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@norightturnnz
New Zealand's liberal blog. AE1C 445F 7A5E CAAF DA11 3CAE 7C56 FCD4 C60A A494
Feb 12, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
US spy balloon mania hits NZ... There's an underlying assumption here that NZ should give a shit about foreign reconnaissance overflights. I'm really not sure we should. They wouldn't reveal anything that isn't already public: that we're a small, defenceless country, without any secret military bases etc.
Feb 10, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Things I learned today: apparently mentioning that the PM has expectations of govt agencies, and that their work programme is "oriented towards the Prime Minister’s priorities" is "confidential" #OIA #Bullshit As is the fact that agencies have limited capacity and must make tradeoffs, and will tell the Minister if this is an issue #OIA #Bullshit
Jul 26, 2022 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
This is pretty significant: the climate commission has recognised the CCR is broken and recommended a massive increase in the trigger price, to $171, applying from 2023 CCR volumes will remain the same, but they'll be priced at a level which should make them unavailable. There'll also be a two-tier CCR, with a $40 price spread before full release (this seems too small)
Jul 25, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Elite political journos talking about the Greens "imploding" by requiring Shaw to be re-elected. But do they really think core Green supporters will stop voting for them over the party being democratic? And do they really think the issues driving others to vote for them - climate change, inequality, housing, water - are going to get notably weaker, or that the status quo parties are going to be more convincing on these issues?