Posts by Rich of Observationz
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Hard News: Limping Onwards, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
That is all very well if one is either very wealthy or very clever, and has no real need to get out there and earn money anytime soon.
US first degrees are typically full of that "well rounded education" stuff. The result is that if you want to be, for instance, an engineer or lawyer, you need to do a further three years postgrad study before being in any way employable.
Personally, I'd rather have 3-4 years student loan rather than six.
(I guess for arts degrees and careers that demand a generally educated person, it doesn't matter. But it does for the poor old working slob who just wants to get to the stage of earning a crust).
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you really want the Government dictating who media organisations hire
Well, some of us might think that the government is happy to dig into our pockets for a quick $40mln on account of Mediaworks being one of their stauncher supporters. Paranoia and worse, according to the soft-left, of course.
But I think it's a reasonable question whether we should have tighter impartiality rules on mass-media broadcasters. The BBC has the website equivalent of a weighty tome on this subject. That isn't defeating freedom, it's ensuring that certain parties aren't able to pack the media with their supporters.
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I guess some of Mediaworks $40mln government bailout will go to pay his wages.
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Downtown Sydney is really nice. The Western ghettos are horrible - Sydney (like LA and a few other places) is big enough that the outer suburbs are beyond reasonable travelling distance of the CBD. Which is fine if you're retired in Windsor, less good if you're unemployed in Bankstown.
Auckland is going this way, I feel.
But the way NZ's going, I might wind up living in Australia, unless we get a government that stops sucking dollars out of the country to give to their rich mates.
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Hard News: Time to get a grip, in reply to Russell Brown,
That's current affairs. News (which includes breakfast) is different.
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How is this different to watching a live concert on telly?
(I know we don't get many of those, but the BBC used to do one every week in the olden days).
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Yeah, never mind parliament, should failed MPs be allowed to make careers as broadcasters?
(Seriously, in the UK, TV/radio news would never employ a politician and even current affairs are a bit wary).
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Hard News: Time to get a grip, in reply to Rex Widerstrom,
Yeah, but there are some minority parties that *do* have a real caucus. Well, the Greens. (Ok, maybe ACT have disparate ideas, but I'm sure Rodney would prefer to replace Heather, Roger and the rest with a block voting certificate. Or maybe the Business Roundtable could just be consulted by telephone as to how to cast the ACT vote).
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Hard News: Time to get a grip, in reply to Andre,
Andre: Nandor had already retired last election. Denise Roche was the Green candidate for Auckland Central.
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Hard News: Time to get a grip, in reply to GeoffRobinson,
If you mean the legally binding list, no. The list is filed before the election and used to supply any vacancies between then and the next election (S.137 Electoral Act). To vary the list, the party has to persuade the candidate(s) they don't want elected to stand aside. Only candidates on the original list can be elected - they can't nominate someone who didn't run at the last election.
The new list which parties are now adopting is for the *next* election.