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December 18, 2017 by Jan Rivers

Was the China FTA a positive for New Zealand?

As the  NZ government is considering signing up to the TPPA next year it might be worth looking at the effects of trade deals already in place. Although the Australian Closer Economic Relationship (CER) agreement pre-dates the 10 year old China FTA has wrought the greatest recent change. We are advised by both major political […]

Filed Under: Democracy, Government, Housing, The Economy, The Environment Tagged With: china FTA, Dutch disease, employment, Inequality, private debt, speculative housing, steel certification, TPPA

October 13, 2017 by Jan Rivers

Who could be who in the new cabinet?

Everyone is so preoccupied with the diversions of government formation that there’s little talk of the outcome and who might be in the new roles. The lack of informed speculation about the policy accommodations of both options is bizarre and the sight of a media crew waiting in the parliamentary complex lobbies to report on […]

Filed Under: Democracy, Election 2017, Employment, Government, Health, Housing, The Economy, The Environment Tagged With: Cabinet, Coalition negotiations, Green Party, labour government, Ministers, New Zealand First

March 8, 2017 by Jan Rivers

Tony Alexander’s free reign at the BNZ

    I read in the news recently that the BNZ’s chief economist Tony Alexander has made some demeaning remarks about young people wanting to buy houses and has been stretching the boundaries of his reporting by providing investment advice in the BNZ newsletter.  I am afraid to report that his ability to insult  and […]

Filed Under: Democracy, Housing, The Economy Tagged With: BNZ, Brexit, Inequality, Tony Alexander, Trump

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So the stories about the public sector use of spies and surveillance has disappeared from @NZStuff. Bigger fish to fry. Aggressive vets, lime scooters and punches thrown in coffee bars. stuff.co.nz #SillySeason

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Another news coup (NOT) as @NZStuff takes a pre-digested OIA from the Tax Payer's Union and implies that we should be better served by having public servants negotiate foreign treaties while exhausted from jet lag. stuff.co.nz/national…

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If you haven't read it yet and didn't get it for Christmas get @BWB_NZ 's bwb.co.nz/books/gove… Government for the Public Good by @MaxRashbrooke and put it in first place in your 'to read in 2019' bookshelf.

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@ardrigh It seems locked in but the general move to including transwomen in women's sports could stifle women's involvement completely and sports women are not happy at all. If you look up Hannah Mouncy or read about Fallon Fox & others in this - every sport. wnd.com/2017/03/fema…

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In the 2020 Olympics self-id'ed trans women athletes whose testosterone has been artificially lowered for a year are eligible to compete in ALL women's events. This makes a mockery of women's sport. Many, including some thoughtful trans women, think this is not a good idea. twitter.com/FionneOr…

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@NZStuffPolitics NZ media being played by releasing this sensational 6 month old tape on the SAME DAY that we hear that legislators in the last government were, at the very least, incurious about the public sector's multiple spy contracts.

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@matroked @NewshubNZ Conduct unbecoming from @NewshubNZ and Tova O'Brien. It was after all the public servants who let down their Minister and @NZNationalParty who had the inside story to leak.

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@greenjaneNZ @golrizghahraman Having said all that I do think there is room for accommodation, compromise and debate (although too late for NZ's law). I've been meeting with & putting out feelers to people but many are terrified of the blow back.

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@greenjaneNZ @golrizghahraman Of which the undebated & anti-democratic NZ BDRRM Bill is just one example. So I have full empathy (& quite some personal familiarity & understanding) of people with dysphoria. But my political priorities are the rights of lesbians, natal women and they also extend to gay men.

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What Public Good is about

  • a Strong Public Sector, Genuine Democracy and Engagement, and Community Wealth Public Good Website
  • We think that democracy is about more than ensuring that our electoral system can add us to the voter register and count our votes accurately. Public Good Website

Most Recent Posts

  • Can our Rangatahi be hopeful again?
  • Revealing the Royal Commission on Social Policy
  • Invitation to Education and Political Literacy in New Zealand: Civics and Citizenship Summit
  • Submission to the consultation on the State Sector Act legislation.
  • Alert: Women’s rights are being endangered

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