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Gordon Campbell on New Zealand’s role in US drone programme
Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 10:42 am | Gordon Campbell
So, thanks to our membership of the Five Eyes network, the GCSB spy agency has been supplying information on “persons of interest” in Afghanistan (at least) that may be used for targeting them in US drone strikes. More >>
Gordon Campbell on government’s inadequate housing policy
Monday, 19 May 2014, 10:59 am | Gordon Campbell
If the government has an Achilles heel going into this election it is in housing policy, where affordability has become a huge problem for a wide swathe of middle income and low income voters. In a classic “let them eat cake” response on RNZ ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on yesterday’s ‘let them eat crumbs’ Budget
Friday, 16 May 2014, 5:32 pm | Gordon Campbell
Hate to hurt Bill English’s feelings, but yesterday’s Budget looked like a document the Labour Party might have written – and no, that’s not meant as a compliment. More >>
Gordon Campbell: New Zealand’s role in combatting Boko Haram
Thursday, 15 May 2014, 5:06 pm | Gordon Campbell
Yesterday’s street protests in New Zealand main city centres about the kidnap of 276 girls in Nigeria by the fundamentalist group Boko Haram were a reminder of the problems New Zealand has in its stance towards terrorism. More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Peters revelations
Wednesday, 14 May 2014, 2:24 pm | Gordon Campbell
Once again, Winston Peters has failed to ignite on the launch pad. These days you have to go back almost 20 years - to the heady days of the Winebox - to find a time Peters actually delivered on his promises. More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Peters revelations
Wednesday, 14 May 2014, 2:24 pm | Gordon Campbell
Once again, Winston Peters has failed to ignite on the launch pad. These days you have to go back almost 20 years - to the heady days of the Winebox - to find a time Peters actually delivered on his promises. More >>
Gordon Campbell on the cash for access scandals
Friday, 9 May 2014, 10:46 am | Gordon Campbell
If nothing else, the rash of stories about cash-for-access (to the National Party) and cash-for-exit (from New Zealand First) are giving us a clear sense of the current market value of our democracy. It opens up all sorts of possibilities. If $300,000 ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on New Zealand First’s loyalty pledge
Thursday, 8 May 2014, 10:28 am | Gordon Campbell
Like King Lear, Winston Peters and his courtiers in New Zealand First have chosen to demand a self-defeating expression of loyalty from prospective NZF candidates. In future, those selected to run for Parliament under the NZF banner will need to ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the synthetic drugs ban
Wednesday, 7 May 2014, 9:54 am | Gordon Campbell
Now that synthetic cannabis is no longer legal, we can look back at our history with these products and see it as driven by New Zealand’s inability to implement a sensible drugs policy, overall. More >>
Gordon Campbell on Judith Collins’ rest & recuperation leave
Tuesday, 6 May 2014, 10:51 am | Gordon Campbell
So Justice Minister Judith Collins is going to have four or five days off work from her $268,000 a year (plus perks) job; apparently, she feels in need of a breather from the stress of the self-inflicted problems arising from the Oravida scandal. More >>
Gordon Campbell: Williamson’s brand of after-sales services
Friday, 2 May 2014, 4:22 pm | Gordon Campbell
Poor, poor Maurice Williamson. Why is everybody picking on him for simply doing his job...which appears to include ensuring that special treatment is afforded to major donors to the National Party. With that noble aim in mind, Williamson rang up the ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the TPP | Lorde whinging about journalism
Thursday, 1 May 2014, 11:30 am | Gordon Campbell
So after all the years of talk about “momentum” and claims that “significant progress” was being made - dutifully reported by the mainstream media - a conclusion to the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal seems as far as away as ever. More >>
Gordon Campbell on Labour’s new economic plan
Tuesday, 29 April 2014, 10:22 am | Gordon Campbell
As Labour’s shadow Finance Minister David Parker pointed out on RNZ this morning, New Zealand has led the way internationally by making the control of inflation the sole focus of its central bank - with the dire result that when property prices go ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Shane Jones departure
Wednesday, 23 April 2014, 3:01 pm | Gordon Campbell
Shane Jones has left Parliament in the manner to which we have become accustomed, with self interest coming in first and second, and with the interests of the Labour Party (under whose banner he served) way, way back down the track. More >>
Gordon Campbell: drone strikes & Judith Collins‘ last stand
Thursday, 17 April 2014, 10:55 am | Gordon Campbell
Reportedly, US drone operators refer to their kills as "bug splat” - mainly because when the carnage is viewed on their screens thousands of kilometres away at home, it looks like an insect strike on a windscreen. The name has even been bestowed on ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the life & ACC work of Sir Owen Woodhouse
Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 10:49 am | Gordon Campbell
With the death of Sir Owen Woodhouse, the founding father of the Accident Compensation Scheme, New Zealand has lost one of the titans of its post-war social policy. In its original incarnation in the early 1970s, ACC had been a globally innovative “no ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on royalty and its tourism spin-offs
Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 11:26 am | Gordon Campbell
Ultimately the Queen’s longevity has been one of her most significant accomplishments. A transition to Prince Charles while the monarchy was in the pits of public esteem in the mid to late 1990s would have been disastrous for the Royal Firm. More >>
Gordon Campbell: failure to create a Labour/Greens alliance
Thursday, 10 April 2014, 11:01 am | Gordon Campbell
David Cunliffe won his current job by indicating he would be a Labour leader proud of his party’s left wing traditions. Since then, a question mark has been hanging over how Cunliffe would handle Labour’s relationship with the Greens during the ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Narendra Modi, and the elections in India
Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 10:20 am | Gordon Campbell
On the upside, the gigantic election process that began yesterday in India is the largest exercise in democracy on the planet. Reportedly, a staggering five million people are employed, directly or indirectly, in the election process. More >>
Gordon Campbell on trade unions and Transpower
Thursday, 3 April 2014, 10:30 am | Gordon Campbell
So much for the demonising of trade unions. As the dust setttles on the Global Financial Crisis, some US corporate leaders seem able to read the lessons of history. Bill Ford, executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company, has credited his company’s ... More >>
