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Campbell: Young Doctors Cause Cunliffe Headache
Thursday, 24 April 2008, 4:25 pm | Gordon Campbell
So far, Health Minister David Cunliffe has talked so tough on the young doctors’ pay dispute that any subsequent concession will now look like capitulation. More >>
Gordon Campbell: The Broadband Bonanza
Wednesday, 23 April 2008, 3:40 pm | Gordon Campbell
John Key’s $1.5 billion boost for broadband is his first major policy announcement that isn’t an endorsement of existing Labour practice ( interest free student loans etc) or a dog bone and whistle ( boot camps for young offenders) to a niche support ... More >>
Gordon Campbell: Iran - The New Buddy of the US?
Wednesday, 23 April 2008, 12:20 am | Gordon Campbell
To date, media coverage of the Iraq war has barely touched on its startling new phase - namely, the convergence of interests between Iran and the US. This odd relationship was played out in last month’s onslaught by US forces and Maliki government troops ... More >>
For relatives, the rules could be relative
Tuesday, 22 April 2008, 4:40 pm | Gordon Campbell
Good point here from National Party immigration spokesperson Lockwood Smith, who says the Immigration Service flap involving chief executive Mary-Anne Thompson will do nothing to boost public confidence More >>
Gordon Campbell - Clinton’s Last Stand
Tuesday, 22 April 2008, 1:08 pm | Gordon Campbell
OK, in the Pennsylvania vote, Hillary Clinton should still get home by between 5 and 10 points – which would mean a continuation of the stalemate. Anything more gives her the big victory she needs – and anything less continues her eclipse. ... More >>
Gordon Campbell: Fight For Your Right To PRT
Friday, 18 April 2008, 4:42 pm | Gordon Campbell
Helen Clark successfully kept New Zealand out of Iraq, but her policy in Afghanistan – the other front in the Bush war on terrorism – is on track to become more hazardous until the Afghan elections, at least. Cleverly, New Zealand managed to tuck its PRT ... More >>
Beijing Ka-Ching! An Analysis of the FTA
Friday, 18 April 2008, 1:11 pm | Gordon Campbell
Politically, the NZ/China Free Trade Agreement has joined the National Party, corporate New Zealand and the media in the same cheering squad for a Government initiative. Mighty rare, and a political triumph by any definition. Yet until the business is ... More >>
G Campbell: A Fairly Thorough Analysis of the FTA
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 3:55 pm | Gordon Campbell
Politically, the NZ/China Free Trade Agreement has joined the National Party, corporate New Zealand and the media in the same cheering squad for a Government initiative. Mighty rare, and a political triumph by any definition. Yet until the business is ... More >>
Election 08: Looking for Labour’s laggards
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 2:36 pm | Gordon Campbell
Labour has won the popular vote in eight of the last twelve elections, Michael Cullen reminded the troops at last weekend’s Labour Party conference, in a little motivational aside. Good effort, can be done again etc. The first prize for the winner this year ... More >>
Gordon Campbell Interviews Tariana Turia
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 2:16 pm | Gordon Campbell
Under MMP, small parties are assumed to be niche players with clearly defined identities - but even in a small caucus of MPs, a diversity of personalities and ideological hues will co-exist. If nothing else, the mixture adds volatility to the negotiations, ... More >>
Okkervil River: Staying Stupid, Keeping Sane
Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 5:29 pm | Gordon Campbell
Around 2am after a triumphant gig in March at the San Francisco Bath House, Okkervil River’s lead singer Will Sheff was walking the block or so up Cuba St back to his hotel when he ran into a young woman, staggering, blind drunk. As Sheff tried to ... More >>
West Memphis Three (Part II): Fearing The Best
Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 3:18 pm | Gordon Campbell
Somehow, the kids are always going to the dogs - envied, legislated against and rebuked by their elders. Steps need to be taken. Otherwise, next thing you know, those weird goth kids in their black clothes could be headed around your way to drink ... More >>
Breakthrough for the West Memphis Three
Monday, 14 April 2008, 4:22 pm | Gordon Campbell
The West Memphis Three murder case is back in court today. Gordon Campbell begins a two part overview, via an exclusive interview with Arkansas journalist Mara Leveritt, the author of the definitive book on the case. More >>
Gordon Campbell: Zaoui – The Final Chapter?
Friday, 14 September 2007, 11:43 am | Gordon Campbell
In any other circumstances, the face saving rationale that has been concocted to enable the SIS to rationalise its backdown on the Ahmed Zaoui case would be infuriating, but hey, winners can afford to be generous. More >>
Gordon Campbell: The New Immigration Bill
Thursday, 9 August 2007, 10:43 am | Gordon Campbell
With the unveiling of the new Immigration Bill yesterday, we finally got to see what the Clark government has learned from the Ahmed Zaoui affair : absolutely nothing. More >>
Gordon Campbell: Zaoui - the Algerian connection
Friday, 3 August 2007, 11:19 am | Gordon Campbell
The headline ‘Top Al Qaeda Member Surrenders’ in Wednesday’s Herald certainly suggested the forces of freedom had landed a big fish this time, but well, no….not exactly. More >>
Gordon Campbell: The Special Advocates' Dilemma
Monday, 30 July 2007, 12:56 am | Gordon Campbell
Like the Weasley twins in the Harry Potter saga, the special advocates appointed to the Zaoui review are the wild card element in the proceedings. Their role verges on the absurd. They are appointed by the Crown, but only in order to oppose the Crown ... More >>
Gordon Campbell: The Aftermath In Europe
Tuesday, 24 July 2007, 12:32 am | Gordon Campbell
To the critics of Ahmed Zaoui, his convictions in Europe are a knock-down argument. The man has been convicted in Belgium and France - and that’s the end of it. More >>
Gordon Campbell: Zaoui - How It Ends
Monday, 23 July 2007, 10:41 am | Gordon Campbell
The Zaoui hearing is now in recess, for the entire week. Last week, SIS Inspector-General Paul Neazor heard from the two most important Zaoui defence witnesses. Namely, Professor George Joffe, the leading expert in North Africa studies from Cambridge University ... More >>
Zaoui – Security, Paranoia, and Immigration
Wednesday, 18 July 2007, 11:10 am | Gordon Campbell
It seems a lifetime ago, but Helen Clark came to power in 1999 armed with a fresh new vision for Defence, based on Derek Quigley’s “ Defence Beyond 2000” document. In brief, that new framework envisaged a New Zealand stance that would be less subservient ... More >>
