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@SimeonBrownMP Hypocrite....thepost.co.nz/business/36098…

#BREAKING: Labour’s own revenue spokesperson just gave it away – they plan to expand their Capital Gains Tax. It already targets your business, your property, your KiwiSaver. What is Chris Hipkins hiding? You can’t trust Labour on tax. Full stop.

@RobSuisted @AnthonyStarke 😅

@AnthonyStarke I’m exist bc my parents saw this movie the night before apparently lol

Dr. Zhivago

@meco78526 I have seriously thought about shooting off to see if it could be introduced as a private members bill.

@RealTeamHihi Can we vote for this legislation

Sit down porngrub you are full of 💩

@actparty Just like you refused to sign the Modern Day Slavery Bill. ACT supports cruelty to animals and slavery, pretty bleak stuff.

𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘆𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝘅𝗲𝘀 ACT MP Cameron Luxton says ACT will withdraw its support for the Racing Industry (Closure of Greyhound Racing Industry) Amendment Bill at third reading, after Parliament voted down common-sense amendments to ensure fairness for those affected. “ACT supports moves to improve animal welfare, but the way this ban is being implemented is a travesty. You can address animal welfare without riding roughshod over people’s rights and livelihoods. Instead, the Minister has chosen to rush this through a truncated select committee process, ignoring serious concerns about fairness and due process. “My amendments would have required an independent review of financial harm to develop a compensation framework, and ensured transparency around how overseas greyhound betting profits are distributed to other racing codes like horse racing. These were modest, practical steps that ACT signalled well in advance of the vote. “At Committee of the Whole House today, ACT stood alone in trying to fix this legislation. We put forward practical amendments to ensure people are treated fairly and public money is handled with integrity. Every other party voted them down. “I questioned the Racing Minister on the lack of compensation, the speed of the shutdown, and whether the industry’s improvements in animal welfare had been properly recognised. The Minister failed to provide any reassurance that these issues have been properly considered. “ACT has listened to the people affected, and we’ve done everything we can to hammer this bill into shape. Now, we’re left to take a principled position: we will not support a law that shuts down an entire industry without a fair process. “This reminds us of the Labour–New Zealand First Government’s rush to seize the property of licensed firearms owners. Once again, ACT is the only party standing up for basic rights and fair treatment. “Remarkably, just moments after this debate, the Deputy Leader of New Zealand First opened debate on fisheries legislation by declaring, ‘I belong to a government that believes in property rights.’ How rich.”

@actparty @NicoleMckeeMP Cool cool, now go and ask NZME to correct all of the disinformation in the recent attack articles coming from that stable. Why would anyone buy newspapers and radio stations in this day and age? They always run at a loss. Control the narrative

It’s no wonder people are losing trust in state-funded media. Via @NicoleMckeeMP on Facebook: A RNZ News article this morning on alcohol law reforms contained multiple factual errors, missing context, and a clear lack of balance. The piece quoted four different critics of the reforms while completely ignoring the many people and groups who support them. Several of those critics were simply wrong about what the Bill actually does. The onus is on the journalist to check this before publishing, not to repeat misleading assertions uncritically. Some of the most obvious inaccuracies have now been quietly fixed after we raised them. But there’s been no correction note and several errors still remain. If a story was wrong, readers deserve to know it’s been changed. One example was our proposal to allow people to be served a drink at a hairdresser or barber – something that is already happening in practice, with no evidence of harm (many in the industry didn’t even realise it was technically illegal). The story claimed you could “go get your nails done, you get offered a drink, then another, and then you're driving home.” That’s simply false. The law as drafted applies only to hairdressers and barbers and is limited to a single serving (150ml of wine or 330ml of beer) per day. It’s a clear example of exaggeration being used to manufacture fear. This part has since been corrected. It also veers into absurd territory by implying that increased availability somehow excuses people who choose to drink and drive. Individuals are responsible for their actions, full stop. More broadly, the article pushes a deeply paternalistic view of alcohol policy that treats Māori as incapable of making responsible decisions for themselves. Framing Māori as uniquely needing their access to alcohol restricted is frankly racist and demeaning. The vast majority of Māori, like all New Zealanders, drink responsibly. It also ignores the extensive existing laws and local alcohol policies already in place to reduce harm which aren’t being removed. I’ve put our full correction request in the comments, along with the journalist’s response, so you can see exactly what was wrong. I’ve also linked the updated article so you can read it yourself and make up your own mind.

@farmgeek If it is for the public good, why did ACT ignore the tens of thousands of submissions to the Resource Management Act?

With everything going on, imagine thinking “Yup, this is the most important issue right now”

@mangonui08 When you have dropped the ball, just lie about it. Stuff has called out your BS, it's all a matter of public record. stuff.co.nz/politics/36095…

We have to continue to expand the supply of energy in New Zealand

@Mountain_Tui Upcoming this weekend, Beach Hop, the largest car event in the country with up to 110K visitors. 4 days of petrol heads in V8's should put a dent in the countries gas supplies.

Fuel measures other countries took a while ago Sri Lanka: limit to 15 litres per week per car. Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Phillipines: WFH Wed or 4 day week. Thailand: limited aircon in offices. Indonesia - moved holiday dates. S. Korea - price controls etc. New Zealand: We're OK now

@dpfdpf This is the cost to the taxpayer for cleaning up just one mine. The 2024/25 financial year the total royalties paid to the crown by all mining, $143m. We see virtually nothing from mining aside from the privilege of lining Aussie and Canadian pockets. thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360912…

Superb

@RobSuisted Durst Theta 76. 30'' silver halide printer. About half a mil worth of kit. It got used for about 5 years and afaik ended up at the scrap metal merchants.

@RealTeamHihi If you know you know eh

Finally did something meaningful with the drum from my old $80,000 drum scanner.

@NZNationalParty This really is puerile campaigning. But hey, why not just actually be honest and let the population know that the electricity gentailers use only 30% of LNG for generation. The rest is industrial use Methanex, Fonterra, NZ Steel, NZ Hothouses etc

#LabourLies: Chris Hipkins is lying to New Zealanders about LNG. National’s LNG import facility will lower power prices, not raise them - it’s why we’re doing it. Labour left New Zealand high and dry with its reckless decision to ban oil and gas exploration. That decision created a gas shortage, and in dry years, when hydro lakes are low, that shortage is exactly why power prices spike. LNG fixes that problem. Getting power prices down for New Zealanders is the whole reason we’re doing it. It’s a reliable backup fuel when supply is tight to prevent shortages and stop price spikes. Don’t believe Hipkins. This is not a tax or a levy on households. Households will see a net saving because electricity will be cheaper and more stable.

@NZNationalParty Good ol OED...

Those naughty Meowries

@RobSuisted We're importing ours from Patea....devilscup.co.nz/?srsltid=AfmBO…

Caffe L’Affare coffee beans, never again! Something happened two months back, shit coffee, no crème, much chaff. Multiple people reporting. I beat they’ve downgraded their bean grade imports. Shit coffee. I note it’s about a year since new owners too. Utter rubbish stuff now

@RobSuisted I could courier you one if I find one, renovations are stirring up the critters and I have found a couple.

Help. Can anyone near #Wellington catch me an adult sized whitetail spider for a photo assignment I’m working on? Haven’t been able to find one anywhere. #CrowdsourceaCritter

@RaukawaDiver Ian Taylor isn't Weta

Have encountered at least 6 ex Rotorua Homeless sent down here in search of jobs by MSD. Bad look for those tourists imagining we are some sort of Hobbit Paradise...why doen't Mr Weta Sir Ian Taylor write about homelessness in a land that produces billions of export food $$$...

@oskarhowell Mate, if I saw someone gapping it with a frozen chicken under one arm and store security in hot pursuit I'd be cheering them on! My brother is in supermarket management, his attitude would be the same, they wouldn't expect citizens arrests from staff.

A great story here from Karina Cooper. Needless cruelty to our species should be highlighted, it happens more often than you'd realise! nzherald.co.nz/northern-advoc…