Gordon Campbell On The Coup Against Local Government
It’s democracy Jim, but not as we know it. In line with the plans that the government unveiled this week to reform local government, the […]
Gordon Campbell On The Ferries Fiasco, Soft Power And Gaza
ByGood to hear someone calling “bullshit” on Winston Peters, and on his claims to have saved the taxpayer $2.3 billion on the Cook Strait ferries. [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Why We Should De-Criminalise Personal Drug Use
ByFor gangs, the Misuse of Drugs Act (1975) has been one of the best recruiting tools they’ve ever had. Criminalisation of a raft of illicit [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Toxic Police Culture That Enabled Jevon McSkimming
ByIn the wake of the IPCA report, it is easy to understand why the politicians have been so willing to endorse terms like “cover up” [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Asset Sales, And Targeting The Homeless
BySo asset sales are back on the agenda, and will be dependent only on the coalition government getting re-elected next year. Yikes. Right wing governments [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Mamdani, And How The Luxon Government Is Expanding The Powers Of The State
ByFirst, some good news. Zohran Mamdani has won the mayoral race in New York and as the prophet Leonard Cohen once said, taking Manhattan is [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On How Rich People Feel Affronted By A Capital Gains Tax
ByBut first…the “shock and awe” tactics being deployed by the government against the teaching profession are extensive. They include ramming through rushed and comprehensive curriculum [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Our Looming Spending Spree On Japanese Frigates
ByLike the Americans, maybe we should be re-naming our Ministry of Defence as the Ministry of War. The new frigates New Zealand is about to [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Labour’s CGT, The Government’s Mean Spirit, And Timor-Leste’s Future
ByFinally, Labour has released its capital gains tax policy. Labour’s CGT would levy a 28% tax on sales of commercial properties and investment housing, and [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Coalition’s Peddling Of Bad News As Good News
ByAt what point does a Cabinet minister distorting the statistics on issues in their portfolio amount to a sackable offence? Earlier this week, Children’s Minister [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Māori Customary Rights, And Why Trump Thinks We Don’t Need AUKUS
ByIf something isn’t really broken, no wonder people feel suspicious when government promises to “fix” it to the potential benefit of corporate interests. In 2011, [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Why The Nation Seems To Be Stuck With Christopher Luxon
ByWhen you wheel out Judith Collins as your weapon of last resort, you’ve already lost the battle for public opinion, and are pitching your messages [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Government’s Dodgy Claims About Reading Achievement
ByThe spectacular improvements in reading achievement announced by Education Minister Erica Stanford on Monday were almost too good to be true – so it isn’t [...] Read More »