Gordon Campbell on the Vance phone scandal
Pity the poor Prime Minister. The phone records of Fairfax reporter Andrea Vance? Don’t look at him. Once again, John Key has been let down […]
Pity the poor Prime Minister. The phone records of Fairfax reporter Andrea Vance? Don’t look at him. Once again, John Key has been let down […]
So, in a US kangaroo court, the sole presiding judge has found Bradley Manning guilty of espionage, theft and fraud under the US Espionage Act […]
If the thousands of people who marched on the weekend against the GCSB Bill wanted further justification for their concerns, the Defence Force has just […]
Everyone likes the new-ish Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right? Why, his so called “Abe-nomics” promises to deliver Japan from two decades of economic malaise, […]
Tomorrow, the parliamentary committee that heard submissions on the GCSB Bill will report back. Few will be expecting significant changes to this egregious betrayal of […]
In a week that will see nationwide protests against the GCSB, the politics of the passage of the agency’s governing legislation remain as polarized as […]
Remember the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal, and those scary stories last year about how it would give foreign multinationals the right to sue the […]
At what point did the SIS lose the technological ability to fulfil its statutory duty, which is to detect and to counter threats to our […]
Gambling, for all the social evils that it can bring in its wake, is a legal activity enjoyed by many. And during night’s debate in […]
Hope you’ve got it straight now. Treasury said $100 million from the Mighty River Power sales proceeds had been earmarked to prop up Solid Energy’s […]
Clearly we – and that includes Kim Dotcom – have been giving Prime Minister John Key too much credit. Everyone assumed that a smart guy […]
While Kim Dotcom’s appearance was the highlight of yesterday’s hearings by the Intelligence and Security Committee, his commentary on the GCSB Bill was in sync […]
Ironic that in the same week that Kim Dotcom will appear before a Parliamentary committee to defend the right of New Zealanders to live free […]
Since the Arab Spring began, the rebellion in Syria has been the only one to evolve into full scale civil war, and still is the […]
In a week dominated by surveillance and privacy issues, the Economist has done its level best to rationalize why Barack Obama has chosen to expand […]
Interviews with Kim Dotcom, his lawyer Ira Rothken and Eric Goldman
An unprecedented proposal to mine underneath residential homes in Waihi raises the question: Is there anywhere it’s not OK to mine?
What caused the uprising in Turkey, and what are its chances of survival?
The continuing adventures of Jesse and Celine…
More women are earning more than their spouses, and doing more housework/childcare at the same time
Who really did in Peter Dunne?
Contemporary Zombie Narrative Meets Horror
Two Weeks In Battleground Britain
The clown prince of hip hop comes to town
The May 2013 Edition of Werewolf
Whatever wiggle room exists under Standing Orders, yesterday’s ruling by Speaker David Carter on the Peter Dunne funding scandal will have done nothing for the […]
Poor lambs. They were led astray by shockingly poor advice from their officials. All of it was an operational failure within the Education Ministry and […]
Interesting how quickly the debate on Al Nisbet’s cartoons has shifted from the actual content – and the implications if, as claimed, Nisbet has said […]
The school closures in Christchurch really are a perfect storm – the most stressed community in New Zealand is being led by the most accident […]
On the weekend at one of those gatherings of the National party faithful that seem to occur every other week – as a party the […]
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