Public Address | Cafe | Polity: The Bluff-it Budget https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-bluff-it-budget/?p=343042#post343042 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-bluff-it-budget/?p=343042#post343042 Quid pro quo vadis?
Martin van Beynen nails Gerry Brownlee's lack of perspicuity.
The potential conflicts or perceptions of conflicts presented by Fletcher sponsoring Brownlee's parties have been around for several years without a murmur from anyone, including the media.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/opinion/70132819/gerry-brownlee-should-have-known-better

]]> Sat, 11 Jul 2015 10:16:46 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-bluff-it-budget/?p=343039#post343039 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-bluff-it-budget/?p=343039#post343039 parse the parcel...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/business/the-rebuild/70084887/how-much-is-the-government-really-spending-to-fix-christchurch

John McCrone in The Press takes a good look at just how much the Govt has spent – balanced against the numbers it trots out like martyrs.

English crows about getting a 'surplus' – which is nothing more than meeting the 'vig' – when will he…

]]> Sat, 11 Jul 2015 10:01:55 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-bluff-it-budget/?p=343035#post343035 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-bluff-it-budget/?p=343035#post343035 a house built of pricks… ya can’t budget!
Nick Smith, it seems, is still in the pocket of those who happen to be pocketing big from the Auckland housing bubble.
– and in unrelated news?:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/70145729/govt-takes-back-52m-from-chch-housing
The Government has diverted $52 million of funding meant to help Christchurch’s housing problem…

]]> Sat, 11 Jul 2015 08:54:21 +1200 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-bluff-it-budget/?p=343033#post343033 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-bluff-it-budget/?p=343033#post343033 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 22:07:26 +1200 Andre https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-bluff-it-budget/?p=343032#post343032 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-bluff-it-budget/?p=343032#post343032 When I first saw the word sheeple I thought it was a bit of an exaggeration. If the fact that John Key knowingly lied to parliament goes unpunished, we may as well all adopt the moniker.
I think that all of National's reactions to our now obvious crises are designed…

]]> Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:17:15 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-bluff-it-budget/?p=343031#post343031 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-bluff-it-budget/?p=343031#post343031 Discussion from blog post.

]]> Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:17:15 +1200