Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: Friday is for all the things, in reply to Hebe,
A snapshot hour I will carry with me.
When music meets the moment. I get you.
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Hard News: Unwarranted risk, in reply to Kumara Republic,
And the joint union-business call for what is effectively co-determination, while well-reported on Stuff/Fairfax and 3News, is glaringly absent from the Granny (at least in its online daily edition).
It's weirdly absent.
Edit: Ah. The alliance was noted in the Herald on Feb 17. No report on the drafting of the charter this week though.
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Ah. Gio has just tweeted this: What Len Brown should do about the POAL dispute.
Very informative.
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Hard News: Unwarranted risk, in reply to BenWilson,
National may have the national mandate, but Brown has the Auckland one and he can and should use it with just the same vigour. There is no point trying to curry favour with the central government for him – they will always oppose him – hell, his main rival is now IN that government.
The thing he is responsible for, however, is the Auckland Council's demand for a 12% return on assets. He wants it for throughly admirable purposes -- to fund the infrastructure upgrades the government has no interest in, but I don't think there's any getting away from the imperative the council has placed on POAL management.
And I suspect that management would have a response if he was deemed to be undermining them in the pursuit of the goal he has given them.
So yeah, I suspect things are getting a wee bit complicated for Len right now.
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Hard News: Unwarranted risk, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
So, let me get this right? The people of Auckland own the port. They aren’t allowed to have a say, through their elected representatives, in how it’s run. Instead, it’s basically operated as if it was the personal property of the CEO.
That's how it was structured by the Super City creators yes.
Of course, it does also suit Brown to throw up his hands and declare he can't do anything ...
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Hard News: Unwarranted risk, in reply to Craig Young,
Judging by David Parker's hints about tax reform on the radio this morning, it looks like Labour's going to have quite a lot to say about a CGT.
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Thanks for the explain. I'd taken the "social media marketing strategy" thing at face value.
I'm not a gamer at all, but I've really enjoyed reading #solcomms today. It was fun. People were wrote vividly.
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Hard News: Unwarranted risk, in reply to BenWilson,
What would you prefer: we build power stations for the hell of it just in case?
Yes. I would prefer that. Power is a major part of the cost of life for most NZers and a great many NZ businesses. We have a responsibility to grow our economy by growing the infrastructure that enables it.
But building new generation capacity almost always has an environmental impact, and funding it has an opportunity cost. It cannot be done trivially.
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Hard News: Unwarranted risk, in reply to BenWilson,
Yes. I have mixed feelings about that. Investment in NZ isn’t always all good. Practically, it means giving away a little piece of the ownership of NZ every time.
In which case, the only solution is that we raise our savings to the level that more investment can come from within New Zealand.
If only a past government had established a compulsory superannuation scheme in, say, the 1970s ...
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Hard News: Unwarranted risk, in reply to BenWilson,
Cunliffe came pretty close..
He’s still around…
I always think that people don't appreciate what Cunliffe achieved with telecommunications reform. It looks like he'll have plenty to get his teeth into if he sticks around long enough to return to government.