Archive for December, 2011

  • Catherine Delahunty

    Corporate welfare at its worst - by Catherine Delahunty



    It seems that National is using the confidence and supply agreement with its former MP John Banks acting as an ACT Party MP to push through some silly ideologically driven policies and hope that the terminal ACT rather than National cops the blame for them when the wheels fall off. Among those polices are several [...] read more
    December 6, 2011 1:40 pm - 12 Comments
  • Gareth Hughes

    Swiss copyright report on time - by Gareth Hughes



    The Swiss Government has just completed a new copyright report where the overall conclusion is that the current copyright law, under which downloading copyrighted material for personal use is permitted, doesn’t have to change. As Cory Doctorow points out “It’s a rare victory for evidence-based policy in a world dominated by shrill assertions of lost [...] read more
    December 6, 2011 9:52 am - 7 Comments
  • frog

    General debate, December 6, 2011 - by frog



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    December 6, 2011 7:33 am - 319 Comments
  • Kennedy Graham

    Judicially Empowering the Africans: The New ICC Prosecutor - by Kennedy Graham



    Luis Moreno Ocampo, the Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) had arguably the toughest single job in the world. Mrs Fatou Bensouda, Ocampo’s Deputy since 2004, has just won the right to succeed her boss. Bensouda, a former attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and head of the Prosecutions Division of the [...] read more
    December 5, 2011 2:22 pm - 2 Comments
  • Russel Norman

    Fonterra’s fencing rule a step in the right direction - by Russel Norman



    I want to congratulate Fonterra for announcing that all waterways on Fonterra farms must be fenced within 18 months as condition of supply. This is a positive step in addressing our declining water quality. Previously Fonterra farmers were encouraged to fence off their waterways as part of the voluntary Clean Streams Accord. But it’s great [...] read more
    December 5, 2011 11:23 am - 18 Comments
  • frog

    General debate, December 2, 2011 - by frog



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    December 2, 2011 7:10 am - 209 Comments
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