Posts by Sacha
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Cabinet decides how much to help out the uninsured.
The Government will give $5 million to the Mayoral Relief Fund for those affected by the 7.1 earthquake in Cantebury, Prime Minister John Key said today.
The Government estimated a $94m cost for infrastructure repair and replacement in the area, he said.
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Little different - dealing with something on this scale is hard for whoever is in power.
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Flying in to Hamilton. It doesn't bear thinking about.
Whenuapai
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And mine - had wondered what Australian telly awards possibly had to do with Canterbury University
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Compare the risks of a massive quake in Christchurch from an unknown faultline to a finance company underwritten by govt making dodgy investments.
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The contrast in how uninsured homeowners and Allan Hubbard's investors are recompensed from the public purse will be interesting to watch as it unfolds this week.
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As a local climate change denier, de Freitas might have a broader interest in denigrating geological science. Of course the Herald left that bit out..
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Would any PASer be inclined to transcribe Key's words re $6b cash and $15b for me? Either from here or a recording of same?
Done (seemed only fair) and emailed to you, Phil. Now back to that work thing..
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So National is talking about appointing a reconstruction tsar. Problem is, they have no power in law to do that.
Urgency will fix that, just like it did for Ecan. Daddy knows best.
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Slater is a fucking weirdo
Stopped being funny a long time ago, if he ever was. Would media even bother reporting his demented ravings if daddy weren't so highly placed in blue circles?