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[MaybeTop8]

And increasing inflation through pushing new charges and costs, what a terrible government this is. Economic failures except for their mates.

The Government just administered an inflation shock

RBNZ highlights scale of hikes in Government fees & charges and council rates rises in latest bout of inflation. Voters have noticed and now see Labour as a better manager of inflation.

thekaka.substack.com

 

[MaybeTop8]

Stealth taxes and user pays charges. This government has destroyed any kind of growth or recovery and extended this recession unnecessarily. An utter disaster. They have no plans apart from selling off NZ to the lowest bidder

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2509/S00004/on-why-the-government-isnt-fixing-the-cost-of-living-crisis.htm

 

[Rick O’Shay]

Stealth taxes and user pays charges. This government has destroyed any kind of growth or recovery and extended this recession unnecessarily. An utter disaster. They have no plans apart from selling off NZ to the lowest bidder

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2509/S00004/on-why-the-government-isnt-fixing-the-cost-of-living-crisis.htm

I got my share MT8 and what about that war I was telling you about in The Sudan? Our whole GDP should be going there

 

[defensivebomb]

More corruption. Open and blatant. What a bunch of crooks this government is.

Extensive measures in place to manage KiwiRail director's conflict of interests

KiwiRail's chair questioned the extensive conflicts of a newly-appointed board member, suggesting they would test his loyalty, documents obtained by RNZ show.

www.rnz.co.nz

Yeah that’s shithouse

 

[MaybeTop8]

Amazon gives up building its own Auckland data centre, as power prices soar

Opinion: Tech giant Amazon's NZ boss makes one of the clumsiest and most embarrassing attempts in a long time to spin good news out of a fiasco, writes Jonathan Milne

newsroom.co.nz

 

[MaybeTop8]

I got my share MT8 and what about that war I was telling you about in The Sudan? Our whole GDP should be going there

Are you trying to make a point with the "War in Sudan" comments Rick? Just come out and say it mate, we're all friends here.

Well, mostly

 

[MaybeTop8]

Of course the article is behind a paywall, but yes. Shielding the rich


View: https://bsky.app/profile/russelnorman.bsky.social/post/3lxswpeqbx22y

 

[Rick O’Shay]

Are you trying to make a point with the "War in Sudan" comments Rick? Just come out and say it mate, we're all friends here.

Well, mostly

Nah mate, just keeping it in the eye, a bit like Gaza without the hysteria.

Asked Chloe why she wasn't wearing a Thobe.
Haven't had a reply

Just seems that in this day and age, some wars are attractive, some aren't. Some get Govt opprobrium, some get ignored. People still die either way

 

[Tragic]

The AWS announcements are spin of massive proportions. The reporting on this has actually been pretty much right I reckon with most being able to see through the marketing. but there is a reallack of detail around the costs and benefits.
I think Luxon is making a mistake jumping on the back of things like this without knowing the detail, he could make himself look good by knowing more and negotiating hard to get NZ the best deal or give it to Winston, at least he will have done his homework

 

[John Nick]

The AWS announcements are spin of massive proportions. The reporting on this has actually been pretty much right I reckon with most being able to see through the marketing. but there is a reallack of detail around the costs and benefits.
I think Luxon is making a mistake jumping on the back of things like this without knowing the detail, he could make himself look good by knowing more and negotiating hard to get NZ the best deal or give it to Winston, at least he will have done his homework

Talking about homework .Someone obviously didnt do theirs in regard to the expansion of Port of Tauranga expansion application.
Held over in the courts due to the omission of the Mount expansion part of the submission( only two parts to it.Sulphur Point & The Mount).Do not know who is responsible but suspect its either Bishop or Jones.
What a f up costing millions every day

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

Talking about homework .Someone obviously didnt do theirs in regard to the expansion of Port of Tauranga expansion application.
Held over in the courts due to the omission of the Mount expansion part of the submission( only two parts to it.Sulphur Point & The Mount).Do not know who is responsible but suspect its either Bishop or Jones.
What a f up costing millions every day

Yeah was going to ask you for your thoughts on that. Lennie not happy and more importantly it’s an absolutely critical piece of NZ Inc. infrastructure that needs expansion! They’re turning away container ships already.

 

[John Nick]

Yeah was going to ask you for your thoughts on that. Lennie not happy and more importantly it’s an absolutely critical piece of NZ Inc. infrastructure that needs expansion! They’re turning away container ships already.

Complete cock up.
He has every right to be unhappy.
We have all seen Shane Jones banging on about the delays in the consent and blaming iwi and while he is right this latest delay is on him or bishop l imagine through fast track

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

Complete cock up.
He has every right to be unhappy.
We have all seen Shane Jones banging on about the delays in the consent and blaming iwi and while he is right this latest delay is on him or bishop l imagine through fast track

This country is run by fucking idiots - and the alternative is no different, I’d argue even worse!

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Good post from an industry insider (cue the biased chants). Same story as Aus, restricting new cheap generation

The Post

www.thepost.co.nz

 

[John Nick]

This country is run by fucking idiots - and the alternative is no different, I’d argue even worse!

Unfortunately I have to agree

 

[juju]

NZ born March for Australia Anti Immigration protestor... go figure.

Might this guy get 501'd to NZ?

Neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell charged over Camp Sovereignty attack

Police charge three men arrested outside the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Tuesday in relation to an alleged attack on a First Nations protest camp.

www.abc.net.au

 

[MaybeTop8]

Nah mate, just keeping it in the eye, a bit like Gaza without the hysteria.

Asked Chloe why she wasn't wearing a Thobe.
Haven't had a reply

Just seems that in this day and age, some wars are attractive, some aren't. Some get Govt opprobrium, some get ignored. People still die either way

Both are appalling definitely. I honestly haven't gained much knowledge on that war at all

 

[Rick O’Shay]

Both are appalling definitely. I honestly haven't gained much knowledge on that war at all

Real basket case and over 150,000 dead in this current escalation. Been fighting on and off, in and around Darfur for years.
Was drilling a few slots in Chad a few years ago and a lot of the roughnecks had come over the border from Sudan as refugees.
Usual story of power and control with big egos (Sounds like the NRL lol)

 

[MaybeTop8]

Real basket case and over 150,000 dead in this current escalation. Been fighting on and off, in and around Darfur for years.
Was drilling a few slots in Chad a few years ago and a lot of the roughnecks had come over the border from Sudan as refugees.
Usual story of power and control with big egos (Sounds like the NRL lol)

An interesting life you've led Rick! Yeah, my limited knowledge is it's two internal government army groups split along tribal lines (I could be wrong about that), and I would guess there's a huge and lengthy history involving shadowy and not so shadowy colonial and international powers too......it's a good example of how anglocentric my world view is as well.

 

[Rick O’Shay]

An interesting life you've led Rick! Yeah, my limited knowledge is it's two internal government army groups split along tribal lines (I could be wrong about that), and I would guess there's a huge and lengthy history involving shadowy and not so shadowy colonial and international powers too......it's a good example of how anglocentric my world view is as well.

I will definitely agree with you on the outside influencers neolib and marxist. Should be a very wealthy country with the amount of gold they had but it's nowhere to be found now.
Funny really as Africa makes Australia look like a kindergarten for resources but none of the countries have really benefited from it. To use your words, Corruption is rife.
They reckon Chad has over a billion barrels of oil reserve (we were looking for gas for power generation and where there's oil, there's gas)

Forgot to mention I was working for Brown and Root, a subsidiary of the Great Serpent Halliburton so I guess I'm tarred