New Zealand, a low tax country with no capital gains tax, is struggling for funds to run a modern public health system. Tracy Watkins, a prominent media leader: we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas. We're ill-served by thinking like this. The Post & SST are ill-served by her leadership.

DIdailyindignation.bsky.socialSep 30, 2024 2:52am

Tracey Watkins, editor of The Post and Sunday Star-Times, pretty much giving up on the concept of a public health service rather than mentioning the word "tax".

Thinking of how previous prime ministers would have dealt with a Minister like this. But not a peep out of Luxon yet.

Rrobdickinson.bsky.socialSep 30, 2024 2:12am

Is that because its corruption? #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

'Stinks like corruption': Labour on tax cut helping tobacco giant

The tax cut for some tobacco products will do nothing for the health of Kiwis and is merely a "handout" to the tobacco industry, Labour's Ayesha Verrall says.

It's just right-wing virtue signalling. No new gas likely before 2035 www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

No new gas likely before 2035 despite government's plans to un-ban exploration

It will make climate impacts smaller, but also any expected impact on the energy market.

Act's real agenda is a radical reorientation of our state, from publically owned institutions working for the public good, to privately companies making profits for the wealthy few. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/30-...

so what did we give up in the UAE deal? there's always a catch...

Higher speed limits mean more people will die in crashes says transport researcher. Although let's face it you don't exactly need to be a scientific genius to work that one out. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

New speed limits mean more people will die - transport researcher

The Minister of Transport is reversing the reductions in speed limits done by the previous Labour government.

I totally get Aotearoa wanting to win back the "biggest haka" record from the French, but I feel like it's not enough, we need to one up them by, like, baking the worlds largest croissant or something

None of these people are related to the candidate in a tight Virginia house race, they just show up in his advertisements. Maybe Derrick Anderson is on to something, “rent a family.” This Annie Karni piece is BONKERS! t.co/v8wCReRXel

It would be really nice on a simple point of fact if the media and political pundits would stop talking about "Israel's conflict with Hebollah" as if it is a sovereign nation. It isn't. Israel is current committing undeclared acts of war against Lebanon by bombing the capital of Lebanon. Which is.It would be really nice on a simple point of fact if the media and political pundits would stop talking about "Israel's conflict with Hebollah" as if it is a sovereign nation. It isn't. Israel is current committing undeclared acts of war against Lebanon by bombing the capital of Lebanon. Which is.

a man wearing a beanie and a necklace is pointing up and says facts

Alt: a man wearing a beanie and a necklace is pointing up and says facts