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Charter schools = quack schools
Who wants to run a charter school? Quacks and loons, according to the PPTA: A list of organisations that have expressed interest in running charter schools has been outed, revealing a high proportion of religious groups, including a Manawatu... More about Charter schools = quack schools
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National acts on child poverty?
Stuff reports that child poverty will be a surprise focus in Thursday's Budget, with possible moves on food in schools and on family tax credits (they also seem to be extending income-related rents to the social housing sector, having spent... More about National acts on child poverty?
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Short
The Keep Our Assets petition to force a referendum on privatisation has fallen short by 16,500 signatures. Over 25% of signatures submitted were invalid, unable to be matched to people on the electoral roll. This is a normal part of the process; ... More about Short
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Climate change: 400 parts per million
Atmospheric CO2 concentrations are expected to hit 400 parts per million in the next few days. 400 ppm is the level at which we would have had a good chance of avoiding the two degrees of global temperature rise considered by the international... More about Climate change: 400 parts per million
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$100 million
That's how much analysts think the Labour-Green electricity market policy will reduce Mighty River's profits by: The Labour-Greens proposal to restructure the electricity market would put a $100 million dent in Mighty River Power's ... More about $100 million
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Public protection orders and human rights
Last year, in a moral panic about the release of Stewart Wilson, the government introduced the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Bill. The bill would allow people like Wilson to be detained indefinitely upon completion of their sentences, to... More about Public protection orders and human rights
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Labour's latest epic fail
A sign of how far Labour has sunk under David Shearer: issuing a press release "paying its respects to the family, friends and colleagues" of Margaret Thatcher and remembering her "service to the people of Britain". This remember was a woman who... More about Labour's latest epic fail
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Buy some Mighty River Power shares if you so dare
As thousands of New Zealanders flock to get their hands on some Mighty River Power shares, jovial John and the National caucus will be beaming. Many people who oppose state asset sales are the first in line to buy some shares. Anyone who did not... More about Buy some Mighty River Power shares if you so dare
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Who'd have thunk it?
Last week the Christians tried to push their campaign to recriminalise prostitution by starting a moral panic about teenage prostitutes in South Auckland. Now it turns out that they were making it all up: Police say they've seen no evidence... More about Who'd have thunk it?
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The Solid Energy files
Treasury dumped a pile of documents relating to Solid Energy on Friday. While there have been a couple of revelations from them so far (notably about the government's dishonesty in presenting it for sale while knowing it was in trouble),... More about The Solid Energy files
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