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Gordon Campbell on who should pay for the Rena clean-up
Monday, 17 October 2011, 9:26 am | Gordon Campbell
So Transport Minister Stephen Joyce will be meeting with the Mediterranean Shipping Company, that chartered the Rena from Costamare Inc – with a view to getting them to take some responsibility for how the ship was being operated. Good luck with that. More >>
Scoop Audio: French Ambassador on eve of RWC Semi-Final
Friday, 14 October 2011, 5:22 pm | Gordon Campbell
Gordon Campbell interviewed the French Ambassador Francis Etienne this morning (October 14) about New Zealand’s relationship with France and the importance of rugby. More >>
Gordon Campbell on RNZ’s banning of Bomber Bradbury
Monday, 10 October 2011, 10:38 am | Gordon Campbell
The lifelong ban that RNZ has now been imposed of Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury for breaching the state broadcaster’s hallowed standards of balance is outrageous, even if privately, Bomber is probably having a Groucho Marx moment – in that, in ... More >>
Gordon Campbell: why the deal on surveillance is a travesty
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 11:49 am | Gordon Campbell
So a cosy deal has been reached between National and Labour on the shape of the interim legislation governing the Police use of covert video surveillance... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the latest SAS death in Afghanistan
Thursday, 29 September 2011, 9:39 am | Gordon Campbell
Somehow, the job that we’re doing in Afghanistan is so crucial that it is worth our SAS soldiers dying for – but only until 31st March 2012. Come the dawning of April 1st 2012 that sacrifice will somehow become no longer necessary. (At which ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Act Party’s latest policy contortions
Monday, 26 September 2011, 9:26 am | Gordon Campbell
Last week, Act seemed quite willing to flag its principles when it came to endorsing police coercive powers to carry out covert surveillance of the public in their own homes, and then – only 48 hours later – it chose to adopt a policy stance on ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Barack Obama’s latest bailout of Israel
Thursday, 22 September 2011, 9:20 am | Gordon Campbell
So US President Barack Obama is promising to use a Security Council veto to block any attempt by Palestine to gain UN recognition, and he has told the parties to go back to negotiations – even though Obama knows full well how fruitless that route ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Police surveillance bailout
Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 11:12 am | Gordon Campbell
It would be easier to respect the law if – repeatedly – the Police and SIS didn’t seem so willing to break it whenever it suits them, while relying on the politicians to come along and clean up the mess they leave behind. More >>
Gordon Campbell on youth voting and the RWC’s C-List celebs
Monday, 19 September 2011, 10:34 am | Gordon Campbell
The Greens’ Gareth Hughes has highlighted the apparent lack of interest by the young in this year’s election. Only about 72% of eligible 1824 year olds are enrolled and even further up the age ranklings, less than 80% of 2529 year olds ... More >>
Gordon Campbell: workplace deaths & Italy’s threat to Europe
Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 10:21 am | Gordon Campbell
It has been a bad week for those who think that business can be safely left to regulate itself. Workplace safety failures have been revealed in evidence to both the Pike River inquiry, and at the inquest into the coolstore fire near Hamilton in 2008. More >>
Gordon Campbell on Nicky Hager’s new book
Friday, 2 September 2011, 10:31 am | Gordon Campbell
Every New Zealander should read this book. It shows us the workings in current Third World hot spots of the pattern of subservience to Canberra and Washington that the current government is busily resurrecting. And it gives chapter and verse on the ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the EQC’s funding woes, and peak oil
Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 10:54 am | Gordon Campbell
So, it seems, the Greens were right all along – a special levy to fund the costs involved with the Christchurch earthquake still makes good sense, if only (this time around) to replenish the funds available to the Earthquake Commission. More >>
Gordon Campbell on sports injury, and the WM3 aftermath
Friday, 26 August 2011, 10:49 am | Gordon Campbell
Imagine if there was a party drug known to kill a number of teenagers around the world each year – and which, over time, had been linked to hundreds of thousands of them being likely to develop Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease later in life. ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Italy, politics and the Rugby World Cup
Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 10:15 am | Gordon Campbell
Silvio Berlusconi really needs Italy to win the Rugby World Cup, or an equivalent miracle. While he faces prosecution for his personal misdeeds, his party’s popularity has hit rock bottom at home, with current opinion polls showing barely 20-22 % support. More >>
Gordon Campbell on Oil (& Other Matters) in the New Libya
Tuesday, 23 August 2011, 10:14 am | Gordon Campbell
The fighters in western Libya who captured the supply line towns on the way into Tripoli and made the final push into the capital do not come from the same tribal/political factions that started the rebellion in Benghazi to the east, six months ago... More >>
Gordon Campbell On The Release Of The West Memphis Three
Monday, 22 August 2011, 10:07 am | Gordon Campbell
Good news stories are few and far between, and the release from jail of the West Memphis Three is definitely one of those moments to celebrate… After 18 years, the persecution of Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jesse Miskelley is finally at ... More >>
Some Good News: Release of WM3
Sunday, 21 August 2011, 11:31 am | Gordon Campbell
G ood news stories are few and far between, and the release from jail of the West Memphis Three is definitely one of those moments to celebrate…After 18 years, the persecution of Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jesse Miskelley is finally at end, ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Syria, and lessons of the British riots
Friday, 19 August 2011, 12:23 pm | Gordon Campbell
The call this morning by the Obama administration for Bashir al-Assad to leave office in Syria, and the US imposition of sanctions has been echoed by similar moves from the EU. On the surface, the human rights atrocities committed by the Syrian military ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Russia and the Rugby World Cup
Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 11:23 am | Gordon Campbell
Between early September and late October, New Zealand will be hosting teams from 19 countries for the Rugby World Cup. This column will try to outline the political situation in as many of them as I can before kick-off day on September 9, starting ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on the plans to Americanise welfare
Monday, 15 August 2011, 11:39 am | Gordon Campbell
What is it about National’s plans for welfare reform and natural disasters? On the same day in February that the Welfare Working Group released its loopy agenda of reform proposals – which included the option of sterilising welfare miscreants ... More >>
