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Something smells bad about the concessions Methanex gets from the coalition. It has been given $300m in subsidies and 'found the cash to pay a $70 million dividend to its Vancouver-based parent company this year' but pays no tax in NZ. Shane Jones involved, quelle surprise. (currently paywalled)

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Tony Blair is literally being paid by a man with one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet - Larry Ellison. The founder of Oracle is his biggest funder & these techsolutionist remarks have to be seen for what they are: tech lobbying www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Surely austerity will work THIS time #NZpol

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She simply could have chosen to not spend 12 billion on war, 3 billion on landlords and however much on tax cuts. For some one with an arts degree, her lack of imagination and creativity is execrable. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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If the operating allowance has been halved - that’s a sign of real stress on the Budget. That’s not enough money to pay for cost pressures just in the health service - nevermind anything else. This Budget will now be paid for with cuts.

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Obviously Nicola's operating budget is not going to allow operations.

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What Aotearoa needs is investment and a vision for the future, what we'll get is Austerity+ and even worse public services #nzpol

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Some news 💚 #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

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Devastating news for Tracy Watkins and Andrea Vance. They'll have to find another female politician of colour to pour their bile onto. From the outside it appeared as if Mayor Whanau was the first to actually tackle the infrastructure issues.

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Shane Jones involvement in this smells as good as gone-off mussels.

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BREAKING National Party have rolled Luxon. They've replaced him with the obvious candidate, the one with more charisma and style. (1/2)

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So not the promised $250m, not even actual cash, just a loan of $68m This is basically their only climate policy, utter feckless garbage EECA have funded the 1200 we have now with ~$28m (not loans!) Somehow we'll get 7800 chargers? #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

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Remembering when we had a more stylish and less embarrassing leader than Luxon. Bring back Brian.

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There are 195 countries in the world… But Trump has made 200 deals He is, quite literally, incredible.

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Essential reading. The risk is all ours and the profits will be all theirs www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3606...

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Lest he forgets

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Young Gollum and Bishop will be personally responsible for a number of deaths with the raising of the speed limits. As this Newsroom article points out "So it’s not about safety. It’s not even about efficiency. It’s about popular politics." They must be held accountable.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

PSA for @foxylustygrover.bsky.social

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The Peter's Law of New Zealand politics is that there are enough foolish bigots that will support whatever rubbish Winston comes up with to get him elected 2 out of 3 times.

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🤑 💰 Well we got the response we expected from the Hon. Shane Jones, Minister for Resources. We are here to take a stand against the exploitation of our beautiful whenua for private profit, something that Jones and this govt are so keen on @350nz.bsky.social #ProtectDennistonPlateau #endcoal #nz

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Just no. Sleep walking into an alliance with the Trump administration and pretending it's just about business is just selling out our foreign policy for a seat at the wrong table. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

Please Sir King Charles, do something popular and throw this fucker in the Tower of London.

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lol at Luxo saying he admired the Pope for his commitment to the vulnerable.

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Paddy Gower is so bad on Morning Report it's not true.

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Richard Wagstaff on Brooke van Velden - "I think it reveals that not only does she not know what she’s doing, she doesn’t know what she doesn’t know, and she doesn’t want to find out" Arrogant or incompetent? (currently paywalled)

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"She highlighted a conviction would hinder the defendant’s aspirations to work for the police or in education." EDUCATION. Man is waving red flags in court and the NZ justice system says all good bro.

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Just pointing out for #nzpol that the Check/balance for our 4 year term , more opposition on select committees, is already under attack before we have 4 year terms The Regulatory Standards Bill would mean these committees are mostly window dressing

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When Martha met the Proud Boys, part 2

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The public "We hate AI" The companies: "OK, we'll give you more"

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Whenever an O'Sullivan opinion piece trends it reminds me that I struggle to take seriously someone who apparently named their child God Gabriel Galaxy Gramophone.

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In today’s Weekend Herald #nzpol

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