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Gordon Campbell: White Paper puts us back in ANZUS
Wednesday, 3 November 2010, 10:45 am | Gordon Campbell
The purpose of a Defence White Paper is to inform the public about how the government plans to arm and use the armed forces to enhance our security and strategic interests – while at the same time, telling our allies and neighbours (friendly or otherwise) ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the US midterms
Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 11:15 am | Gordon Campbell
On the eve of the inevitable catastrophe for the Democrats in the US midterm elections, Barack Obama is getting all sorts of advice about how to rebuild his party during the two years left to his first (and only?) term. More >>
Gordon Campbell on The Hobbit finale
Thursday, 28 October 2010, 9:57 am | Gordon Campbell
Great. The Hobbit stays here. Everyone’s happy about that – you, me, John Key, Robyn Malcolm…we’re all so very happy, at least until we look at what the government has given away. Sir Peter Jackson is happy because he is spared from living in Ireland ... More >>
Gordon Campbell: Latest stage of The Hobbit drama
Friday, 22 October 2010, 9:55 am | Gordon Campbell
So, according to Sir Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens all that Warners are asking for in an uncertain world is certainty. A surety that no sudden outburst of labour unrest will plague The Hobbit in the coming eighteen months. More >>
Gordon Campbell on The Hobbit countdown to D-Day
Wednesday, 20 October 2010, 9:26 am | Gordon Campbell
At his post Cabinet press conference last week, Prime Minister John Key was asked (by me) whether the government- convened talks to keep The Hobbit in this country had included the possibility of raising the level of film production subsidies available ... More >>
Gordon Campbell: Bogus victory on price increases
Tuesday, 19 October 2010, 11:27 am | Gordon Campbell
Out in the real world, it is hard to see why anyone would want to take credit for the current state of the economy. Economic growth is barely registering a pulse, and unemployment is forecast to stay above 5% for the foreseeable. Government policy ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on aged care, local v central Govt
Friday, 15 October 2010, 10:48 am | Gordon Campbell
The Greens/Labour Party investigation of conditions in the aged care sector in New Zealand paints a hair-raising picture of this country’s quality of care for the elderly. More >>
Gordon Campbell: Key's backbone problem with China
Tuesday, 12 October 2010, 10:35 am | Gordon Campbell
On the evidence of the past week, New Zealand has a Prime Minister who seems chronically unable to stand up for himself – or this country - on points of principle. First we had John Key’s non-reaction (during his Breakfast TV interview) to Paul Henry’s ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Paul Henry saga
Friday, 8 October 2010, 12:50 pm | Gordon Campbell
So far, the penalties levied on Paul Henry’s have gone no further than a two week suspension for his on air querying of whether Kiwis of Indian descent look like New Zealanders, talk like New Zealanders or really are New Zealanders. Yet until the ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the end game for The Hobbit
Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 10:34 am | Gordon Campbell
The two main issues that will decide Warners’ decision about where to shoot The Hobbit are both inching towards a resolution. Neither involve the actors’ union dispute which has always been a sideshow – mainly because the cost of reaching ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the trade unions vs The Hobbit
Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 11:43 am | Gordon Campbell
If the production of The Hobbit does finally move to eastern Europe, it would not be because of the actors’ wage bill or any fresh royalties deal on residuals – it would be because the producers stood to get a sufficiently better financial deal ... More >>
Gordon Campbell: The Games, & exporting democracy
Friday, 24 September 2010, 9:37 am | Gordon Campbell
Reportedly, Scotland and Wales are sending their teams to the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, while Canada and New Zealand are still delaying team departures, until sufficient progress is evident. Unwittingly, the Games are serving as a pretty good ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on taking prisoners' right to vote
Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 9:35 am | Gordon Campbell
For the last few months a silly and spiteful private members Bill sponsored by National MP Paul Quinn has been working its way through the system. In essence, this legislation will deny the right to vote to anyone who is in jail. The Attorney-General Chris ... More >>
Gordon Campbell: the Christchurch Earthquake law
Wednesday, 15 September 2010, 11:19 am | Gordon Campbell
Come back Frank Bainimarama, all is forgiven. As of last night, New Zealand has surrendered the moral high ground from which to could denounce the dictator of Fiji, who – as such rulers tend to do – also sees his powers as being necessary for the greater ... More >>
Gordon Campbell: Key’s false Afghanistan rationale
Monday, 13 September 2010, 9:59 am | Gordon Campbell
G Campbell: a solution to US hostility to Islam
Friday, 10 September 2010, 9:59 am | Gordon Campbell
Bigotry has been having a bumper week, worldwide. Thankfully, the plans by the pastor of a tiny evangelical church in Florida to burn the Koran have been called off. Yet those plans were only the latest ripple from a similarly irrational outburst of hostility ... More >>
Gordon Campbell: the ‘quake aftermath & Sean Plunket
Wednesday, 8 September 2010, 10:43 am | Gordon Campbell
The news that Police have reported a 53% leap in domestic violence incidents in the wake of the Christchurch earthquake stands in stark contrast to the media narratives of community resilience and stoicism that have dominated media coverage to date. ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Dunne’s review of child support
Thursday, 2 September 2010, 10:03 am | Gordon Campbell
In his comments this morning about his planned review of the child support legislation, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne is showing every sign of just tinkering with the scheme - rather than engaging with the regular complaints about the rigid legal formula ... More >>
Gordon Campbell: South Canterbury Finance bailout
Wednesday, 1 September 2010, 9:49 am | Gordon Campbell
Like the war in Iraq, there doesn’t seem to have been an exit strategy for the Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme – and the extension of the scheme until the end of 2011 has been the government’s way of mutely recognizing the ongoing fragility ... More >>
Gordon Campbell: Mainstream media, War in Yemen
Friday, 27 August 2010, 9:39 am | Gordon Campbell
Safe to say the mainstream media and the blogosphere do not hold particularly positive views of each other. Its like a family affair. In general, the MM treat the blogworld as some wild kid who is all fun and no responsibility, while bloggers treat the MM ... More >>
