tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108689752011-07-08T08:02:06.834+12:00So many scandals so little time...Antarctic Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11466911915416220140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2471100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10868975.post-1115792625183607342005-05-11T18:23:00.000+12:002005-05-11T18:23:45.186+12:00

Doonegate is being covered at Sir Humphrey's.

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I realise people are arriving here surprised content isn't being updated as regularly as it used to be. Recently the service quality from Blogger/Blogspot has declined to the point where the post function no longer works correctly about 75% of the time. As the Sir Humphrey's blog doesn't seem to experience this problem often, I'm guessing the extra complexity of the Labour Scandals template

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My Tamihere coverage is inexplicably at Sir Humphrey's.

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Michael Cullen has resigned:Dr Michael Cullen is out as Minister of Finance after allegations of financial mismanagement were raised on TV One's Fair Go programme last night.According to Fair Go's report, Cullen directed Treasury officials to hide higher than expected surpluses by misrepresenting Government financial accounts. Treasury budget analyst Bernard Ebbers said Cullen encouraged staff to

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Tax cuts stimulate growth in the productive sectors of the economy (ie non-Government), thus growing the total economic pie from which taxes are taken.But what does Cullen think:But Dr Cullen says Mr Key clearly missed the point made in the December economic and fiscal update.He says at that time, he indicated debt reduction was flattening and that there was little room for large new initiatives.

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I won't be removing Haloscan tonight after all. Blogger is having major technical difficulties, and I don't want to risk corrupting my template or something similarly stupid by trying to make big changes tonight. It will have to wait until Thursday evening.I can't make new posts on Sir Humphrey's because of the same Blogger problem:ErrorWe apologize for the inconvenience, but we are unable to

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Labour Scandals has received over 500 unique visitors since I stopped blogging a few days ago (>1100 page views)... maybe I should holiday more often! I will be adding new posts as soon as I've removed the annoying Haloscan system.I thought Haloscans 'trackback' ability justified the loss of proper Blogger integration, but I think I can keep using trackback through just the Haloscan website, but

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Service will return shortly. Sorry, faithful readers!

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I first read this this on Silent Running, but I don't know if Murray thought of it himself or someone told him...Q: What is the RNZAF callsign for Helen Clark's 757?A: Broomstick One.

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The 7th offender stars on her own billboard:I know this is old, but I have to cover it for the sake of completeness. The larger original photo of the billboard is at Farrar. The guy on the left is.... Jim Sutton? Not a good likeness.

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I didn't consider Labour MP Jonathan Hunts fondness for luxuries and transport at the taxpayers expense to be much of a scandal, but I have to admit the man likes suckling on the nipple of the nation:Former speaker Jonathan Hunt has agreed to use his new role as High Commissioner to London to promote Vavasour wines - and has been thanked with an $8000 barrel of pinot noir.National has accused

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How will Hawkins try and spin this? Neither his decision to direct Police resources towards speed limit enforcement, nor the ACC's programme of breath testing seem to be having a noteable impact.The number of lives lost on the roads so far this Easter Break is already the highest road toll for the holiday since the year 2000.Easter toll worst since 2000.

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Clark has really messed with Labour's historical promise to support Maori issues in Parliament, which has previously given Labour control of the Maori seats for over half a century. The forehore and seabed issue also cuts to the heart of private property rights being usurped by a Government with only a vague populistic and socialist mandate as its guidance.The foreshore and seabed debate may be

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Flickr had a hardware failure recently which might prevent photos from loading. See the Flickr blog.

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Look what some idiot called Dagny said to me after I pointed out the tone of some of the Locke Foundations comments might get them in trouble (I didnt say anything about Peron or comment on their alleged facts):You look like his messenger boy Antarctic spreading those threats around, not a good look darlin', people might think the Libertarian message includes justifications for men getting it off

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If they can get away with fiddling surplus figures, hospital waiting lists, and unemployment rates then I guess their own membership numbers is a somewhat lesser crime. But what if the membership numbers will be used to calculate how much taxpayer money Labour receives for political broadcasting this year?Sagey has the details: Helengrad lying about its membership.

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GoNZo Freakpower remembers his dad's legal successes pre- no fault accident compensation (ACC):Skip forward to today, and you wonder how much has changed. For starters, everyone pays. Every business and employee pays ACC levies. Every car user pays with petrol and licence ACC levies. These levies go up and down not based solely on claims, but largely due to fluctuations in ACC's investments.Read

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From the Sunday Star-Times of 14th Dec 2003 - "The importance of being earnest"Who did John Campbell vote for at the last election?"I was bewildered last election, I didn't have a clue who to vote for. I obviously wasn't going to vote Labour after being called a little creep by the leader of the Labour party. I voted for the Alliance. They're good people."Campbell's favoured political writers:"I

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I've never covered the Dalziel case properly. Peter Metcalph has an update.

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Updates will be rare over the next couple of days.Instead, check out a new blog called Sir Humphreys.

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LS now uses Haloscan for comments and trackback. Hopefully everything will run smoothly. Older comments provided by Blogspot can be reached by clicking on the permanent link ('Posted at XXXX').I still have to add the Haloscan comments to the permanent link page. Will do this as soon as possible.Testing trackback (links back to this post - hopefully by autodiscovery).

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Richard Prebble comments on manipulation by the Electoral Commission, and the likely influence of kiwi bloggers this coming election:This week the Electoral Commission will be determining how time and money for broadcasting will be allocated. Only the Labour and National parties are represented on the Commission. The Commission has always allocated Labour and National equal time and money. The

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Gay NZ's next article is out: The Peron Allegations Part Two.The Locke Foundation's report on Peron [pdf]: Peron_Report.pdf [missing at 6pm Sun 27th March]. They also have three scanned images linking Peron to 'Unbound'.A Locke Foundation staff member's blog post: Peron the Unprincipled Liar and Paedophilia Promoter.UPDATE: *** some text deleted *** - AL. Will wait to see how this plays

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Commenter Jay in this Farrar thread has provided a very interesting link to a discussion on email defamation. I encourage everyone to read it and pass the link along (via email of course!).Email - an increasing risk of defamation.

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I used to live in Clark's electorate, a year after Christine 'ineffective' Fletcher was voted out. At the time it had the best community facilities the Auckland City Council could provide, but I couldn't think of a good reason why. For example other Auckland suburbs in great need of tender road and path care were ignored, while Mt Albert/Morningside had a brand new community centre, kids

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You can be sure once every two or three days another 111 problem will turn up.In the first case, the 111 call-centre was 'unable' to contact the police communications centre when an ambulance was attacked by drunken youths: No help for besieged ambulance.In the 2nd case, the 111 call-centre did not pass on critical information from the caller to the ambulance crew. The caller wanted the

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A little-known group called the Locke Foundation says its got something new on Peron, and also attacks GayNZ's recent article on who supplied Winston Peters with the Peron allegations:Yesterday the incompetent band of sockpuppets a.k.a. GayNZ.com let it leak, by breaching "in confidence" conventions of journalism, that the Locke Foundation have been researching on the Jim Peron Immigration

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Brash's plan to cut the marijuana subsidy (officially known as 'Pathways to Arts and Cultural Employment') brings a certain language fetish of the Labour Government to my attention: pathways.Heres some of the biggies:The Deathray: my (possibly incorrect) interpretation of Clarks intentions towards the Pacific Forum, revealed as 'intense pathways'.Hui Taumata: a three-day hui to expand Maori

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Following up on the socialist paradise of Cuba, I found this April 2004 report on Castro's brush with capitalism in the 1990's and early 2000's:To cover a dramatic shortage of services, the government licensed many Cubans over the last decade to have small businesses, from plumbers to taxi drivers.Unfortunately it didn't last long:For a year [since mid 2003], Cuban regulators have been chasing

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I was going to write something serious about the Pacific Forum meeting, but then I read Pacific plan leaders meet:Prime Minister Helen Clark, who is one of the four leaders involved, says an 'intense pathway of activity' has been developed and the plan is a long-term one. An intense pathway of activity? What the hell? Does she mean a deathray? A whip? An arrow? A band saw?Hmmm... Sigh. Its my

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This is hilarious. Air America is the Democrats attempt at kickstarting a liberal radio talk-show network in the USA (just imagine Nicky Hager and the Greens trying to do a Radio Pacific). It is backed by Al Gore, amongst other prominent Democrats. HBO was filming behind the scenes of Air America for a movie called Left of the Dial, and Drudge has the details:It shows how AIR AMERICA executives

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Following on from the foreign raping pillaging profiteering capitalists, and the socialist boss-worker dichotomy, this capitalist is expressing typical disregard for his workers welfare:Steve Musson is taking over 40 of his flooring and carpet laying staff to the Gold Coast for Easter. In the midst of a construction boom, the company noticed attracting and keeping staff was

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According to Newstalk ZB, the current account deficit of over $9 billion is largely caused by foreign capitalists extracting large dividends from New Zealand companies:The deficit for the year to the end of December was nearly $9.4 billion.Part of the problem is the ongoing economic boom, meaning foreign investors who hold shares in New Zealand companies are taking some pretty hefty dividends out

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NZ First thinks taxpayers should fund political parties for broadcasting based on the popularity polls of preferred leaders:He says it is neither fair nor just to start from the position that National and Labour will get the bulk of broadcasting funding and time, with the scraps divided amongst an expanding number of other parties.Mr Davis says such a position not only perpetuates the bias in the

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A sad update on the Chinese sailor (fisherman?) who jumped off a Korean trawler - Conflicting reports over Chinese fisherman:Soon after a motorist claims to have spotted the man crossing the urban motorway.However, yesterday a rail commuter reported a sighting of a body in the harbourSenior Constable Dave Martin says they are investigating both leads.He says the national dive team has not been

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In Cambridge, Waikato, the growth is especially rapid:Four months after legislation was introduced to ban smoking in bars, Kelly Browne's Bar on Empire St remains a smokers' haven. Owner Dean Risi reports turnover is up 200 per cent. And what happens to pubs which comply with the spirit of the law:By contrast, around the corner on Duke St, Masonic Hotel publican Janet McLennan said her turnover

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Policewoman Sharee Winsloe was charged with drunk driving and if convicted will be dismissed. Her story:In his closing submissions, Mr Phillips said Winsloe gave evidence all she felt was a "small bump" when the car she was driving went up on to a roundabout centre plot and hit a concrete pole with sufficient force to knock it to the ground. Yeah right.Policewomans evidence unbelievable - Crown.

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The smacking case is no longer as exciting.... I received an update email from Kerry O'Connor, who might tone down her public comments from now on:I retract my statement that I think she did it. ***REST OF EMAIL DELETED*** - AL.Thanks,KerrySo there you go.From the LS archives: Smacking case takes a rather sharp turn.

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An Iraqi carpenter named Dhia:"We attacked them before they attacked us," Dhia, 35, his face still contorted with rage and excitement, said in a brief exchange at his shop a few hours after the battle. He did not give his last name. "We killed three of those who call themselves the mujahedeen. I am waiting for the rest of them to come and we will show them."I guess now that the NY Times has

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I'm doing some research to find out how big a role John Minto played in the '81 Springbok tour protests. The Wairarapa Times-Age has a fascinating special on their local experience, and look who makes an appearance:On May 20 Wairarapa Maori executive chairman, George Hawkins, said the executive was “totally against the tour”, and hoped a general boycott by Maori union members would not be

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*** ENTIRE POST DELETED*** - AL.Kerry will be more careful with her online comments in the future.

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A few bloggers have already posted on a possible early election:Picking the election date - 23 July 2005 - SageyEarly election - NZ Political CommentsNow Labour Party President Mike Williams is publicly commenting on Labours early list compilation:The Labour Party president says the party has completed its list, in case the Government goes to the people early.Mike Williams says they have to be

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United Future is including DoC reform in its policy lineup this election cycle - Free DoC from Green extremists - United Future:United Future is joining National in advocating reform of DOC to reclaim it from what the party describes as green extremists.A complete overhaul of the Conservation Department is part of the outdoors policy being launched by leader Peter Dunne.He wants it split into two

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Does Labour have no shame at all?In a break from the traditionally accepted notion that the country's two biggest parties receive the same amount of money to spend on television and radio advertising, Labour believes it is so far ahead of National that it is in a class of its own.And what taxpayer funds did the parties get before the last election:Last election, Labour and National each received

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Scoop, the home of all good nutcase lefties, plays host to a Soviet-style reinterpretation of the 20th March protest, written by Selwyn Manning:The protest action snaked its way through inner Auckland streets, flanked by a large Police contingent determined to guard Mobil Oil, Television New Zealand, and the “Consulates of the Coalition Of Killers’ – namely the United States, United Kingdom and

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John Minto, professional activist since at least the Springbok Tour in '81, has sent a 2nd letter to the Police Complaints Authority complaining about Police behaviour during the Monday court appearance of a protester:In a letter to the authority, GPJA committee member John Minto said the court foyer was a public place and those arrested had been acting in a "perfectly reasonable manner"."The

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Rodney Hide spotted this Tui billboard near Basin Reserve in Wellington:He has a much bigger version on his blog.

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A Taranaki Daily News report tried to portray a fairly standard child-abuse case as some sort of battle between a father and an over-zealous jury, and positioned the story as a useful addition to the debate on Section 59 of the Crimes Act:A New Plymouth jury took four hours to decide a father was guilty of assaulting his child, rejecting controversial laws which allow parents to use reasonable

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On Labours reasons for backing down:It is understood the Government was unwilling to engage in a battle with the media in election year over the proposal, which news organisations said would have eroded press freedom and threatened networks' editorial control. And which parties originally supported the ban on independent cameramen:The suggestion to exclude cameras was made in 2003 in a standing

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Protester Simon Oosterman describes his treatment in the police car on the 19th March:He said he had been "passively resisting" his arrest when he was assaulted in the patrol car.A police officer slammed the driver's seat back into his knees, and claimed the protesters "were just like the Springbok tour people"."He was just mocking me. It was completely inappropriate."John Minto was part of the

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A Chinese sailor jumps ship in Wellington Harbour and swims to shore. The Maritime Union response? Demand foreign ships pay their sailors NZ rates while in NZ waters. Obvious!The latest case of a foreign fisherman who has leapt overboard while in port in New Zealand has sparked calls to have overseas vessels in New Zealand waters required to pay their workers the same as kiwi workers.A Chinese

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This is unsurprising in my (admittedly limited) experience of trade union staff. Heres what CTU secretary Carol Beaumont desires in a minimum wage:The CTU said the minimum wage should initially go up to $11.05 an hour to take it to just over 50 per cent of the average wage."The level it was in 1987," Ms Beaumont said."The Government should then set an objective to phase in a minimum wage

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Its a basic tenet of life that the most boring, unpleasant, and unskilled jobs are the least paid. Is it really wise to pay people more for doing the crappiest jobs? Why would you want to raise the value of crap jobs relative to more important and higher-skilled jobs?From the Greens:Green MP Sue Bradford says while the rise is welcome, it is not enough for hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders

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Prof Steven Schneider, a climate modeller from Stanford University, has dropped into NZ to educate (scare) the locals on 4WD's:But Schneider says New Zealanders' reliance on gas guzzlers in suburbia is contributing to changes in the weather."It is increasing crowdedness, it is endangering the smaller cars where people are socially responsible and at the same time it is increasing greater

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Speaker Margaret Wilson and Labour have backed down on plans to kick independent videographers out of Parliament. Transparent governance 1, state censorship 0.But will the present restrictions on what may and may not be filmed be dropped? I hope the CPU and TV3 keep pushing for freedom to film whatever they like. We'd all like to see which MP's jerk around when they should be representing their

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The Labour Party offered Hawkins 25th place on their list and he turned it down! Does that mean we are all saved from his incompetence in the unfortunate result of a Labour win this coming election? Unfortunately not. Hes still the electorate MP for Manurewa, with a majority at the last election of 12,000 (!). So this really is nothing more than a PR exercise by Labour.Hawkins gets the

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Today I got emailed a link to the Gay NZ article outlining some of the people involved in directing the allegations to Winston Peters. Heres an interesting email on Peron (referred to as 'cockroach') written by Lindsay Perigo: >Date sent: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 23:44:10 +1200>Subject: Re: Something you should know>From: Linz >To: >>I understand the cockroach is

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In a remarkably 1984-like twisting of the English language, the protesters are now claiming the Police were 'looking for trouble':But a peace group committee member, John Minto, yesterday attacked the police actions, calling their behaviour "provocative, heavy-handed and violent".He has written to Police Commissioner Rob Robinson protesting at specific actions, including: The provocative

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Now this is the sort of policy imagination and guts we expect from NZ's largest opposition party:National has looked to the success of Britain's parenting orders for its youth justice policy, to be launched today by leader Don Brash.Under the British system, introduced in 1998, parents of young criminals must attend counselling sessions and are encouraged to control their children.That could

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When banned from a courtroom, whats the best thing to do? Try and force your way in past the 12 waiting cops! When some of the protesters tried to go into the courtroom for the indecent exposure case against Oosterman police officers barred their way.Court manager Kevin Robinson told the group that they could not protest inside the courthouse. "You can protest outside," he told them. "But I'm not

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This is a little off-topic, but since when did jumping half-naked through a burning ring of fire pass as appropriate Police training? Or even military training?Israel to withdraw from Tulkarm.

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I didn't know I liked this man! Its an older column, but still good.On Te Wananga o Aotearoa:Mallard's reformers should rename it a kura, a perfectly good word for what it is, a school. Then they must chop that absurd $239 million a year funding for what is little more than a large-scale exercise in remedial reading for 39,000 people who are not suited to hard work in the classroom. The funding

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Bill Ralston simply can't imagine why his rival at Prime TV doesn't poor petrol over himself and jump off the Sky Tower. 'Wtf?' you say?Mr Ralston said Prime had waltzed in "talking big", but had failed dismally to register with viewers. Prime was desperate and "dumb"."If I were him (Chris Taylor), I'd be shooting myself. I'd be pouring petrol over myself and throwing myself off Auckland's

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Gee, what a surprise:Managers and staff at ACC have been flouting the corporation's own driver safety campaign by speeding on the job. In the past 12 months, 32 speeding tickets were picked up by corporation staff. The tickets are contrary to a major ACC campaign against speeding called "Down with Speed". The corporation's literature calls excess and inappropriate speed the single biggest road

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A police sergeant was filmed using a two-handed throat-hold on a 16yr old protester: What does TVNZ's website say the protester was doing just prior to this?The grip was used on the 16-year-old as he tried to hold the doors of a police car open to stop them driving away after arresting another protester. Throat hold on protester draws criticism.In reality there was a large group of lefties

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The Commonwealth Press Union is pushing Wilson for media control of video footage, and for relaxation of rules controlling what they can film. The Commonwealth Press Union - which represents television, radio, newspapers and magazines - will meet the Speaker, Margaret Wilson, on Monday over the issue."If you're showing somebody that's making a statement to the house and there's absolute mayhem

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Can you spot Camo-leftie, who first appeared here, in these photos from the recent protest: UPDATE: Camo-leftie is definitely in the 3rd photo - look for the sign.UPDATE: LGF has a good roundup of American moonbats - Moronic convergence roundup.

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Two New Zealand blogs are (re)covering the 100,000 statistics-in-Iraq repeatedly cited by lefties to denounce the invasion. The Lancet foolishly went out of its way to ignore its own editorial standards when they published the article before the 2004 US Presidential elections. Now it is predictably used as propaganda by anti-American leftists who wish to subvert the Lancet 'brand' for their own

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Scanned by Rodney Hide:This is rather flippant, as Brash is obviously nothing like authoritarian Clark. But its undeniably funny, especially Hides expression.

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New Zealanders think Australia is the home of white supremacists, but apparently the National Front is spreading from NZ to Australia:Christchurch front leader Kyle Chapman says the push in Australia, which has seen Sydney teenagers adopt the National Front mantle, is the first step in forging links with far-right groups internationally.The move has drawn the attention of Australian race

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By Garrick Tremain: Hate Speech, Free Speech.Earlier LS item: 'Hate speech' law viciously attacked.

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March 19th was attention-seeking-lefty day as they came out in droves to protest the Iraq war, oil etc, in downtown Auckland. Yes thats right, they chose to strike at the very heart of the American Empire - Queen St.I have gone out of my way to select the most reasonable and representative photo of one of these protesters, presented below for your viewing pleasure:Says it all really doesn't it?

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So lets get this straight: the Immigration Service allows a white supremicist into the country, someone actually imprisoned for organising an attack on the ANC's representative in Australia turns away a gay libertarian trying to get residency tries to bury the story of one of its own sexually harassing a refugee [AL: info to be added on this]. Anti-racism groups in Australia have hit out

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The Council of Trade Unions supports a Greens bill which make it less attractive to hire young parents (they call it 'achieving employment equity'), by forcing employers to offer part-time or flexi-time contracts to staff with 'young' children:Green MP Sue Kedgley's Employment Relations (Flexible Working Hours) Amendment Bill was drawn out of the ballot yesterday.It aims to change workplace

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The owner of Gazza's Groomers, Gary Wood, says Te Wananga o Aotearoa never delivered on its contractual obligations. Wood fails to understand that this a good thing, considering the contract was offered untendered through his former wife, and was for the entire nationwide TWoA fleet of 311 cars.He [Gary Wood] calculates that in December there were 311 vehicles at the wananga, but Gazza's Groomers

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The Associated Press has decided traditional fact-based summaries are no longer adequate as lead-ins for its stories. Instead, AP subscribers will be able to choose between two different leads, one of which will attempt to 'draw the reader in' by 'creative means'. Heres two examples kindly provided by AP, using a graphic description of a terrorist bombing in Iraq as an example (via LGF):

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Aaron Bhatnagar has created a video featuring David Benson-Pope and the music of Brahm's Lullaby and Good Night. Some example shots are shown below... The Quicktime MPEG4 video: Go to sleep.

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Brash is finally calling Labour out for using public money to bribe their constituents:He says the party has no shame in using public money to pursue its own electoral advantage. Calling on delegates to campaign for the party vote, he is accusing Labour of massive waste in public spending. He says too much money is being siphoned off into the coffers of the state, and accuses Labour of

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Labour is trying to bury the worst accusations against Te Wananga by intentionally excluding them from the Auditor-General's inquiry:ACT's Ken Shirley says issues which would embarrass the Government have been specifically excluded from an Audit Office probe into Te Wananga O Aotearoa.He is incensed the inquiry will not cover the wananga's enrolment practices, the appropriateness and levels of

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Jim Anderton is trying to best Winston Peters, who only got a small swede, by having a life-size sculpture of himself carved from unspecified vegetables:Jim Anderton is to come face-to-face with a life-sized vegetable sculpture of himself when he visits Napier next week.The industry and regional development minister will be in town for a regional development conference, which is on at the same

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A new article by the Herald on car ownership features prominent quotes from two Greens MP's, but opinions from more knowledgeable people are left for the end of the item. Why are these Green luddites always given prominence by the Herald? Typically, Rod Donald isn't proud of our high car ownership and pines for the days of high import tariffs. His opinion on us having the highest per-head

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The NZ Army is refusing to receive into service the remaining light operational vehicles known as Pinzgauers: Army refuses faulty vehicles. Will they get financial compensation for the faulty vehicles already delivered?Heres the standard promo photo of a six-wheeled Pinzgauer:

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What does the average NZ First Party member look like? Over 45, male, and depressingly staid looking: NZ First 2004 Conference.

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pr = press releasesprostitution = confidence of supply agreement with LabourNational | key issues | pr | speeches | MPs | policies* | photo galleryLabour | key issues | pr | speeches | MPs | policies | photo galleryGreens | key issues | pr | speeches | MPs | policies | newslettersNZ First | key issues | pr | speeches | MPs | policies | conference picsAct NZ | key

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The commander of the US 1st Cavalry Division, recently returned from the slums of Sadr City, Baghdad, says this about armoured vehicles in urban combat:2. The Cav lost 28 main battle tanks. He said one of the big lessons learned is that, contrary to doctrine going in, M1-A2s and Bradleys are needed, preferred and devastating in urban combat and he is going to make that point to the JCS next week

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Apparently censoring video footage from Parliament is no longer a good idea:Sources said yesterday there was concern that the issue was opening an unnecessary rift between the media and politicians that could backfire on the Government.ACT and NZ First support TV3 and TVNZ cameras in the House, and yesterday other parties backed away from a blanket ban.National leader Don Brash said it was a

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Cabinet has gone against advice and sent another two police sergeants overseas, taking the total above 50:New Zealand First MP Ron Mark says the police are struggling to meet there [sic] domestic responsibilities and are under resourced."We have police all over the world, the priority is in the South Pacific and yet for some bizarre reason the Prime Minister has over ruled all these

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The proposed law to make it illegal to discriminate against transvestites, hermaphrodites and cross-dressers has been delayed: Transvestite bill postponed.The bill's sponsor, Labour's Georgina Beyer, says it has been delayed to give her time to gather more information for other MPs. However, opposition parties say Labour has got the jitters ahead of the election and has pressured Beyer to delay

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Winston-sufferer Jim Peron wonders if there are more unsubstantiated accusations to come:I find myself becoming agoraphobic There is an anxiety, even fear, of going any place public. Will people believe what they heard? Will they even remember accurately what they heard? How will they react? Am I safe? It’s a gnawing, consistent dread.It gets worse. Even though I know I’m not guilty of the crime

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From McCully:Our very dear friend the Race Relations Commissioner, Joris de Bres, reports that last year he received 30 complaints regarding a particular employee bonus scheme at WINZ. Bonus points were calculated by awarding three points for placing a Maori in work, two for a Pacific Islander and one for any other sort of New Zealander. And they only got 30 complaints!McCully 18th March 2005.

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The proposed anti-hate speech law is being attacked from all sides:Church leaders, academics, broadcasters and conservative groups are among a growing faction condemning proposed laws that would block all New Zealanders from expressing certain opinions. An overwhelming majority of submissions slammed the proposals as a threat to freedom of expression and the democratic process. And Dianne Yates

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The NZ Army recently purchased 321 British-built 'light operational vehicles' for $93 million. It turns out they have serious transmission problems and can't be put into service immediately:Word emerged this week of certain difficulties attending the commissioning of the new vehicles. Like serious transmission problems. Sufficiently serious that vehicles which should accompany the next

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Te Wananga o Aotearoa enrollments are down only 9%:The institute's operations manager, John Mote, said enrolments were actually nine per cent down on this time last year –- just over 2000 students. Initial fears were that student numbers would drop by up to 30 per cent after the wananga became the target of a variety of allegations during the past month.Wananga role down only nine percent.

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Former Labour Minister and Chair of Parliamentarians for Global Action Dianne Yates is proposing an anti-hate speech law:Ms Yates says the committee will examine the threshold for hate speeches, when it should be applied, and when a joke becomes so bad it prevents someone from functioning properly. Lets hope this doesn't make it past the select committee stage.Hate speech inquiry begins

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St Molesworth has predicted some ways Labour will lure New Zealanders back to the country:1. Free passes to the Daryl Tuffey movie marathon.2. Free leisure passport for Rotorua tourist attractions valued at 20 NCEA geography credits.3. Government offers free LAV rental for first two weeks after arrival.Top 10 ways Labour plans to lure young New Zealanders back.

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This is the first time an MP has been escorted out of Parliament by the Sergeant-at-arms since the mid 1980's. Hide missed out on asking his PQ of the Prime Minister: 6. RODNEY HIDE to the Prime Minister: Does she have confidence in the Associate Minister of Education, Hon David Benson-Pope; if so, why?The new speaker, Margaret Wilson, is a great buddy of Clarks.UPDATE: Hide was asking if the TV

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Following his media-craving attack on Jim Peron, Winston is launching a full-on assault for ultra-conservative New Zealander grannies and grand-daddies: NZ's economic boom a myth says Peters.New Zealanders are being conned into believing they're enjoying a booming economy while their standard of living slips steadily and society falls to pieces around them, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters

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LS has undergone some major cosmetic surgery overnight. The new Blogger template may cause problems with older browsers and smaller screen resolutions (640x480), but the benefits of having three columns are enormous.In the near future I will have a proper categories system working, and I will replace the Clarkhead with a better image. My new goal is to maintain high standards of quality rather

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[This page is under revision. Please submit any information you have via the comments]"I would rather die than be an immigration consultant." - Former immigration minister Lianne Dalziel rules out one career option after being sacked from the Cabinet. New Zealand Herald, Jan 1 2005John Armstrong: The year of Orewa and the foreshore

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From Farrar:"I ask for leave for the bells to be rung for three minutes to wake up the Minister of Education, David Benson-Pope" - Rodney Hide in Parliament, 16 March 2005 UPDATE: TV3 has intentionally breached Parliamentary rules by broadcasting footage of Benson-Pope at work: Snooze picture re-ignites row.

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