ASB economists plead for bipartisan approach to infrastructure and say Govt should borrow to help pay for $1 trillion of investment; Treasury says Budget deficit $3.5 billion lower than forecast
As you said May The Gods help us all. Can we open this to the public. They need to know what sort of backwards thinking this Govt is. I so want to see trams again! I was reading an old letter from my late mother where she remembers taking the tram from Haitaitai to school which cost 2 pennies in the 1930s. Then she talks about the trolley buses which stopped at the top of Kainaui road which she writes was a lovely scenic journey. They didn't have a car. So basically PT was so much better in the 30s! What have we done?
See Garry Moore. The answer is yes. To have a few ministers secretly deciding on funding”projects” who are avowed climate change deniers and environmental wreckers is the way to move NZ forward? Yeah Right!
" the project shut down by the Government in its first 100 days had a Benefit to Cost Ratio $2.40 to $1 of investment. That’s more than twice as productive as the 0.5 to 1.1 estimated BCR for the Mill Road project at Drury approved by the new Government, and the 1.3 estimated for the tolled Penlink motorway of Auckland"
Thank you for another excellent Dawn Chorus Bernard, exposing the truly dreadful direction our country continues to head in. How much more can we take. Yes, it could get worse Garry Moore. Waking up to hear of the Maori Ward referendum and the change in influenza criteria removing the 55 to 65yr free availability to Maori and PI is heartbreaking.
Thoughts are with you and your wife Bernard as you attend Rod Oram's memorial. A wonderful man whose advocacy for Aotearoa will be so greatly missed. 💔
Kia ora Bernard - Rod is such a sad loss, and this podcast evoked equal measures of exasperation, sadness, impulse to flee, and rage. These days, I think I need to plan when I listen very carefully. Keep up the great work.
A great digest of the news, Bernard, as always. Do please open up to the public. Hopefully more men will read it and change their opinion on this massively regressive govt. - women have got them sussed already, probably because are closer to seeing what's happening in the real world.
I'm actually happy that the Minister was blindsided by its ministry. This govt wants to slash and burn but put the blame onto the same public service it wants to slash and burn. So the Ministry is slapping the harsh truth in the Minister's face and force him to make a decision. Good. I hope all ministries will do the same.
I'd like to think Rod will be with us all in spirit at the School Strike 4 Climate this afternoon. He was a passionate truth seeker on climate change and I'm sure he was as impressed as I am by the strength and fight in young people. Shame about the rest of us really. Rest in peace, Rod.
Could this government get any worse?
They could force you to eat the feijoas 😉
As you said May The Gods help us all. Can we open this to the public. They need to know what sort of backwards thinking this Govt is. I so want to see trams again! I was reading an old letter from my late mother where she remembers taking the tram from Haitaitai to school which cost 2 pennies in the 1930s. Then she talks about the trolley buses which stopped at the top of Kainaui road which she writes was a lovely scenic journey. They didn't have a car. So basically PT was so much better in the 30s! What have we done?
Yes, open this one up to the public
See Garry Moore. The answer is yes. To have a few ministers secretly deciding on funding”projects” who are avowed climate change deniers and environmental wreckers is the way to move NZ forward? Yeah Right!
Patrick Medlicott
So much for the party of bussines 🙄
" the project shut down by the Government in its first 100 days had a Benefit to Cost Ratio $2.40 to $1 of investment. That’s more than twice as productive as the 0.5 to 1.1 estimated BCR for the Mill Road project at Drury approved by the new Government, and the 1.3 estimated for the tolled Penlink motorway of Auckland"
Thank you for another excellent Dawn Chorus Bernard, exposing the truly dreadful direction our country continues to head in. How much more can we take. Yes, it could get worse Garry Moore. Waking up to hear of the Maori Ward referendum and the change in influenza criteria removing the 55 to 65yr free availability to Maori and PI is heartbreaking.
Thoughts are with you and your wife Bernard as you attend Rod Oram's memorial. A wonderful man whose advocacy for Aotearoa will be so greatly missed. 💔
I’m in AoNZ annually between mid-November and mid-March, somehow managing to miss both tamarillos and feijoas…..
I may have to unsubscribe as this analysis is expediting my desire to leave the country. If didn’t have kids in school we’d be off.
Lynn's pics and Sharon Murdoch's cartoons are always spot on! A picture paints.....
Bernard's sigh at 5:09 is exactly how I often feel when listening to analysis of this Government's decisions.
Kia ora Bernard - Rod is such a sad loss, and this podcast evoked equal measures of exasperation, sadness, impulse to flee, and rage. These days, I think I need to plan when I listen very carefully. Keep up the great work.
A great digest of the news, Bernard, as always. Do please open up to the public. Hopefully more men will read it and change their opinion on this massively regressive govt. - women have got them sussed already, probably because are closer to seeing what's happening in the real world.
My despair is put aside today as we remember the wise Rod Oram. Keep telling the true facts.
What sort of communists are there over at ASB? 😝
I'm actually happy that the Minister was blindsided by its ministry. This govt wants to slash and burn but put the blame onto the same public service it wants to slash and burn. So the Ministry is slapping the harsh truth in the Minister's face and force him to make a decision. Good. I hope all ministries will do the same.
I'd like to think Rod will be with us all in spirit at the School Strike 4 Climate this afternoon. He was a passionate truth seeker on climate change and I'm sure he was as impressed as I am by the strength and fight in young people. Shame about the rest of us really. Rest in peace, Rod.