Gordon Campbell on the media traffic in vicarious emotion
Over the course of the past week, the news bulletins have featured a series of nightmare events – the fire in Doha, the murdered hitchhiker […]
Over the course of the past week, the news bulletins have featured a series of nightmare events – the fire in Doha, the murdered hitchhiker […]
It may be called “National” Superannuation, but the relationship between the National Party and retirement income has rarely been a happy one, over the last […]
Every couple of years, a disturbing report is released into the standards of care for the elderly in this country. At quick count we had […]
It wasn’t as if expectations were sky high, exactly. Chances are, it was always more likely that we’d be seeing Bigfoot rampage through the Beehive […]
The decision to stand down Labour MP Shane Jones pending the Auditor-General’s inquiry into his 2008 decision – when Jones was associate Immigration Minister – […]
A week can, in fact, be a short time in politics – and the beginning of Budget week was probably as good a time as […]
A hostile law, and stretched services, are pushing women onto the Internet for abortion care
The role of the Almighty in political debate
Why is the government slowly turning down the heat on the home insulation scheme ?
Why we still care about Pluto, the little non-planet
How do we avoid losing more than we gain from free trade?
Patrick Keiller’s films about his faux intellectual, Robinson. Also : Aki Kaurismaki’s Le Havre
Getting by, with help from your friends
From Sacred Harp music to doo wop, via Africa
The April 2012 Edition of Werewolf
Evidently, Breakfast TV is now to be considered an official arm of government. It happened like this: on 10 May, the government formally announced its […]
Clearly, the government now thinks the public mood in this recessionary climate is so hostile to beneficiaries that it can afford to indulge its own […]
It would be nice to think that the basis for yesterday’s decision to raise prescription charges wasn’t just “ We haven’t lifted them for 20 […]
The global financial system seems to be once again (sort of) in crisis mode. Greece is heading for fresh elections and to (maybe) an eventual […]
Later this month, New Zealand will be subjected to its second austerity Budget in a row. Zero budgeting is being presented as the only path […]
If one can be grateful for small mercies, at least young women on benefits will not be forced into (a) having compulsory contraceptive implants fitted […]
Steven Joyce happens to hold a set of portfolios central to the country’s economic planning and future direction. Joyce is the Minister of Economic Development, […]
Gordon Campbell on Steven Joyce’s student loans debacle By Gordon Campbell Of all the ways of trying to save “up to” $60-70 million – and […]
Article – Gordon Campbell Banksie-Dotcom Link Under Fire – Parliament.co.nz A bunker mentality is becoming evident in the Act Party’s response to its current crisis […]
Article – Gordon Campbell Disclosure rules exist in local body legislation for the public’s benefit, not the benefit of politicians. Yet the explicit message from […]
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