Labour’s latest slogan
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by David Farrar
7h ago
My response would be: Our country is not a students’ association, and it shouldn’t be governed as if it is. No tag for this post. The post Labour’s latest slogan first appeared on Kiwiblog ..read more
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Evil vs Evil
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by David Farrar
11h ago
The attack by Islamic State terrorist in Moscow was an act of evil. 133 innocent people died. Islamic State is an evil organisation. The response of the Putin Government was also evil, albeit in a lesser way. The United States privately and publicly warned them of a likely terrorist attack on a concert, based on intelligence they intercepted from Islamic State. Islamic State has publicly claimed credit for the attack. Yet the Putin Government is publicly blaming the attack on Ukraine. No tag for this post. The post Evil vs Evil first appeared on Kiwiblog ..read more
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Principles prevail sometimes
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by David Farrar
11h ago
The ACLU said: On March 18, the ACLU appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court to argue another free speech case of great significance. In this case, the ACLU represented the National Rifle Association (NRA) against government overreach and censorship. Some may have wondered why the ACLU was representing the NRA, since the ACLU clearly opposes the NRA on gun control and the role of firearms in society. In fact, we abhor many of the group’s goals, strategies, and tactics. So, the reality that we have joined forces, notwithstanding those disagreements, reflects the importance of the Firs ..read more
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Common sense wins again
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by David Farrar
14h ago
Simeon Brown announced: Cabinet has agreed on the coalition Government’s direction of travel for a new Land Transport Rule to be signed by the end of 2024. This new rule will reverse the previous government’s blanket speed reductions imposed on motorists across New Zealand, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. “The new rule will ensure that when speed limits are set, economic impacts – including travel times – and the views of road users and local communities are taken into account, alongside safety. “The previous government’s untargeted approach resulted in blanket speed limit reductions ac ..read more
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More claims against Tana
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by David Farrar
18h ago
Stuff continues to break stories about Green MP Darlene Tana. The TLDR version is: A migrant claiming they are owed $25,000 and were sometimes paid under the table A second worker has also lodged an Employment Relations Authority (ERA) claim for lost wages E-Cycles NZ had lost two previous ERA claims by former staff members. In August 2023, Tana’s husband told staff their wages would be paid late due to cashflow issues, while he was holidaying in Europe Membership has been suspended from Waiheke Boat Club due to unpaid costs 12 Personal Properties Security Register against Tana or E-Cycles NZ ..read more
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Bad GCSB
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by David Farrar
1d ago
A quite stunning report by the Inspector-General of Intelligence. He has found that the GCSB hosted in New Zealand a signals intelligence system controlled by a foreign partner agency, and failed to even mention it to their Minister, or indeed their incoming Director! He finds that the capability operated at GCSB: without adequate record keeping; without due diligence by GCSB on the capability tasking requests; without full visibility for GCSB of the capability tasking; without adequate training, support or guidance for GCSB operational staff; with negligible awareness of the capability at a ..read more
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School Lunches: The $324million question (or ten questions)?
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by Alwyn Poole
1d ago
Why are some children in NZ going hungry in 2024? What is it about our welfare system that needs to be fixed to ensure every child receives breakfast, lunch and dinner via their parents or caregivers? Prof Boyd Swinburne stated this week that the school lunches have improved school attendance by 3 days a year (.75 days per term, 0.075 days per week) and had shown some mental health improvements. Is the $324m on food the best way to do that? How about the mental health gains from actually doing well at school – not just eating a sandwich? How many children are taking time out of class to help ..read more
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Seymour’s poem
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by David Farrar
1d ago
An ode to New Zealand's artistic community on this special day. pic.twitter.com/I1LCXbSjKR — David Seymour (@dbseymour) March 21, 2024 Enjoy. This is so good that Creative NZ should give $100,000 to fund it! No tag for this post. The post Seymour’s poem first appeared on Kiwiblog ..read more
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A terrible crash that could have been worse
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by David Farrar
1d ago
I never realised that a bridge would collapse so thoroughly and quickly from a ship hitting it. While this was a horrible accident, it makes you think about how vulnerable bridges would be to deliberate attacks. The loss of life is only six at this stage and could have been so much worse. Kudos to local authorities who managed to stop most traffic entering the bridge when they were alerted to the out of control ship. If this had happened at rush hour, the death toll could have been in the hundreds. US $80 billion of trade travels in the now blocked waterway and the cost off rebuilding the bri ..read more
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Listen to Deborah not Otago University
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by David Farrar
1d ago
Newsroom has an article from two academics at Otago University supporting the removal of GST on food – something opposed by almost every tax expert alive. The article is labelled “expert opinion” and they support the Maori Party bill on the grounds of “we need to start somewhere”. An actual tax expert is Labour’s spokesperson Deborah Russell who noted: I just want to take the House through some numbers and some evidence on this, to explain why we think there are better ways to address the cost of living. So, back in 2018, in the midst of all its paperwork, the Tax Working Group did produce a ..read more
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