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National Standards race to nowhere - by Catherine Delahunty
Yesterday, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard visited our Parliament and promoted free trade agreements with all the fervour of the faithful. This position was predictable, but less well known is her stance on education. Julia is the leader who imposed the Australian version of National Standards on Australian schools against the wishes of the teachers’ unions. read moreFebruary 17, 2011 10:31 am - 21 Comments -
“Greens’ vigilance on Gillard merits praise” – John Armstrong - by frog
Here’s John Armstrong’s view on Julia Gillard addressing Parliament, as published in the NZ Herald this morning. Greens’ vigilance on Gillard merits praise – John Armstrong The Greens have got some unwarranted stick for blocking Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard from addressing Parliament while it is officially in session. They were right to do so. [...] read moreFebruary 15, 2011 10:17 am - 8 Comments -
Time to stop importing pollen - by Kevin Hague
I want to support Federated Farmers in their raising the possibility that imported pollen may be a vector for the introduction of PSA disease in kiwifruit. This imported pollen is used to artificially pollinate kiwifruit and includes pollen from countries with PSA disease. Beekeepers are already alarmed at the arrival in NZ of the potentially [...] read moreNovember 19, 2010 11:22 am - 14 Comments -
Why are Kiwis allowed to work for whalers? - by frog
The government’s response to the sinking of the Ady Gil, just the latest chapter in the seemingly never ending saga of Japanese south seas whaling, has been the usual waffle. Minister McCully urges restraint, but says New Zealand’s influence is too small to do more. This is disappointing to say the least, given the strong [...] read moreJanuary 9, 2010 10:20 pm - 59 Comments -
Smart hook – smart economics - by frog
Fisher-turned-inventor Hans Jussiet explains the shield and dissolvable pin that covers baited-hooks as they are launched in this video from an ABC TVshow. Once the shielded hook sinks below the depth of seabirds and turtles, the pin dissolves and the shield is released. [Video included] read moreNovember 5, 2009 9:20 pm - 5 Comments -
ETS makes us the seventh state - by Jeanette Fitzsimons
It is clear from the minister’s briefing last night that the main purpose of National’s changes to the ETS is to make us effectively the seventh state of Australia. The bill mimics exactly the bill the Rudd government has been trying (unsuccessfully) to get through the Australian senate. So a bill that has been twice [...] read moreSeptember 24, 2009 9:17 am - 8 Comments -
Australia: dustbowl 2.0 - by frog
People in Sydney awoke today to discover the sky was turned a hellish red in an extremely rare weather event… read moreSeptember 23, 2009 11:52 am - 15 Comments -
“I feel a change coming on” - by frog
Fonterra has more than just its financial restructure head-ache to mull on this weekend. Its dogged support for rainforest-destroying palm kernel feed (PKE) must now be giving them a cracking migraine. read moreSeptember 19, 2009 9:37 am - 24 Comments -
Minister mining for inspiration - by frog
An avid frog reader has sent in this photo of the Minister of Energy and Resources, Gerry Brownlee, mining inspiration from a quality resource. read moreSeptember 14, 2009 9:09 am - 33 Comments -
Prince Charles, Kevin Rudd and frogs - by frog
Check out this great little jam of HRH Prince Charles’ recent appeal to save the world’s rainforests (‘The Prince and the Frog’). It’s made by Tasmanian forest campaigners. To join in the campaign go here . read moreJuly 22, 2009 3:50 pm - 14 Comments -
Whaling, redefining the verb - by frog
The International Whaling Commission is meeting this week in Portugal. NZ is ably represented by former Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer and, according to news reports, he is “respectfully urging” Japan to lift its threat to hunt humpback whales in the Antarctic. The ODT reports he told the IWC: new evidence about the endangered status of [...] read moreJune 25, 2009 9:41 am - 5 Comments -
Gratitude for a climate change denier - by Jeanette Fitzsimons
Thank goodness for climate change denier Senator Fielding of Australia. Didn’t think you’d ever hear me say that, did you? Senator Fielding is the one vote Rudd didn’t have yesterday to pass their “Carbon Reduction Plan” – or Emissions Trading Scheme in our language. And that is a good thing, because the proposal was so [...] read moreJune 24, 2009 1:19 pm - 29 Comments -
Forestry bullies seek to fell our Aussie Bob - by frog
Australian Greens leader Senator Bob Brown may lose his seat if he doesn’t pay court costs of A$240,000 to Forestry Tasmania by the end of the month. The costs relate to a landmark Federal Court case that Bob took in 2006 against the state owned enterprise. He alleged that Forestry Tasmania were breaching Federal threatened [...] read moreJune 10, 2009 1:50 pm - 13 Comments -
Greens win in historic by-election - by frog
Could this historic Green win in Australia over the weekend be a portent of things to come in Mt Albert? The Greens’ historic win in the ALP stronghold of Fremantle hinged on Liberal voters out to punish Labor, WA Opposition Leader Eric Ripper says. Greens candidate Adele Carles made history with her victory in Saturday’s [...] read moreMay 18, 2009 10:29 am - 4 Comments -
Aussie Greens strike out at ETS - by frog
Australia can, must and will meet 40% cuts by 2020. The Greens are confident that once we set off on the path to 25% cuts, delivered mostly at home, we can easily accelerate our effort towards 40% and beyond to carbon neutrality. Putting 25% on the table will see Australia taken seriously at the Copenhagen [...] read moreMay 5, 2009 2:50 pm - 17 Comments -
Howard’s attack on aboriginal communities condemned by UNHCR - by Metiria Turei
The UN Human Rights Committee has condemned the 2007 Howard Government Northern Territorial Intervention. The intervention was a response to a report on child abuse in NT “Little Children are Sacred”. There were protests all over Australia and in NZ condemning Howards intention to legislate for government management of the aboriginal land, much of it [...] read moreApril 6, 2009 6:31 pm - 12 Comments -
Declaration of Indigenous Rights Down Under - by Catherine Delahunty
On Tuesday I got to ask my first proper Question in the House. Unsurprisingly Hone Harawira asked more or less the same question. Will the Government follow the lead of Australia and change their position to support the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People? The Prime Minister did a good imitation of saying [...] read moreApril 2, 2009 7:00 am - 106 Comments -
Private prisons are not cheaper - by Metiria Turei
Last night the parliament debated the first reading of the Corrections (Contract Management of Prisons) Bil. I have blogged about this issue frequently, but not yet addressed the key argument of National – that private prisons are cheaper. So I used my speech last night to refer to both Australian and US research that showed [...] read moreMarch 25, 2009 6:40 pm - 64 Comments -
Should voluntary tanning standards be made law? - by frog
Today is the day when a new joint Australian/New Zealand standard for the use of sunbeds comes into effect, albeit a voluntary one for New Zealand. This is the result of lots of work by the standards authority following a damning report that I posted about last January in Death by Tanning. The Cancer Society [...] read moreJanuary 26, 2009 10:18 am - 15 Comments -
Should Australia become a Republic? - by frog
It’s an important question for Australians, with ramifications for New Zealand. Australian Green Senator Bob Brown has introduced legislation requiring a simple yes or no referendum at the 2010 election. The last time a referendum was held in 1999, it was soundly defeated, but Brown claims that this was because the government of the day [...] read moreDecember 8, 2008 11:58 am - 114 Comments
