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The Jackal is a blog for politics, satire, and everything in-between. We believe that a healthy world requires healthy debate.
New Zealand
Joined February 2011
“I must have missed the announcement, but when did filming naked women who are inside their homes become legal? When did it become legal to take photos of intoxicated and unconscious women?”.
stuff.co.nz
A sex worker at the centre of the Michael Forbes case says new documents show police handling of it was ‘concerning and unacceptable’.
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If @SimeonBrownMP actually cared about wait times he wouldn't be penny pinching off our hard working nurses, who are paid on average 22% less than their counterparts in Australia. #nzpol.
Thousands of New Zealanders who are already waiting too long for care will now wait even longer because the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) Union has decided to strike again in September. 🧵.
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The next election will be a landslide if the @NZNationalParty can't turn this around. #nzpol. 'Only 30% of the National Party’s own voters rated its performance on household costs as good, while 31% said it had done a poor job and 35% were unsure.'.
interest.co.nz
A new poll shows even the Government's own supporters have mixed feelings about its economic reforms and efforts to cut spending
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This stinks of a @nzpolice cover-up to protect the government. @MarkMitchellMP should have been immediately informed about Michael Forbes as a matter of protocol. Deputy Commissioner Tania Kura should lose her job for trying to keep this secret. #nzpol.
rnz.co.nz
Police escalated allegations about Michael Forbes to its leadership, but told him the "onus was on him" to inform his employer.
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Your claims on teacher pay don't add up, @JudithCollinsMP @EricaStanfordMP. CPI is 2.7% & rising, yet you offer just 1%/yr for 3 yrs? Your insultingly low offer is neither fair nor reasonable. Voters back fair pay for our educators. So should you. #nzpol.
rnz.co.nz
Public Service Minister Judith Collins has labelled a strike called by secondary school teachers a "political stunt".
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18,000 construction sector jobs lost since the @NZNationalParty were elected, and Housing Minister @cjsbishop says any effect of cutting and pausing over $20 billion worth of infrastructure projects was “really on the margins”. Yeah right! #nzpol.
thepost.co.nz
Amid political debate over the construction downturn, Kāinga Ora confirms it has more than halved the number of builders it employs for public housing.
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Erica Stanford personally banning most Māori words in new junior reading books makes it clear that the @NZNationalParty is trying to stop people speaking te reo Māori again. #Racism #nzpol.
1news.co.nz
The paper showed the decision was driven by concern Māori words were confusing for children learning to read English though evidence of that was mixed.
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How are these cuts making the NZDF "a credible, combat-capable force," @JudithCollinsMP? #nzpol. “If our military isn't able to participate in training exercises. It undermines their ability to perform both here and overseas.".
thepost.co.nz
A document obtained by The Post shows Defence has slowed the recruitment of personnel, among other “difficult decisions”, as it cuts more civilian staff.
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U.S. immigration has illegally detained two New Zealand citizens for three week's and @winstonpeters, as Foreign Affairs Minister, appears to know nothing about it. If a left wing MP showed such incompetence, the MSM wouldn't shut up about it. #nzpol.
rnz.co.nz
Sarah Shaw and her son are being held at a immigration processing centre in Texas, local media says.
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186,000 Palestinians killed by Israel since Oct 2023, 50–66% women & children. @winstonpeters: "Maybe we should formally recognise the State of Palestine as a sovereign nation?" #nzpol.
rnz.co.nz
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters raised the recognition of a state of Palestine in Monday's Cabinet meeting.
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What rubbish! Overseas prices aren't driving up NZ production costs and Kiwi consumers shouldn't be competing with other countries for our own food. Besides, most suppliers are on fixed contracts, so there shouldn't be comparative price increases. #nzpol.
rnz.co.nz
More than 3000 products increased in cost in July over June.
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Good, Democratic, Easy-To-Support Energy Policies via @thestandard.
thestandard.org.nz
How to make fundamental changes to the country’s energy systems to ensure that future supply is sustainable and democratically controlled/
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Who in their right mind looks at Donald Trump and thinks he's been a success? The United State's foreign policies and current tariffs regime are unmitigated disasters that will take decades to repair. #nzpol.
thepost.co.nz
People are “thirsting and hungering” for change, the NZ First minister has told a packed public meeting, where he spoke of turning climate change “on its rear end”, diminishing “petty” regional...
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Unless council's want to seize numerous properties from people who're in rates arrears, increasing rates so even rich suburbs can't service these payments is pointless. Rates should be set at amounts even pensioners can afford to pay. #nzpol.
rangitoto-observer.co.nz
Rates arrears on properties in the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board area have soared by more than 30 per cent in the last year, rising from $2.6 million to $3.4 million.The number of properties...
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The @NZNationalParty’s shameful decision to scrap the census will hide the true scale of homelessness in NZ. Without accurate data, the housing crisis will never be addressed. We need the census to count the vulnerable and drive workable solutions. #nzpol.
thepress.co.nz
It’s our only official measure of hard-to-reach communities and Stats NZ says it will be a challenge to keep counting.
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