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On The Obscure Bill That Erodes Our System Of Justice
Tuesday, 21 December 2021, 11:52 am | Gordon Campbell
The pandemic continues to bury any number of major news issues. Understandably, there has been a deluge of stories in recent weeks about the beginnings of the traffic light system, the end of the Auckland lockdown, and the arrival of the Omicron variant. ... More >>
On Fostering The Culture Of Covid Complaint
Thursday, 16 December 2021, 1:31 pm | Gordon Campbell
Success can be its own worst enemy. If the plane doesn’t crash or the ship doesn’t sink, that doesn’t prove the safety measures were unnecessary, or that anyone can fly a plane. It can also be taken as an indication that the safety measures are working. ... More >>
On Why We Should Oppose The Persecution Of Julian Assange
Tuesday, 14 December 2021, 9:51 am | Gordon Campbell
Julian Assange is a polarising personality. Admired by many for his work as a whistle-blower, Assange is famously loathed by other people who still hold him accountable for the sexual assault charges that the Swedish authorities finally dropped back in November ... More >>
On Defence’s Desire To Join The ”Lets Confront China” Club
Friday, 10 December 2021, 12:05 pm | Gordon Campbell
China has been put on notice by us. According to the New Zealand Defence Assessment 2021 report released on Wednesday , and set out in bold type: “ The establishment of a military base or dual-use facility in the Pacific by a state that does not share ... More >>
On The Dubious Wisdom Of Raising Interest Rates
Wednesday, 8 December 2021, 10:15 am | Gordon Campbell
During the last half of the 1990s, the first flickering signs of economic growth would cause then-Reserve Bank governor Don Brash to hike up interest rates and stamp them out. The fear back then was that if left unchecked, the embers of economic activity ... More >>
On The Elusive Charms Of Christopher Luxon
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 9:21 am | Gordon Campbell
Well, the first 36 hours of viewing the Christopher Luxon selfie were always going to be the best, before the repetitions set in. We get it, already. He’s an extroverted/big ego/high achieving/God fearing/country music lovin’/family man who is not at all ... More >>
On Why An Attack On Iran Is Back On The Agenda
Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 10:10 am | Gordon Campbell
Reportedly, Christopher Luxon has the edge on Simon Bridges in National’s leadership contest although there is no firm evidence for that hunch. So, one hesitates about joining a media echo chamber that amplifies Luxon’s chances ahead of the 3pm caucus ... More >>
On Omicron, And The Bridges/Luxon Dilemma
Monday, 29 November 2021, 10:37 am | Gordon Campbell
At this early stage, the Omicron variant seems to be more infectious, and more able to bypass the protection offered by vaccines and by the antibodies generated by previous infection. The fact that it is being spread around the globe by travellers who were ... More >>
On National’s Less Than Stellar Choices
Friday, 26 November 2021, 11:59 am | Gordon Campbell
Amid all the jostling in the National caucus ranks, spare a thought for Andrew Bayly. Who? Well might you ask. Plucked from obscurity by Judith Collin, elevated from number 18 to number 3 in the caucus rankings and given the Finance portfolio - a role in ... More >>
On National’s Less Than Stellar Choices
Friday, 26 November 2021, 11:57 am | Gordon Campbell
Amid all the jostling in the National caucus ranks, spare a thought for Andrew Bayly. Who? Well might you ask. Plucked from obscurity by Judith Collin, elevated from number 18 to number 3 in the caucus rankings and given the Finance portfolio - a role in ... More >>
On The Demotion Of Simon Bridges
Thursday, 25 November 2021, 10:02 am | Gordon Campbell
So Simon Bridges has been bounced from the front bench and stripped of his shadow portfolio responsibilities for the crudely “inappropriate” comments that he allegedly made to a female colleague, Jacqui Dean – and personally apologised for – about ... More >>
On Farmers Playing The Victim, Plus Chile’s Right Turn
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 11:06 am | Gordon Campbell
Among the farming lobby groups, the good cop/bad cop routine has been working a treat. It suits Federated Farmers to keep daylight between itself and the Groundswell movement. Month in, year out the Federation continues to engage with the government ... More >>
On The Politics Of Anger, Plus A Music Playlist
Friday, 19 November 2021, 1:19 pm | Gordon Campbell
Angry? Are you talkin’ to ME? Of late, the Code Red levels of resentment inspired by the government’s Covid policy almost make one hanker for the days when people could write best-selling books about New Zealanders being The Passionless People ... More >>
On The Politics Of Vaccine Toughlove
Tuesday, 16 November 2021, 10:24 am | Gordon Campbell
Vaccine mandates begin to kick in today for education and healthcare workers. All of them will need to have taken a first dose step towards full vaccination, largely because their work routinely brings them in contact with either patients or with ... More >>
On The Politics Of Vaccine Toughlove
Tuesday, 16 November 2021, 10:22 am | Gordon Campbell
Vaccine mandates begin to kick in today for education and healthcare workers. All of them will need to have taken a first dose step towards full vaccination, largely because their work routinely brings them in contact with either patients or with ... More >>
On Ethiopia’s Civil War
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 1:45 pm | Gordon Campbell
Stuff is still going on in the wider world, despite what happens here regarding Covid. Or in Ethiopia’s case, what happens there plus Covid. Belatedly, the wider world is coming to realise that Africa’s second most populous country is (a) facing More >>
On The Politics Of Hoping For The Best
Tuesday, 9 November 2021, 9:55 am | Gordon Campbell
As the new daily Delta case numbers surge upwards, it is getting harder for the captains of Team Five Million to make decisions that still seem rational in any public health sense. Although we are only at the outset of the re-opening process, the public ... More >>
On The Calls For “Freedom” From Covid Restrictions
Friday, 5 November 2021, 11:55 am | Gordon Campbell
Free markets, free minds, free choices, Freedom Days. In recent years, has any notion in the English language been so overused and so abused as “freedom?” Freedom used to be the rallying cry of the oppressed and the marginalised. Now it is the ... More >>
On The Calls For “freedom” From Covid Restrictions
Friday, 5 November 2021, 11:53 am | Gordon Campbell
Free markets, free minds, free choices, Freedom Days. In recent years, has any notion in the English language been so overused and so abused as “freedom?” Freedom used to be the rallying cry of the oppressed and the marginalised. Now it is the ... More >>
On Why Three Waters Is A Good Idea Worth Supporting
Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 11:29 am | Gordon Campbell
If anyone needs a fresh reminder of the value of state broadcasting, yesterday’s interview about the Three Waters reforms between RNZ’s Kathryn Ryan and Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta provided it. The interview was a stellar example of a crucial ... More >>
