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Gordon Campbell on new Pope’s criticisms of the free market
Thursday, 28 November 2013, 10:42 am | Gordon Campbell
Everyone likes the new Pope, right? Seems a nice guy, a humble man of the people, has a good sense of humour etc etc. A big change in style (at least) from the frosty German who preceded him, however similar their views may still be on abortion and ... More >>
Campbell on NZ’s obligations to victims of climate change
Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 11:31 am | Gordon Campbell
When the UN Refugee Convention was passed in 1951, climate change was unimaginable. In those days and in the shadow of WWII, the focus was on establishing the obligations that UN member countries have to protect people fleeing from systematic violations ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on MPs’ pay hikes | JFK conspiracy theories
Friday, 22 November 2013, 12:31 pm | Gordon Campbell
The charade of bogus “independence" by the Remuneration Authority has produced the latest round of backdated Christmas bonuses for MPs, Cabinet Mionisters and the Prime Minister, whose salary will rise from $419,300 to $428,500. More >>
Gordon Campbell: Failure of regulatory oversight of Anadarko
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 11:16 am | Gordon Campbell
The controversial Texas oil company Anadarko are due to commence exploration drilling off the coast of Raglan this week. Now, you would think that any public concerns about its activities - say for example, over the adequacy of the company’s response ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the “mandate” for the Air NZ selldown
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 11:05 am | Gordon Campbell
The last time Air New Zealand got into serious trouble was through its investment in Ansett Australia during the late 1990s - an investment touted by one Air New Zealand executive at the time as offering “a unique opportunity to substantially enhance ... More >>
Werewolf Edition #44 : Referendum On A Robbery
Wednesday, 13 November 2013, 8:18 am | Gordon Campbell
Hi and welcome to the 44th edition of Werewolf. Our cover story this month has been timed to co-incide with the looming Citizens Initiated Referendum on the government's asset sales programme . More >>
Gordon Campbell on the preventable injuries from quad bikes
Tuesday, 12 November 2013, 11:26 am | Gordon Campbell
Another coronial inquiry into a series of deaths from quad bikes, another call for better safety protection measures to be put in place: he coroner’s recommendations included: dropping of the term "all-terrain vehicle" and using quad bikes to refer ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Ted Thomas and the Lombard case
Friday, 8 November 2013, 10:21 am | Gordon Campbell
It will not be until December, when the article on the Lombard case by retired judge Ted Thomas is finally published, that anyone one can assess whether Thomas is correct to conclude that the convictions of Sir Douglas Graham, Bill Jeffries and the other ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Labour Party annual conference
Monday, 4 November 2013, 11:57 am | Gordon Campbell
It seems to be a basic law of political thermodynamics that centre left parties can only ‘lurch’ or ‘swing’ when they begin to sound more assertive. This lateral motion always takes them further leftwards, allegedly in response to the primal, ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the NSA spying scandal
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 11:38 am | Gordon Campbell
Not many winners in the NSA spy scandal, are there? Oh sure, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been reaping some political applause at home for standing up to the Americans - in polls, 62% of Germans approve of her stand - but even that support has been ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Reserve Bank, and Lou Reed's death
Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 10:49 am | Gordon Campbell
A curiously meandering interview on RNZ’s Business programme by Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler, this morning. During it, Wheeler shed crocodile tears on behalf of “consumers and investors” being hurt by the interest rate policy of central banks, ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Meridian share float, and Anadarko
Thursday, 24 October 2013, 11:15 am | Gordon Campbell
So only 62,000 investors have lined up to buy Meridian, even at the rock bottom price of $1.50 a share. That’s even after the process had been sweetened with a government subsidy - in a style more commonly associated with the likes of Noel Leeming or Harvey ... More >>
Gordon Campbell:America's Cup and convention centre handouts
Tuesday, 22 October 2013, 10:29 am | Gordon Campbell
According to Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce, Team New Zealand “is not a job for life” but it certainly seems the next best thing to it. For a sport that prides itself on its entrepreneurial edge, our America’s Cup efforts seem to be ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Police being above the law
Friday, 18 October 2013, 12:11 pm | Gordon Campbell
A lot of the time, policing is a difficult and unpleasant job and when its done well, the Police get little credit for doing it. However, no-one benefits - including the Police who are trying to do the job properly - when bad policing is insulated from ... More >>
Gordon Campbell: What John Banks & Nick Smith have in common
Thursday, 17 October 2013, 11:20 am | Gordon Campbell
The defence that John Banks has been offering to the charges of electoral fraud - that he didn’t read the document he signed, and therefore lacked the necessary criminal intent - is a fairly standard example of political business as usual. More >>
Gordon Campbell on Len Brown, trust, and Simon Bridges
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 11:25 am | Gordon Campbell
Leaving aside the tawdry details of Auckland mayor Len Brown’s extramarital affair, the oddest feature is the timing of the revelations. By Brown’s own account to John Campbell last night, the affair ended mid year, just before the election campaign ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the US meltdown and welfare reform
Monday, 14 October 2013, 1:40 pm | Gordon Campbell
It seems incredible that a tiny faction of the Republican opposition in the US Senate can hold to ransom the entire country - and the global economy - unless their demands to re-write US law are met. More >>
Gordon Campbell on Cunliffe's speech, and the Lundy decision
Thursday, 10 October 2013, 11:38 am | Gordon Campbell
The style of David Cunliffe’s speech to the Council of Trade Unions conference yesterday was almost as important as the content. Plainly, Labour now has a leader able to deliver a message consistent with the party’s core values, in a clear and ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on that alluringly elusive TPP trade deal
Wednesday, 9 October 2013, 11:39 am | Gordon Campbell
How is this for a ‘cart before the horse’ notion of democracy, as practiced by the Key government? From the NZ Herald this morning: [Prime Minister John Key] is also indicating he wants a deal done as soon as possible so he can publicly discuss ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the media’s duty to evaluate the TPP
Tuesday, 8 October 2013, 12:05 pm | Gordon Campbell
One downside of so called ‘objectivity’ is that it can turn the media into a simple megaphone for those in power - especially in situations where the media chooses to effectively abandon its role in evaluating the information it is being fed. The ... More >>
