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Christopher Luxon will call referendum on MMP voting system if elected back into power
The Prime Minister says he will call a referendum on the country's MMP voting system if he's back in power after the November election.
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Permanently Disabled kids shouldn’t have to face a future living on a benefit that’s not enough to survive on, where bi-yearly they have to prove they still have an incurable condition. That’s not a future they deserve, it’s dehumanising, it’s depressing & it’s unacceptable. They have worth. #nzpol
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'Hipkins said any dissatisfaction with MMP was down to Luxon's poor leadership, and the country should not have to change its entire electoral system because the prime minister could not manage his government.' #NzPol
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“A study of the Hansard supports Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick’s allegation that Speaker Gerry Brownlee gives New Zealand First’s Winston Peters a latitude he denies her, and other MPs who challenge Peters’ conduct.” #nzpol
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The Speaker’s selective severity: Rules for Swarbrick, rank for Peters
A study of the Hansard supports Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick’s allegation that Speaker Gerry Brownlee gives New Zealand First’s Winston Peters a latitude he denies her, and other MPs who c…
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We have just 3 weeks supply of Diesel before our country grinds to a halt
Know what we dont have a limited supply of? Wind and Solar.
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NZ has 'healthy stock levels' of fuel - MBIE
Iran has said the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20 million barrels of the world's traded oil moves each day, is closed.
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Luxon says average Irish person ‘is now twice as wealthy as average Kiwi’ | Stuff share.google/b0CAZNaVYjI6...
Ireland has a capital gains tax of 33%
Ireland taxes their wealthiest at over 50%.
Thanks for the comparison.
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Luxon claims average Irish person ‘twice as wealthy as an average Kiwi’. Is this right?
Christopher Luxon says the average Irish person is twice as wealthy as a Kiwi, but economic data shows the stat can be misleading.
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"I actually think it's quite right to check-in constitutionally and say, is this the system New Zealanders still want ... is it still where you want to be?" he said.
How many bills have you numpties rushed through under urgency?
Everything you've done is without checking with us! #nzpol
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Luxon catches caucus off-guard with promise to hold MMP referendum if re-elected
Christopher Luxon has caught his caucus off-guard with a seemingly off-the-cuff campaign promise to hold a referendum on the MMP voting system if re-elected.
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if firing a geriatric old racist means the government will fall, then it doesn't deserve to stand #nzpol
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‘Trumpian’ edict issued by Health Minister Simeon Brown on what public health leaders can and can’t say about public health. Soon-to-be Deputy PM David Seymour says public health doctors are “muppets” who should be put “back in their box.”
My #cartoon today #NZpol #PublicHealth
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This is very good #nzpol
Simon Wilson @simonbwilson.bsky.social
In January I gave a talk at the Ōtaki Summer Camp, an annual gathering for young progressives. The organisers suggested the topic: the worst government of my lifetime. I had to think about that. Is it? Why? Here's the talk, at my Substack, Hopetown simonwilsonhopetown.substack.com/p/everything...
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When does Luxon receive his pink slip from the numpties
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I’m beginning to think we should bypass the entire ‘embattled’ era for Luxon and go straight to ‘lame duck’
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social
Now that the NZH no longer has Hooton, Thomas Coughlan has been unleashed on Luxon: "his past week has demonstrated just how poor a performer he can be, demonstrating to the National caucus and the country at large that there is no floor to Luxon’s political ineptitude" #nzpol
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"articles of faith" - AKA
"Because in the end the bullshit is just right wing politicised wrestling kayfabe weaponized as cultist self indoctrinating shibboleth mantras of reality denying conspiracy theories to the deluded, deranged or just duplicitous."
[ tinyurl.com/ShibbolethDDD ]
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Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social
I know is only a letter to paper from someone 100s km away (Coromandel) about our most urban city centre, but is truely fascinating how every single claim in here is 100% wrong, but also considered common knowledge to many with zero experience of the city. We truely live in a post-truth world:
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this poll is a bit naïve, stuff, if not deliberately disingenuous
it's the PM who's the problem
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Stuff’s Pulse of the Nation: Voters want Christopher Luxon to sack Winston Peters
Christopher Luxon has spent the week saying he maintains confidence in his foreign minister. But a latest snap poll shows Kiwis don’t, and want Luxon to sack him.
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Yeah, that’s why I base my view on any party on what the achieved in the last three years, not promised in the last week! #NZPol
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“Atlas Network interlinked, these bodies aim to protect the right to be awful about or to targeted groups. New Zealand's version also appears to work as a "troll farm" for the government.”…
By Lucy Hamilton #nzpol
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Beware the Free Speech Unions
Atlas Network interlinked, these bodies aim to protect the right to be awful about or to targeted groups. New Zealand's version also appears to work as a "troll farm" for the government.
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New Zealand faces power shortage next summer. How will it be when Data Centres have priority over power.
Not much scope for expanding electric vehicle use.
National Party are clueless on infrastructure, the economy and global warming.
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If you follow Question Time you will see Winston Peters and David Seymour both being deliberately disorderly and Gerry Brownlee letting them both get away with it.
You will have to be paying very close attention because it only happens EVERY SINGLE QUESTION TIME!!!!😒🙄😡
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Echo Chamber: The Winston Peters double standard
By Thursday, there was only one true answer to the Peters problem: blow the entire system up with an MMP referendum.
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If this was a Labour government the National Party would be SHOUTING LOUDLY and DEMANDING HE BE SACKED!
So should you NZ Labour Party. Where is your courage you mealy mouthed town mouse?
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You know those times when you personally make so many mistakes that you give up and try something new.
That happened to Luxon when he was made Prime Minister.
Some people will never learn
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