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Putting workers into more precarious work helps no-one - except for the wealthy multinationals that this Bill benefits. The Employment Relations Amendment Bill should be scrapped. #nzpol #NZpolitics
December 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Putting workers into more precarious work helps no-one - except for the wealthy multinationals that this Bill benefits. The Employment Relations Amendment Bill should be scrapped. #nzpol #NZpolitics
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Exciting result from the NZ Supreme Court: Full-time carers' appeal for employee status upheld by Supreme Court www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Full-time carers' appeal for employee status upheld by Supreme Court
Two parents who care full-time for their disabled children are, in fact, employees of the government - and should receive the same benefits and protections. Supreme Court rules.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Exciting result from the NZ Supreme Court: Full-time carers' appeal for employee status upheld by Supreme Court www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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"at least I'm not as horrible as Ruth Richardson" has got to be the faintest praise anyone has ever been damned with
Nicola Willis going thermonuclear on Ruth Richardson and TPU's upcoming campaign against her.
She says she wants Ruth Richardson to stop "lurking in the shadows with secretly funded ads in the paper" and debate her directly on her "tolerance for human misery".
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
She says she wants Ruth Richardson to stop "lurking in the shadows with secretly funded ads in the paper" and debate her directly on her "tolerance for human misery".
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Nicola Willis challenges Ruth Richardson to debate on ‘tolerance for human misery’
The Finance Minister hits back at her National Party predecessor - but Richardson is not interested in “pistols at dawn”.
www.thepost.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"at least I'm not as horrible as Ruth Richardson" has got to be the faintest praise anyone has ever been damned with
December 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"Legislation is law-making...You don't bang it through because a minister has an idea."
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Too many laws passing without 'proper scrutiny', Geoffrey Palmer says
Sir Geoffrey Palmer says the government is increasingly pushing through legislation under urgency and skipping consultation.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
"Legislation is law-making...You don't bang it through because a minister has an idea."
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.
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Any day that's still in the mid 20°Cs at 10pm & a southerly change hasn't swept through & chilled the whole damned place is a certified #DunnerStunner
December 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Any day that's still in the mid 20°Cs at 10pm & a southerly change hasn't swept through & chilled the whole damned place is a certified #DunnerStunner
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X being fined by the EU is not a free speech issue. It is a security issue. Musk’s opposition to regulation is driven by the fact that he is backed by authoritarian regimes and is protecting their influence ops, which erode our democratic discourse.
EU Issues €120m Fine to X Under Digital Services Act, Musk Has Public Meltdown
A European Commission investigation has resulted in a €120 million fine against X, formerly Twitter, for breaches of the Digital Services Act, including failures in verification, advertising transpare...
spookyconnections.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
X being fined by the EU is not a free speech issue. It is a security issue. Musk’s opposition to regulation is driven by the fact that he is backed by authoritarian regimes and is protecting their influence ops, which erode our democratic discourse.
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When a billionaire with major government contracts & ties to authoritarian governments calls to "Abolish the EU," it is not an ordinary political opinion. It is a foreign state actor hostile to European democracy, pushing terrorist rhetoric, and destabilizing regional security.
December 7, 2025 at 3:07 AM
When a billionaire with major government contracts & ties to authoritarian governments calls to "Abolish the EU," it is not an ordinary political opinion. It is a foreign state actor hostile to European democracy, pushing terrorist rhetoric, and destabilizing regional security.
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This is the new fault line: center-left and classical liberalism vs ketamine-infused Nazi salutes and broligarchy
December 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This is the new fault line: center-left and classical liberalism vs ketamine-infused Nazi salutes and broligarchy
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So much to process from this interview so I'm just going to hyperfocus on how Mark Mitchell and Brian Roche are very, very concerned about Andrew Coster "relitigating" things
Oops did your fall guy not understand he was meant to take ALL the blame for the systemic problems you're complicit in
Oops did your fall guy not understand he was meant to take ALL the blame for the systemic problems you're complicit in
Exclusive: Coster claims Hipkins and Mitchell told about McSkimming
In an interview with Q+A, the former police commissioner spoke for the first time since the damning IPCA report on the McSkimming scandal.
www.1news.co.nz
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
So much to process from this interview so I'm just going to hyperfocus on how Mark Mitchell and Brian Roche are very, very concerned about Andrew Coster "relitigating" things
Oops did your fall guy not understand he was meant to take ALL the blame for the systemic problems you're complicit in
Oops did your fall guy not understand he was meant to take ALL the blame for the systemic problems you're complicit in
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
There are some things this man's unchecked, blind privilege can teach the left. #nzlabour #nzpol
- Find your friendly media. understand and acknowledge not all media is friendly E.g. Stuff seems Luxon friendly, The Hearld, Mike Hosking.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
- Find your friendly media. understand and acknowledge not all media is friendly E.g. Stuff seems Luxon friendly, The Hearld, Mike Hosking.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
‘Oh, hell yeah. Don’t you worry about that’ - Luxon thinks the 2026 election is in the bag
Luxon said the Government was doing ‘a serious turnaround job’, not like the ‘bit of a realignment’ carried out by the Key government in 2008.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
There are some things this man's unchecked, blind privilege can teach the left. #nzlabour #nzpol
- Find your friendly media. understand and acknowledge not all media is friendly E.g. Stuff seems Luxon friendly, The Hearld, Mike Hosking.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
- Find your friendly media. understand and acknowledge not all media is friendly E.g. Stuff seems Luxon friendly, The Hearld, Mike Hosking.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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If only there was a political party who would campaign for all of those things in 2026...
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
#nzpol
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
#nzpol
November 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
If only there was a political party who would campaign for all of those things in 2026...
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
#nzpol
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
#nzpol
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National-led government will force councils to sell assets to pay for water infrastructure etc. #NzPol
Luxon indicates council rate capping law imminent
The Government would be introducing rates caps to help people with the rise in the cost of living, Luxon said.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
National-led government will force councils to sell assets to pay for water infrastructure etc. #NzPol
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Enjoying the weekend? Thank a union — and Frances Perkins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8y3Y6w-b4w
Why Do We Work 40 Hours?| Robert Reich
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Enjoying the weekend? Thank a union — and Frances Perkins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8y3Y6w-b4w
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More Chinese #electrotech "propaganda" - the diesel freight truck is dying a quick death in China, and what's replacing it is simpler, more reliable, costs less in terms of CAPEX and OPEX, and doesn't emit local air pollutant nor GHGs. cleantechnica.com/2025/11/26/c...
China’s BEV Trucks and the End of Diesel’s Dominance - CleanTechnica
China’s electric heavy truck boom signals a freight transition as low cost BEVs outpace diesel and gas across short haul markets. Exports are rising.
cleantechnica.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
More Chinese #electrotech "propaganda" - the diesel freight truck is dying a quick death in China, and what's replacing it is simpler, more reliable, costs less in terms of CAPEX and OPEX, and doesn't emit local air pollutant nor GHGs. cleantechnica.com/2025/11/26/c...
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”In 2024, all new city buses in the Netherlands, Finland, and Iceland will be battery-electric, demonstrating their complete adoption of electric public transportation.”
Hardly anyone even talks about this.
www.transportadvancement.com/news/netherl...
Hardly anyone even talks about this.
www.transportadvancement.com/news/netherl...
Netherlands, Finland, Iceland Lead EU\'s Electric Bus Boom
The Netherlands, Finland, and Iceland lead the EU's shift to electric buses, surpassing diesel in new sales and advancing sustainable public transport.
www.transportadvancement.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
”In 2024, all new city buses in the Netherlands, Finland, and Iceland will be battery-electric, demonstrating their complete adoption of electric public transportation.”
Hardly anyone even talks about this.
www.transportadvancement.com/news/netherl...
Hardly anyone even talks about this.
www.transportadvancement.com/news/netherl...
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Before you set out on a journey of policy design, be sure to ask yourself one key thing:
That matters bc a very important question to consider when designing policy is, "how will an asshole behave in this policy environment?"
November 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Before you set out on a journey of policy design, be sure to ask yourself one key thing: