* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 30, April 2012 * * * * *
The April 2012 Edition of Werewolf
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Gordon Campbell on the government’s use of Breakfast TV to announce immigration policy
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 […]
Gordon Campbell on Paula Rebstock and her new welfare reform platform
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 […]
Gordon Campbell on the rise in prescription charges
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 […]
Gordon Campbell on banks passing on their own costs of reform
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 […]
Gordon Campbell on the politics of austerity
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 […]
Gordon Campbell on free contraception for the beneficiary poor
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 […]
Gordon Campbell on the government’s self-defeating plans for universities
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
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 […]
Gordon Campbell on John Banks’ unpleasant options
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 […]
Gordon Campbell on Key. Ethics and Banks
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 […]
Gordon Campbell on the John Banks vs Kim Dotcom saga
Article – Gordon Campbell Click for original version. Cartoon by Martin Doyle Is it too soon to start talking about the curse of the Act […]
On the relevance of the latest Hobbit revelations
This morning’s release by RNZ of its OIA requests on The Hobbit is not ancient history. It offers a rare glimpse into the fashion in […]
On how the government is ducking responsibility for meeting needs in Christchurch
Like events in some 19th century Russian novel, hardship in Christchurch keeps grinding on, while the powers-that-be appear quite indifferent to the suffering occurring all […]
On the dubious economic case for the Auckland convention centre
For now, Labour and the Greens are not opposing the convention centre in Auckland per se, but are asking for the tendering process to be […]
Death Rides A Quad Bike
The human costs of our “light-handed” approach to workplace health and safety
On the Tauranga Waterfront
Unpacking the casualising of how and when you work
Public Office, Private Gain?
The saga of Keith Holyoake and Kinloch
Smart Idiots
Just because you’re educated doesn’t mean you’re not an idiot
Hello Madness, My Old Friend
The films Mental Notes, A Dangerous Method and Spider tackle mental illness in very different ways
From The Hood : Man Over Board
Where abouts is the nowhere man?
Webs of Maya
Underground film-maker Maya Deren still casts a spell
What Would Katniss Do?
The Hunger Games heroine is a sign that women are adapting better to today’s economic realities….
The Complicatist : Songs About Money
The economics of rhythm and melody…..
Womad : Saved by the Sun
Will the local government reforms put Womad in jeopardy?
Personal Archaeology
The Politicisation of Remembering —Judge Dredd and Horror Stories
* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 29, March, 2012 * * * * *
The March 2012 Edition of Werewolf
On where government could be saving millions
Image: RNZAF Ever since the last White Paper in 2010, Defence has been putting its staff through the wringer in a cost reduction exercise so […]
On short term contracting in the public service, and paid parental leave
It is always dangerous to base a story on personal experience… So this is being offered mainly out of curiosity, to see whether anyone out […]
On the government’s new PPP deal in education
Supposedly, the big advantage of public/private partnerships is that they will bring the alleged efficiencies of the private sector to projects that involve public money […]