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Gordon Campbell on Australia scoring trade points with China
Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 5:03 pm | Gordon Campbell
It hasn’t been a great year for Trade Minister Tim Groser. The Trans Pacific Partnership deal has been deadlocked all year, amidst increasingly desperate attempts to jawbone it towards the finishing line. More >>
Gordon Campbell on training efforts against fundamentalism
Friday, 14 November 2014, 10:04 am | Gordon Campbell
As New Zealand scopes out the training role that we’re likely to play in Iraq next year against Islamic State, we should perhaps be keeping in mind the last time our troops got involved in a training and support role against Islamic extremists. More >>
Gordon Campbell on Labour’s next leader and Putin’s problems
Wednesday, 12 November 2014, 10:35 am | Gordon Campbell
Now that the Labour leadership pageant has finally ground to a halt, the voting (and the guesswork about the likely result) can begin in earnest. At this point, no one really has a clue as to who will be announced as the winner next Tuesday, but the ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the govt’s responses to Islamic State
Monday, 10 November 2014, 1:12 pm | Gordon Campbell
Despite having had months to prepare its story about the threat allegedly posed by Islamic State, the government’s rationale for its line of response is looking increasingly shabby. More >>
Gordon Campbell on our IS counter measures and the TPP
Thursday, 6 November 2014, 10:31 am | Gordon Campbell
There are two dimensions to the security measures announced yesterday: (a) the deployment of New Zealand forces in ‘training” roles inside Iraq, and (b) the expansion of SIS powers to monitor and intercept any budding jihadis here at home. More >>
Gordon Campbell: Greens MP James Shaw & ecumenical politics
Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 10:45 am | Gordon Campbell
Every now and then Parliament gets an MP who is regarded kindly by those in the opposing ranks as being a basically good sort who, if only given the proper life chances, could well have ended up on their side of the House. More >>
Gordon Campbell on bad labour laws and poor safety practices
Thursday, 30 October 2014, 2:16 pm | Gordon Campbell
By co-incidence, one of the prime dangers of the government’s new employment relations law has been underlined by the release of the death and injury statistics among workers at New Zealand ports. More >>
Gordon Campbell on the TPP finishing line, and Amazon’s woes
Tuesday, 28 October 2014, 10:08 am | Gordon Campbell
If the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal wasn’t such a serious matter, this would be pretty funny. Here’s Trade Minister Tim Groser on RNZ this morning: The finish line for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement is in sight after ... More >>
Gordon Campbell: tokenism of NZ‘s role against Islamic State
Thursday, 23 October 2014, 10:40 am | Gordon Campbell
Was John Key born lucky or what? Political performance tends to be judged on three things – the unemployment rate, the petrol price at the pump, and the market value of your house. This year, Key was lucky enough to hit a peak in the business cycle ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Pharmac, Gough Whitlam and Sleater-Kinney
Wednesday, 22 October 2014, 10:13 am | Gordon Campbell
Ridiculous reported comments on RNZ this morning by Trade Minister Tim Groser, as he sought to dampen down concerns about yesterday’s leaked draft of the IP chapter of ther Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations. More >>
Gordon Campbell on the latest TPP leaks
Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 10:34 am | Gordon Campbell
The release by Julian Assange on Wikileaks of the draft Trands Pacific Partnership chapter on intellectual property – including drug patents - contains some pretty disturbing evidence about what’s still on the table. More >>
Gordon Campbell on New Zealand (again) in other peoples wars
Thursday, 16 October 2014, 12:27 pm | Gordon Campbell
Apparently, the Key government is still pondering how New Zealand will contribute to the fight against Islamic State. Long may it ponder, given the lack of consensus among our allies as to how to fight IS, where to fight it (Syria, Iraq, or both?) ... More >>
Gordon Campbell: child poverty and Shearer’s latest outburst
Wednesday, 15 October 2014, 12:41 pm | Gordon Campbell
The politicisation of (a) the public service and (b) the operations of the Official Information Act have been highlighted by the policy advice package on child poverty that RNZ’s resolute political editor Brent Edwards has finally prised out of the ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the government’s review of security laws
Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 12:43 pm | Gordon Campbell
So the Key government is about to launch a four week review of the ability of our existing legislation to deal with “suspected and returning foreign terrorist fighters, and other violent extremists.” According to its terms of reference, the review ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on John Key’s posturing about Islamic State
Friday, 10 October 2014, 10:08 am | Gordon Campbell
One of the main achievements of the Clark government was that it kept New Zealand out of overt involvement in the 2003 Iraq invasion. It also kept our Afghanistan role within the direct UN mandate. By doing so, Clark minimized the risk to New Zealanders ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on New Zealand’s response to Kiwi jihadis
Wednesday, 8 October 2014, 10:00 am | Gordon Campbell
When Parliament resumes on October 20, Prime Minister John Key will reportedly be making a major speech on security and intelligence issues . The speech is likely to indicate how New Zealand proposes to manage the security risk posed by Kiwi jihadis ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on John Key avoiding being held accountable
Tuesday, 7 October 2014, 9:59 am | Gordon Campbell
Will the management split on security and intelligence issues that Prime Minister John Key announced yesterday serve to enhance or to reduce his public accountability on such matters ? On RNZ’s Checkpoint last night , Key was vague about the substance ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Lyttleton executive pay, and more TPP
Friday, 3 October 2014, 10:48 am | Gordon Campbell
It isn’t often that one story can encapsulate (a) the bogus rhetoric used to justify sky-high pay packages for top executives, (b) the unequal way that workers are rewarded for their efforts, and (c) the threat that outsourcing can pose to workplace health ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the last rites for the TPP
Wednesday, 1 October 2014, 10:52 am | Gordon Campbell
The Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal is one of those litmus issues that has always had more to do with one’s place on the political spectrum than with any imminent reality. To date, the Greens have opposed (a) a wide range of the leaked ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the farcical elevation of David Seymour
Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 10:20 am | Gordon Campbell
With the election won, it's time to find jobs for the boy. David Seymour is the Act Party’s latest scrounger to be rewarded by the National Party, and not only with a seat in Parliament. This time around, a couple of parliamentary Undersecretary ... More >>
