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Gordon Campbell: Labour prematurely declaring victory on SIS
Tuesday, 2 December 2014, 12:56 pm | Gordon Campbell
The use of cute labels to market bad ideas is what you do when running the country seems like a process similar to selling soap powder. So we probably shouldn’t be surprised that the Key government seems willing to drape its deployment in Iraq in ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Andrew Little, Mockingjay & drunk texting
Friday, 28 November 2014, 10:23 am | Gordon Campbell
John Key’s credibility has taken a hammering this week - at least among the 50% of the electorate who have always had doubts about him on that score. The other substantial story of the week has been about Andrew Little’s debut as Labour leader, which ... More >>
Gordon Campbell: govt arrogance, Ferguson & Police pursuits
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 10:24 am | Gordon Campbell
As anyone who’s ever encountered him around Parliament will verify, Chris Finlayson’s arrogance is matched only by his sense of self-esteem. On RNZ this morning though, he exceeded himself on both counts. More >>
Gordon Campbell on the inquiry on one case of dirty politics
Wednesday, 26 November 2014, 10:59 am | Gordon Campbell
Suddenly, we’re awash in inquiries and reviews. (It feels almost as if the Greens won the last election.) Caught out by the damning inquiry by SIS Inspector-General Cheryl Gwyn, the government’s response yesterday was utterly in character – it ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Rick Ellis as Te Papa’s new CEO
Monday, 24 November 2014, 10:49 am | Gordon Campbell
The recent appointment of former TVNZ boss Rick Ellis to head Te Papa has copped a fair bit of criticism . More >>
Gordon Campbell on the SAS role against Islamic State
Thursday, 20 November 2014, 11:19 am | Gordon Campbell
Could this news report serve to explain – in a nutshell – why Prime Minister John Key has not ruled out the SAS forming part of New Zealand’s contribution to the fight against Islamic State? From the New York Times a fortnight ago: With relatively ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Andrew Little’s victory
Wednesday, 19 November 2014, 10:25 am | Gordon Campbell
So Andrew Little has won the leadership – by the narrowest possible margin – from Grant Robertson, and has already been depicted by commentators as being simultaneously (a) the creature of the trade unions and (b) the most centrist of the four candidates, ... More >>
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 >>
