Archive for July, 2009

  • frog

    What’s happening with ACC? - by frog



    Who knows?? The Government (or any of its officials) wouldn’t front at the recent Reviewing Accident Compensation Summit. The hot topic of the day was privatisation but participants were left in the dark about whether National will keep pushing in this direction. Both the Greens and Labour did attend – check out Sue B’s speech, [...] read more
    July 2, 2009 12:17 pm - 4 Comments
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    40 percent by 2020 - by frog



    Here’s a compelling video from the great people at 350.org.nz urging all of us to get off our bums and have our say at the Government’s emissions target meetings around the country over the next couple of weeks. It is vitally important that we turn out in numbers and let the Government know that the [...] read more
    July 2, 2009 7:12 am - 58 Comments
  • Sue Bradford

    Bradford’s Truth – SIS, the watchers and the watched - by Sue Bradford



    Hi, here’s my regular column for the New Zealand Truth – this time looking at the SIS involvement in my life – and mine in theirs: Last month the SIS released a heavily edited version of the file they kept on me from 1968 onwards. The file is evidently in two volumes, and 330 classified [...] read more
    July 1, 2009 10:11 pm - 21 Comments
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    Losing our Enviroschools - by frog



    National has just cut $19 million of funding for the Greens’ Enviroschools programme. Does this mark the end of one of our most successful initiatives? I talk to Green Education Spokesperson Catherine Delahunty on the fate of teaching for a sustainable future. Losing our Enviroschools (MP3 and OGG) This work is licenced under a Creative [...] read more
    July 1, 2009 3:19 pm - 30 Comments
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    Green Day, live at Parliament! - by frog



    No bands sorry, but plenty of parties and tickets are free! The parliamentary Order Paper for today, Member’s day, looks like this: Yes, that’s right, all the bills to be debated today are Green bills! It’s Green Day at Parliament. The Sustainable Biofuel Bill has the support of the National Party to select committee [newsflash!], [...] read more
    July 1, 2009 10:32 am - 65 Comments
  • frog

    Smart economic tool reduces waste from today - by frog



    Today the waste levy, a part of the Greens’ Waste Minimisation Act, comes into force. The levy will be $10 per tonne of material sent to landfill, and the revenue will go into waste minimisation projects. You might be thinking that in a recession we need another government imposed levy like Jeanette needs a new [...] read more
    July 1, 2009 9:23 am - 26 Comments
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