Gordon Campbell On The Rates Cap Gambit, And Chile’s Dire Future
For many councils, the Luxon government’s plan to restrict the ability of local councils to increase rates to a range of between two and four […]
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Gordon Campbell on why Chile’s experiment in direct democracy failed
In overwhelming numbers yesterday – the “no” vote was 62% – the people of Chile voted to reject a draft Constitution that would have been […]
Jeremy Rose on the grassroots struggle to create a new Constitution in Chile
Yesterday (4th September) New Zealand’s Chilean community voted overwhelmingly to approve a draft constitution in their homeland. It has been described as the world’s first […]
Gordon Campbell on the Greens learning to love a global destroyer of native forests, and women at work
Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage has allowed a Japanese-owned forestry company called Pan Pac Forest Products to bypass the Overseas Investment Office, and buy thousands of hectares of New Zealand land, without prior vetting and (apparently) without conditions attached.
Chile Promises Free University Education To All
Can the leaders of the 2011 student revolt ensure the new Government keeps its promises?