Posts by Sacha
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Speaker: Why Auckland, and New Zealand,…, in reply to James Butler,
Well, two, I think you'll find
Yeah, apparently Labour are on board now - and nice to see the Greens generously working together with them on it.
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Speaker: Why Auckland, and New Zealand,…, in reply to Joshua Arbury,
Shorter: this doubles the capacity of the region's entire rail network.
It also enables a new line to the airport that cannot otherwise connect to the same tracks. Too easy for the argument to get diverted into being about the CBD.
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Hard News: Walking upright again, in reply to Kumara Republic,
you'll notice the insurance industry were not keen on pursuing ACC privatisation in the last couple of years despite the government's wooing and preparing of the organisation for a more commercial future.
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Up Front: Absence in the Arcades, in reply to 3410,
Muphry's Law
excellent
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Hard News: Walking upright again, in reply to Ken Sparks,
The ACC should urgently address this matter but I suspect it's not on their to do list...
they're doing exactly what their Minister intended. I'd address any questions there.
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OnPoint: Fiscal Responsibility is the…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
subsidy on the farming sector
that's the ETS, and govt-funded irrigation if/when the Nats get re-elected.
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OnPoint: Fiscal Responsibility is the…, in reply to Hans Versluys,
why is the GST exemption not proposed for buying seedlings or seeds?
Fair point. See comments above about more actively supporting growing our own than via tax. Gardening tools and supplies like compost or fertilisers are not cheap in more than trifling quantities.
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OnPoint: Fiscal Responsibility is the…, in reply to bmk,
that would make sense and be good policy, but that isn't what they have proposed
how surprising :)
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OnPoint: Fiscal Responsibility is the…, in reply to bmk,
it would seem simple enough to make the criteria: no added ingredients. If the frozen stuff has no preservatives, etc, it would count.
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Up Front: Absence in the Arcades, in reply to Lilith __,
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