‘The secrecy of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement has become farcical’, says University of Auckland Professor Jane Kelsey. ‘Trade Minister Tim Groser says we just have to trust what he’s telling us. In today’s interview with TVNZ’s ...
“The final version of the intellectual property chapter the TPP was leaked today on WikiLeaks with several technical analyses” said Dr Patricia Ranald, Coordinator of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network. “The deal was announced on ...
Groser says TPP would “in principle” still allow any future NZ government to introduce a capital gains tax or stamp duty on foreign property buyers “I guess, if you wanted to drive foreigners away and send a message to the world New Zealand’s ...
Welcome back to Sunday reading. The most interesting thing I’ve read this week is actually about macroeconomics, rather than urban issues. As it deals with trends in Asia, a region that we’re now economically intertwined with, it’s still worth thinking about. James Kynge and Jonathan Wheatley, “Emerging Asia: The ill wind of deflation“, Financial Times [...]
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We now know the eight semi-finalists, but don’t yet know whether we play France or Ireland. Another day of lower rated countries playing incredibly well, but not quite making it. Wales did great to hold the Wallabies to 15 points, and Samoa played a blinder to be only three points behind Scotland. So the quarter-finals are: […]
Hamas Vice chairman of Hamas’s Political Bureau Ismail Haniya confirmed that Gaza is more than ready for Jerusalem’s battle, stressing that the battle in Jerusalem is Hamas’s battle, and the movement will never abandon its role and place. In a Friday prayers sermon at a mosque in Gaza City, Haniya declared the current clashes in […]
Palestinian Information Centre Two Palestinian children were killed at the hands of Israeli occupation forces (IOF) to the east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip on Saturday afternoon. Medical sources told the PIC reporter that 13-year-old Marwan Barbakh was shot and killed while participating in a peaceful march against Israeli atrocities in the West […]
Europal Forum The Palestine Forum in Britain expressed concerns over Israeli violations in the occupied Palestinian territories in a press release published Friday. It emphasised that the Palestinian uprising comes as a result of unfair peace accords ‘intended to undermine the Palestinian struggle for freedom and dignity.’ It correspondingly urged the international community to take […]
PRESS RELEASE Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine confirmed that the upsurge in individual resistance actions carried out by heroic Palestinian youth throughout the occupied homeland are important operations that must continue, escalate and evolve, and need popular support in the West Bank and Jerusalem in […]
PRESS RELEASE Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor Israel is escalating practices of extrajudicial execution in the Palestinian territories, using firearms against civilians who pose no threat although it is often possible to detain them instead. Video recordings of surveillance cameras in the central train station of Afula city showed Israel’s reckless disregard for lives as Israeli […]
Julie Webb-Pullman In Gaza City today hundreds of youth from all factions marched from the Azhar University corner to Jundy Square in solidarity with Palestinians in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and the 1948 territories who are fighting for their lives, for Al Aqsa Mosque, and for the freedom of Palestine. Although the mood was upbeat […]
Article – John McBeth If the aim of Steve Hansen is to ensure the All Blacks do not enter the quarter final stages of the Rugby World Cup as any kind of favourites, its working.All Blacks Failing To Live Up To Reputation If the aim of Steve Hansen is to ensure the All Blacks do […]
Politico reports: The doubts haunted Kevin McCarthy. Publicly, he projected an air of confidence, the appearance of the man who would be the next speaker of the House. But in private, his allies told him the pursuit for power was changing him and he wasn’t himself. Some said that even if he won, he couldn’t […]
News.com.au reports: MALCOLM Turnbull says anyone who cannot abide by the core Australian value of mutual respect should leave the country. In a passionate speech in the wake of a terror attack in Sydney in which a 15-year-old shot dead a police worker, the Prime Minister said violent extremism needed to be tackled head on. […]
While the Republican contenders swish and sway through the presidential race with mixed success, their recent engagements of the GOP on the Hill can only be described as disastrous. Much of this centres on one of US politics most important positions: ...
Kelly says she has taken cannabis oil for cancer pain relief and plans to seek Government permission to access it legally “I’m actually going to write to Peter Dunne, who’s got permission to give me cannabis oil, and I’m going to ask him to do ...
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters is attending the Niue WWI Centenary Commemorations at the invitation of the Niue Premier, Toke Tufukia Talagi. “Niue responded within hours of hearing about the war, with the chiefs sending a message ...
Auckland Transport have lodged notice of requirement and resource consent documents for the Newmarket Crossing project which is a bridge from Cowie St to Laxon Tce and is so that the Sarawia St level crossing can be closed. The level crossing is currently the busiest in the country in terms of train movements and its proximity [...]
The document below was widely distributed in the 1948 territories of Palestine, but its origin is unknown. Tweets claim that the political wing of Fatah has said it is fake, and they did not sign it. Others contend that there is a split in Fatah, one wing signed it without the knowledge of the other, […]
Confirmed: retroactive 20 year copyright term extensions, new rules that would induce ISPs to block websites, and criminal penalties for the circumvention of digital locks
‘Inevitably, leaks are starting to fill the void of official texts from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA)’, says Professor Jane Kelsey, who has been pressing for the release of final texts to allow proper assessment of the government’s claims.
Queer and trans activist group No Pride In Prisons are planning a rally at Auckland’s Aotea Square at 12pm today.
A noisy little kiwi named Tīhoihoi (Maori for raucous) is today settling in to life on Rotoroa Island, becoming the 300th kiwi chick that Auckland Zoo has successfully incubated, hatched, reared and released to the wild.
Cebu, The Philippines, 8 October 2015 – “Innovation in regional transportation systems should address the evolving challenges encountered in transport sector and further improve the efficiency and effectiveness of operations,” said Philippine ...