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This is what we need in AoNZ too. Hope. Fairness. Corporations and the ultra-wealthy to pay their fair share of tax. CGT? Wealth tax? I dunno what it s/be called, but we need to tax wealth not wages. @NZGreens have presented budgets to address this. Vote Green 💚💚💚

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Europe spent years debating whether the energy transition was affordable. Spain quietly answered the question: gas now sets its electricity price in only 7% of hours (in Italy is 90%). Strategic autonomy must be built in advance, in wind farms, solar parks, and grid investment, or it isn’t built at all. The countries still exposed to fossil fuel price shocks didn’t lack the warnings. They lacked the will.

Strange that in the middle of an oil crisis brought on by US hubris, 31 diesel burning warships have arrived in Sydney for an "exercise" that will consume 13 million litres of Australian diesel needed by farmers. All these rust buckets are obsolete & pointless for modern warfare.

@ElliotIkilei can you spot the difference?

This takes the cake for sycophantic journalism: the people “loved” him as he “toured their nations”. Colonial cringe. 😬 nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/ch…

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if you’ve ever wondered how we came to have a base on this island

"We've got to stop equating the government's finances with a household." Zack Polanski speaking about government finances, austerity, and the problems with the UK's fiscal framework at our event this week

ffs the rating agencies have now downgraded nz's credit worthiness? great work @NZNationalParty ... Ex 'director' of the @nzinitiative junk tank @NicolaWillisMP and her #AtlasApproved™ policies have tanked the recovery. The election can't come soon enough. Enrol to vote ASAP. #nzpol

Ahhhhh the good old days.

@HelenClarkNZ Lets hope someone in the press gallery or in the House asks a direct question “ Has the Minister been briefed or otherwise received advice on a potential NZDF deployment to the ME specifically to assist in securing safe passage for vessels in the Hormuz Straits?”

"Grant Robertson & Jacinda Ardern achieved a significant credit rating upgrade for NZ in 2021, the first for any country during Covid.."

What's striking about capitalist civilization is that it has no real direction. There's no vision for social progress, no commitment to improving human welfare or ecology. All we get is the chaos of profit-oriented production and accumulation as the world burns around us.

Key Points from Iranian FM Araghchi's Interview with Kyodo News: 🔹Question: Do you have a message for the int. community regarding this unjust war against Iran? 🔹Answer: Our message is that this war is not our war. This is a war that has been imposed on us. We were negotiating with the U.S. when they decided to attack us. This was a clearly aggressive act; an illegal, unjustified, and unprovoked act of aggression. What we are doing is purely self-defense. We will continue to defend ourselves, however necessary and for as long as necessary. So we hope that the whole world will have a single voice against this aggression, that is, the aggression of the U.S. and the Israeli regime and force them to stop this aggression. 🔹Question: What do you expect Japan to do to resolve this crisis? 🔹Answer: Japan has always taken a fair and balanced position and has always been known as a friend to Iran. We have always had very good relations with Japan, and we are aware of this. During this war, I spoke with the Japanese FM twice. We know that the Japanese PM was in Washington. We hope that Japan can play a constructive role in ending this aggression and ensuring that this unjust war is completely ended. Our position is, and I must repeat, that we do not accept a ceasefire because we do not want the scenario of last year to be repeated. The war must be completely and permanently ended, and there must be guarantees that this situation will not be repeated. Additionally, the damages that have been inflicted on Iran must be compensated. 🔹Question: Is there currently an active mediator to achieve a ceasefire? 🔹Answer: Some countries are trying to play a positive and constructive role. We welcome any initiative that can completely end this war. We are ready to listen and consider. But right now, although some countries are trying to find a solution, the U.S. does not seem ready to stop its aggression. So we will continue to defend ourselves. 🔹Question: What are Iran's conditions for a ceasefire? 🔹Answer: As I said, we are not looking for a ceasefire. We want a complete, comprehensive, and sustainable end to the war, and the only acceptable solution in our opinion is a complete end to the war.

Another credit rating downgrade. Willis is the most incompetent Finance Minister of my lifetime. stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360954…

This headline is almost 50 years old. No body did anything to stop it. FIFTY FUCKING YEARS This is why we say “free Palestine”. .

@NZNationalParty Then National laughed and said “good luck finding a job!”

@Mountain_Tui YES Robertson presided over NZ economy during last Labour government term in power, when NZ was awarded AAA CREDIT RATINGS THREE TIMES.