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WEBLuxon loses his cool when asked about doctoring gang membership statistics. Written By: mickysavage Date published: 8:26 am, September 20th, 2024 - 28 comments On the same day that National had Parliament pass onerous anti gang laws to address allegedly dramatically increasing numbers of gang members Christopher Luxon lost his cool when it was pointed out to him that the Government is purging ...
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WEBBy: Mountain Tui - 1:06 pm, August 14th, 2024 - 32 comments. When Luxon claimed $1000 a week of tax-free, taxpayers money for accommodation, because he didn’t want the 2 free properties he was offered, he said he was entitled to it. But according to the government, all beneficiaries now require harsher rules or risk having their entitlements ...
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WEBThe Standard. National plan for 2000 extra Kiwis in prison per year. Written By: Mountain Tui Date published: 9:01 am, September 17th, 2024 - 15 comments Categories: chris bishop, Christopher Luxon, crime, law and "order", paul goldsmith, same old national Tags: Emergency Housing, statistics. The government plans to put up to 2000 more Kiwis ...
Economy - The Standard
WEBDavid Seymour’s Ministry of Regulation costs $80mn. By: Mountain Tui - 12:38 pm, August 22nd, 2024 - 17 comments. David Seymour’s new Ministry has 91 staff, including 3 Deputy CEOs who earn up to $348K each – more than Ministers. Seymour wants to use it as a vehicle to change how NZ makes laws and invokes Ruth Richardson in his vision.
local government – The Standard
WEBAug 28, 2024 · By: Mountain Tui - 4:16 pm, August 30th, 2024 - 38 comments. 94% of councils that have voted vote to retain Maori wards. Many of them are National background Councillors and previously urged Central Government to not push ahead with the legislation. The forced local referendums are now expected to cost ratepayers and take away from Council ...
leadership - The Standard
WEBAug 17, 2024 · Nigel Haworth on Labour at the crossroads. Written By: Guest post - Date published: 6:10 am, November 8th, 2023 - 42 comments. Former Labour Party President Nigel Haworth: “Any decisions about leadership should follow a careful and comprehensive review of, first, the recent campaign, and second, the broader settings in which Labour has chosen to work in recent years”
Social issues - The Standard
WEBBy: Mountain Tui - 1:06 pm, August 14th, 2024 - 32 comments. When Luxon claimed $1000 a week of tax-free, taxpayers money for accommodation, because he didn’t want the 2 free properties he was offered, he said he was entitled to it. But according to the government, all beneficiaries now require harsher rules or risk having their entitlements ...
news – The Standard
WEBYoutube punishes Murdoch’s Sky News for pedalling Covid misinformation. Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:44 am, August 3rd, 2021 - 38 comments. This will have the conspiracy theorists spinning. Youtube have stopped Murdoch’s Sky News Australia from uploading videos for the next seven days after the channel uploaded videos questioning Covid and advocating for the use of ...
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WEBThe Standard newspaper – from where our masthead comes – was founded by labour movement activists in the 1930s. They used it as a vehicle to share their views with a broader audience – a perspective they felt the mainstream media was representing poorly. We think the same is true today.
national - The Standard
WEBAug 18, 2024 · Is the Treaty Principles Bill dead or has it just suffered a flesh wound? Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 12:31 pm, August 20th, 2024 - 21 comments. Even though National and NZ First have ruled out supporting Act’s Treaty Principles Bill beyond the first reading David Seymour thinks that the Bill has a chance of succeeding and wishes to proceed with introduction of the bill.
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