News continues to push the Police Association’s agenda against Nicole McKee. It is a farcical argument, but it seems it is growing legs as the police union boss comes under fire for his botched police pay negotiations.
Replay Radio – The Crunch
Cam speaks with guests "Gareth" about his special visit from Police and Hugh Devereaux-Mack about the appalling attack on Nicole McKee byt Chris Cahill.
People Say Things Have Changed for the Better from Those Days… Have They?
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The People’s Court of New Normal Germany (Part Three)
Focusing public attention on what the New Normal ‘authorities’ are doing, not just here in Germany, but throughout the West, not just to me, but to many, many others just like me, is one of the only weapons we have to fight back.
Aukus and Undermining the Foreign Policy Debate
New Zealand needs to have public debate about its foreign policy direction. There are massive choices to be made. The problem is that this public debate is barely happening at the moment.
NZ Politics Daily: 16 August 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FOREIGN AFFAIRS Geoffrey Miller (Democracy Project): Christopher Luxon’s hawkish foreign policy address in Sydney Chris Trotter (ODT): In whose footsteps exactly are our leaders choosing to follow? (paywalled) Laura Walters (Newsroom): Luxon to Canberra: we need you (you might need us too) Jenna
When Is a Marae Not a Marae?
Maori arrogance has run smack into Aboriginal wokeness and it isn't pretty.
Face of the Day
Seymour said 10 of the 78 applications were state schools that would like to switch over.
NZ Politics Daily: 15 August 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ECONOMY Ben Thomas (Post): Interest rate decision will be like the clouds parting for Luxon (paywalled) Dan Brunskill (Interest): RBNZ performs U-turn, cutting rates as recession worsens Richard Harman (Politik): Success has many fathers (paywalled) Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): What’s behind the Reserve Bank’
A Speech We Should Take Note Of
Richard Prebble takes a good hard look at Christopher Luxon’s speech to the National Party conference and finds there is much to admire.
