Posts by Sacha
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Polity: Too much to swallow on the TPP, in reply to
The first question to ask is what good it is to us. None, from what I can tell.
Might be good for NZ's few large professional services multinationals looking to crack the govt sector in some signatory nations. So long as they don't mind US IP laws applying to them. Otherwise, stuff-all gains left for us to make.
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Access: Disability as a wicked policy problem, in reply to
Does it look like a vote-winner? :)
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Access: Disability as a wicked policy problem, in reply to
Councils continue to sign off consents for non-complying new buildings.
However this law change is about the other leg, where owners of existing buildings are (were) expected to do their part by including access improvements in any renovation/upgrade works.
Beyond the exemptions and incompetent consenting, it’s a tiny extra cost that gradually improves the usefulness of all buildings people might use or visit. And it’s broader than wheelchairs, despite what the CCS story linked above says.
Traded off now because of our ongoing inability to influence political decisions against lobbying by property investors.
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Polity: Too much to swallow on the TPP, in reply to
And he’s not even right – the existing China FTA has ‘most favoured nation’ ratchet clauses that automatically match anything in subsequent agreements (including the South Korean FTA). Of course, Key knows that, but lying to the public has been very profitable for him and his govt.
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Polity: Too much to swallow on the TPP, in reply to
As I say, perhaps think about why you are getting no pickup on that allegation. Plenty of stronger cases right now to rally opposition to this disgusting agreement.
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Polity: Too much to swallow on the TPP, in reply to
There are plenty of good grounds to oppose the TPP. We do not need to grasp at straws.
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Speaker: The CERA transition that no one…, in reply to
(it didn't like the full stop straight after the raw link. fixed now)
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Access: Disability as a wicked policy problem, in reply to
Part of the remedy is to inform and educate the public
here is the Government's investment in that.
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Polity: Too much to swallow on the TPP, in reply to
I guess we could always threaten to add back in some trade restrictions
exactly what the ISDS part of the agreement is designed to prevent
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Access: Disability as a wicked policy problem, in reply to
The current system wastes resources hugely by assuming everyone is trying to rip them off.
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