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    Russel Norman on Back Benches (ETS special) - by frog



    The pub was packed last Wednesday evening, with a solid Green contingent supporting Russel! You briefly can see our table at the end of Chapter 2 when Wilber won a book about something or other. You can watch the show at http://tvnz.co.nz/back-benches/s2010-e26-emissions-trading-special-video-3736153 I think Russel did really well – as usual there was a lot [...] read more
    August 28, 2010 11:28 am - 27 Comments
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    Back Benches Job Summit special - by frog



    Last night, Back Benches broke with convention and invited more than just politicians, adding Charles Finny of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce and Phil O’Rielly from Business NZ to the conversation. Politicos included our very own Sue Bradford and Labour’s Trevor Mallard. The topic on tap was JOBS. The jobs summit, the global recession and [...] read more
    February 26, 2009 12:30 pm - 18 Comments
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    Catherine Delahunty graces the first Back Benches for 2009 - by frog



    The season has kicked in once again, and first up for the Greens this year was Catherine Delahunty. She was joined by National’s Chris Tremain, Labour’s Grant Robertson and Act’s David Garret. Should the government bail our Fisher & Paykel? Bootcamps for young offenders? These and many other questions are answered online at TVNZ OnDemand’s [...] read more
    February 24, 2009 5:46 pm - 12 Comments
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    Nat’s forestry policy is Labour lite - by frog



    True to form, the National Party has released a forestry policy that leaves Labour’s policies completely unchanged, but whinges mightily about the RMA. What a yawn. The now familiar recipe goes like this; Ingredients: 1 Labour policy (ripe) 1 cup of meaningless statistics 1 National Party spokesperson 1 cup of self-righteous bile standard seasonings Implements: [...] read more
    September 24, 2008 2:25 pm - 3 Comments
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    Chicken Nats afraid to front on Back Benches - by frog



    Wallace Chapman of TVNZ7′s Back Benches programme gave a not too subtle hint to the Nats that they really might want to front up to the programme again, despite the disastrous policy gaffes and leaks of the last few weeks. On this week’s show, he opened with: National have declined to be on the show [...] read more
    September 12, 2008 12:03 pm - 22 Comments