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Mayor caves in to government desire for speculator profits
Posted on May 11, 2013 by admin in John Minto, John Minto, Mana Blog, Press ReleasesLand speculators and property developers can expect windfall profits from today’s announcement for fast-track approval of housing developments. The plan is unlikely to deliver a single affordable home. Auckland Mayor Len Brown makes a plaintiff plea when he says –…
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The wrong side of history – again! – Minto
Posted on February 12, 2013 by admin in John Minto, Mana BlogParliament’s new speaker David Carter has scored a well deserved own goal with his decision to ban West Papuan tribal leader Benny Wenda from parliament. Benny had been invited to a joint Mana Party/Green Party meeting in parliament to brief…
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The feral rich – how can we help them? – John Minto
Posted on January 30, 2013 by admin in John Minto, Mana BlogAfter my last post “This is why they are called the filthy rich” I thought an article from the Jan/Feb 2013 issue of New Internationalist magazine (a very worthwhile read if you don’t get it) would be appreciated. Remember the earnings of…
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This is why they are called the filthy rich – John Minto
Posted on January 24, 2013 by admin in John Minto, Mana BlogAfter speaking and writing about inequality for many years I still get gobsmacked at the astonishing statistics which show the deadly stranglehold the world’s richest have over the people of planet earth. Here’s a short story from Radio New…
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What’s going on with the police? – John Minto
Posted on January 23, 2013 by admin in John Minto, Mana BlogRecent incidents should make us think carefully about what’s going on with the police and the increasing tendency for irresponsible, undisciplined actions to inflame rather than resolve situations peaceably. Instead of using long-standing practices of working to defuse difficult situations, too…
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A lead worth following – the Financial Transactions Tax – Minto
Posted on November 19, 2012 by admin in Mana BlogWhat do France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Slovakia and Slovenia have in common? As well as being members of the European Union they also announced a fortnight ago they are introducing a Financial Transactions Tax. This is…
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Charter school accountability? Yeah right. – Minto
Posted on October 22, 2012 by admin in Mana BlogHow many times have we heard Associate Education Minister John Banks tell us that the government’s charter schools will have greater accountability than public schools? So many times that it’s become one of Banks’s sound bites – “… in exchange for…
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Glen Innes – social and ethnic cleansing on a grand scale
Posted on October 17, 2012 by admin in Mana Blog(Published in NZ Herald 16 October 2012) Aucklanders could be forgiven for not understanding why so many Glen Innes residents are hotly opposed to the promised “redevelopment” of their suburb. Who could object to a project which promises major upgrading of state…
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Corporates write their own alcohol policy? John Minto
Posted on August 27, 2012 by admin in Mana BlogIt’s an outrage. If you ever wanted confirmation that government policy is made by politicians in closed-door meetings with corporate lobbyists rather than on the floor of parliament then the government decision to back down on regulating alcopops is proof positive. This…
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