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Parliamentary Privilege vs Suppression Orders
A little over a week ago, a suppressed New Zealand court issued a blanket suppression order suppressing the identity of a "prominent New Zelaander", the offences they have been charged with, and even the location of the issuing court. There may be... More about Parliamentary Privilege vs Suppression Orders
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Shuffling the deckchairs
We have a housing crisis. We have people living in tents and garages and boarding houses because they can't afford to rent a home of their own. The core driver of this crisis is lack of supply: there are not enough affordable homes to meet... More about Shuffling the deckchairs
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Eliminating Charter Schools would be a tragic failure
Eliminating Charter Schools would be a tragic and unwise. It would further reinforce the failure of New Zealand’s left in the education department. So many college classrooms are overflowing these days with students who cannot tell you... More about Eliminating Charter Schools would be a tragic failure
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Protecting the press from the police
Over in the UK, police are increasingly abusing anti-terror laws to seize journalist's phone records in order to uncover their sources (today's example: they obtained the Sun's phone records for a year in an effort to identify one... More about Protecting the press from the police
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Freedom of Speech: New Zealand's most important freedom
How far is too far with free speech? When it comes to freedom of speech how much should we tolerate? I will stand united with anyone-irrespective of their political positions- who is prepared to defend this amazing liberty. We’d be better off... More about Freedom of Speech: New Zealand's most important freedom
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The problem with Labour
And as night follows day, post-election we have another toxic round of Labour bloodletting. Obviously there needs to be accountability in the wake of an electoral thrashing, and a leadership vote is part of that. But there are good ways of... More about The problem with Labour
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Advance voting again
Another day, more incredible advance voting statistics: 287,735 of us have already voted. And with four days to go, I think we can safely assume that it will reach 650,000. Which on current enrolment figures, means almost 20% of the potential... More about Advance voting again
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A success for advance voting
Back in 2010, Parliament changed the law around advance voting. Where previously you had to make a statutory declaration that you would be unable to vote on election day, now you could just go ahead and do it. The result was predictable: in 2011,... More about A success for advance voting
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We want qualified teachers but not qualified politicians. Where's the thinking in that?
It has become an alarming problem that you can’t get a job in many job fields without having a long paper trail of qualifications to your name. I can remember arguing with some staunch Labour supporters not so long ago about the problem of... More about We want qualified teachers but not qualified politicians. Where's the thinking in that?
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Monitoring the OIA: The view from FYI
FYI, the public OIA request service, has just posted its statistics for the year. There are a number of caveats around the data: the closure date is taken as the date of last response (which in some cases is not actually related to the request),... More about Monitoring the OIA: The view from FYI
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