Gordon Campbell on our posturing at the UN
New Zealand is currently chairing the 15 person Security Council for the last time during our two year term on the Council.
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Gordon Campbell on the damage de-regulation is doing to fisheries and education, plus Kate Tempest
Our faith in the benign workings of the market – and of the light-handed regulation that goes with it – has had a body count.
Gordon Campbell on welfare blackmail, and the therapeutic use of drugs in sport
Reportedly, beneficiary parents who refuse to disclose the intimate details of their child’s conception stand to have their benefits substantially docked.
Gordon Campbell on the government’s selective lethargy
It will take months before Cabinet gets a proposal on whether to re-classify 17 year old youthful offenders as juveniles, rather than as adults.
Gordon Campbell on The Rise of the Sewbots
Automation is starting to wipe out millions of the jobs in the footwear and garment sweatshops of Asia
Gordon Campbell on housing illusions, and libertarians for Trump
The truly irritating aspect of the government’s response to the Auckland housing crisis is its insistence merely cranking up the housing supply will bring prices down
Gordon Campbell on government complacency, and Mother Teresa
By now, we shouldn’t be surprised by the Beehive’s disinterest in the country’s social problems.
Gordon Campbell on Apple’s unpaid tax issues
Reportedly, Apple owes Ireland $US14 billion in unpaid taxes, plus interest.
Gordon Campbell on the challenges of Keytruda funding
The availability of the new generation of anti-cancer drugs in NZ has been driven by political decisions, as much as by medical ones.
Gordon Campbell on the Judith Collins charm offensive
Suddenly, Judith Collins is everyone’s new best friend.
Gordon Campbell on the end game in Spain
A few interesting international stories that have largely flown beneath the radar this past week
Living with Rio’s Olympic Ruins
Even as they were being built, Rio’s Olympic projects were already starting to collapse…
Gordon Campbell on the funding changes in special needs education, and Uber
The plan to strip out support for older “special needs” children to meet the existing shortfall in funding for special needs in ECE defies belief…
Gordon Campbell on the waning fever for the Olympics
NZ spent more money to send our biggest team… you could say our haul in Rio cost more per medal and fewer were earned per athlete than ever before
Gordon Campbell on Chinese steel dumping, and the 60s revival
It will take six months for us to even find out if anyone has yet laid an anti-dumping complaint about China’s steel dumping
Brando, Peckinpah and Billy The Kid
An obsessive tale of two Westerns
Gordon Campbell on Havelock North’s water issues, and extreme vetting
Having belatedly advised Havelock North about the pollution of their water supply, local authorities seem to prematurely see light at the end of the tunnel
Gordon Campbell on the new legislation for the spy agencies
No surprise to hear that Labour has few problems with the government’s proposed extension of the powers of the intelligence agencies
Gordon Campbell on the politicising of the war on drugs in sport
“War on drugs in sport” has become a proxy version of the Cold War, fixated on Russia.
Gordon Campbell on electricity pricing and Aleppo
The proposed new pricing regime will impose energy costs on the Kawerau mill that will be at least double their entire annual profits last year.
Gordon Campbell on the Impotence of the Reserve Bank
Back in the 1990s, central bankers were like kings.
Gordon Campbell on our China Cringe
Surprise. So we have a new round of revelations about the Key government’s handling of the threats to our exports by China – if we […]
Gordon Campbell on the Rio Olympics
An Olympic medal is starting to feel less like a reward for ruthless competitive excellence, and more like a school competitions where everyone goes home with a prize.
Gordon Campbell on rugby’s sense of entitlement
That least some of the Chiefs thought they had a licence for inappropriate sexual touching says a lot about entitlement and rugby in New Zealand.
From the Hood : The Second Time as Farce
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a red nose jammed onto a human face – forever.
Gordon Campbell on the Bain compensation case
The only good news about the Bain compensation fiasco is that it is finally over.
Gordon Campbell on NZ homecare workers and US voting rights
Hopefully, the unions will not lie down and meekly accept yesterday’s Court of Appeal ruling on the employment status of support worker Janet Lowe.
Gordon Campbell on why the opinion polls for Key and Trump defy gravity
The commentariat tends to treat politics as boxing – the public, however, seem to experience politics as the static pageant of a wrestling match
Gordon Campbell on Todd McClay’s faulty memory
McClay’s obvious difficulty in getting his story straight is part of a wider credibility problem with this government.
Gordon Campbell on the IOC’s treatment of Russian sport, and lone wolf terrorism
An IOC blanket ban on Russian athletes would have been marked contrast to its treatment of the track and field team from Kenya