The beneficiary bashing express has just pulled in to the station - send them down the mines...

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The beneficiary bashing express has just pulled into the station. The National Government is right on cue!

 Where are all the jobs the beneficiaries are expected to get? The Nats said our welfare sysytem is too generous; they have been overseas to get the latest news from Wisconson I suppose. Welfare looks like it may get rationed.  After 12 months they will need to have a good case to get it back again.

Multi-millionaire John Key and former beneficiary Minister Paula Bennett would have to be two of the biggest hypocrites in New Zealand!

What with the mining debate and all, unemployment can be wiped out in one foul swoop -  give them a pickaxe and shovel and send them down the mines. They are just the unemployed -  I mean they will never vote for the National party, will they?

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Mining is not the answer John key - tourism is...

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The National Government is digging its own political grave with this mining debate that is not built on any outstanding need, but its rhetoric will help NZ catch up with Australia? Bollocks! Australia has a far greater population, is a richer country and has far greater supplies of mineral wealth around the country.

Nothing wrong with a stocktake, but New Zealand's economic  future is bound up with its greatest potential - tourism! Mining will defeat that very purpose in many parts of the country where mining is proposed. Coal supplies can remain until they are needed, not at present Mr John Key. Its money in the bank for a rainy day, and it isn't raining today!

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We know the Tories will be crapping on the conservation estate very soon...

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Anti-miners "jumping the gun" claims John Key. Yeah right!



PM Key says mining opponents jumping the gun by assuming plans for mining conservation land set in stone



The Prime Minister says people opposed to mining conservation land on the Coromandel Peninsula are jumping the gun by assuming a leaked document sets out the government's plans in stone.



Forest and Bird has released what it believes are the government's intentions to mine conservation land, raising concerns about ruining the environment and increasing the risk of flooding in the area.



John Key says Forest and Bird is wrong to assume anything has been decided.



"Cabinet hasn't even made those decisions yet. They've jumped to conclusions. What we are going to do is get a balance between our economic opportunities and our environmental responsibilities." Its obviously been discussed previously and is just a matter of signining it off officially. Does Key think we are all stupid like his colleagues?.


Mr Key says Forest and Bird is being typically hysterical, but he concedes a small piece of land will be opened up, if it is warranted, and will be mined using modern techniques. Hysterical?  Favourite comments of the powerful!



Forest and Bird believes the land planned for mining includes:



- Te Ahumata plateau on Great Barrier Island (about 700ha) - Otahu Ecological Area (396ha) and Parakawai Geological Reserve (70ha) near Whangamata and 2500ha near Thames township - Eastern Paparoa National Park, near Inangahua (3000ha). Probably a reasonable list built on knowledge of the subject.









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Minister admits poor choice of words - backed down over Super Gold card attack...

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Minister admits poor choice of words - backdown over Super Gold Card attack!


Steven Joyce, Transport Minister, admits his comments on SuperGold Card poorly chosen and he didn't mean entitlements would be axed. BS - he backed down and everbody knows it

The Transport Minister admits his choice of words may have contributed to the outcry over potential cuts to SuperGold Card transport concessions. And what did he expect? Another incompetent Gnat minister!



When he announced a review of the free off-peak public transport component of the card, Steven Joyce said officials would be looking at how off-peak should be defined. He also threw a question mark over the eligibility of high cost services including Auckland's Waiheke Island ferry.



Mr Joyce is now keen to assure senior citizens he did not mean their entitlements would be cut.



"It possibly wasn't clear enough but I think also there was definitely some political desire to create some concern and fear."



Mr Joyce says services will continue, but denies opposition claims he has backed down because of the angry reaction. And I believe in the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus and the tooth fairy!

Diplomacy the quickest way to rid whaling, maybe yes maybe not...

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Diplomacy quickest way to rid whaling, maybe yes, maybe not...

Government still prefers diplomatic action over the International Court of Justice to eliminate whaling in Southern Ocean.

The Foreign Minister says the Government still wants to eliminate whaling in the Southern Ocean.

Australia is threatening to take Japan to the International Court of Justice over its whaling, but New Zealand is not prepared to take that step just yet.

Murray McCully believes a diplomatic response is the quickest way to go about it, as International Court of Justice action could see the issue locked up for five years.

Mr McCully says if the diplomatic process does break down, we will know by mid-June and the Government has taken some preliminary advice on court action if that happens.

Diplomacy hasn't helped much in other areas recently.




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Sterilisation of parents could reduce the numbers of rightwing MPs...

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New Zealand Act MP David Garrett reportedly promoted compulsory sterilisation of parents.

I would strongly suggest that this would result in a reduction of rightwing MPs, and that could only be a good thing for the future of New Zealand politics.

I wonder if Mr Garret will also promote a private members bill to bring this about. A reduction in idiot members of parliament would benefit NZ for decades to come.

The stocktake voters take every three years the most important...

Mining proposal a "stocktake" says PM
John Key PM says mining proposal always only a stocktake of minerals, says govt reflecting on what is right and achievable
2 March 2010
Prime Minister John Key is denying claims the government is worried about a public backlash over exploring mining opportunities on conservation land.

The government is due to release a stocktake of the mineral possibilities of the land and the Greens say National is scaling down after realising a majority of the public are not in favour of the idea. But Mr Key says that is not the case.

"When the minister first mooted the idea he indicated quite clearly that we shouldn't read too much into it. That it was genuinely a stocktake. We'll be working our way through it and reflecting on what we think is right and what is achievable."

Mr Key believes the Government has the balance right and he expects a discussion document to be released in the next few weeks.

But John Key will find little public support for his stocktake. It is the stocktake that voters take every three years which is the most important.