Simeon Brown threatening councils on water mergers; Chris Bishop telling planners politicians make better consent decisions than planners; Behind Luxon's unpopularity; Hipkins talking tax
OMG I just looked up oil up - jeez. He gets lots of interaction, mostly with the kids saying "he didn't just say that." Doesn't make me like him, and him saying fruit and veg are down in price. Ah it's MARCH. It's the season of fruit and veg. And thank god the kumara have finally recovered after the big rains.
Great for the wider public to have this contextual commentary, Bernard. Yes, please open it up. The really meaningful sentence in Bishop's speech was "a lot of work has been going on behind the scenes over the past two years to develop our thinking." Was the electorate honestly informed of these plans during the election campaign?
I'm not sure if anyone has done any analysis of this, but when was the last time a newly elected government has not enjoyed a honeymoon? You would think they are a 3rd term govt with their low popularity and arrogance.
Yes it's early in the term, but it's obviously already causing some concern for them if the likes of John Key are already getting involved to try and convince them to change course and change major parts of their manifesto.
Central government continues to allow 100,000 plus new migrants into the country, but dumps unfunded mandates onto local government to supply the infrastructure (roads, water, housing, etc).
And, of course, CG retains the power to tell LG they are doing it wrong and over-rule them.
With all these government bureaucrats being made redundant shouldn't they be retrained as truck drivers, which would save us having to import them from overseas.
As someone who has lived in a stronghold of 'STOP THREE WATERS!' - I am surprised how quickly National have come out clearly pushing the use of multi-council COOs. There were hints and comments, pre-election, but they were hidden away.
The leading _public_ argument in my rural community against Three Waters, is that they have not wanted any type of consolidation of control of water assets.
For the man or woman on the street, COOs look and feel like Three Waters mechanisms (sans the so called 'Co-Governance').
It will be very interesting to see how National paints this. Simeon Brown's interview seemed tone deaf to those who actually voted them into power.
S. (ub epsilon minus) Brown makes Willis almost appear slightly economically literate. I am so glad we relay on rain water tanks, a septic waste system and the storm water soaks into the sandy soil. Though I bet the local COO if formed in the Manawatu district (they still slavishly hold to 'trickle down' economics and conspiracy theories here) of will try and charge us for being self reliant.
Thanks for including the Bishop speech in here. I find that fascinating. Really, it would all be easier, and he might be able to keep it to schedule. If it was just possible to get all the officials, planners, commissioners, scientists, iwi/Māori interests, NGOs and communities to go quiet for a while?
Painting Labours version as co-governance by stealth did the job with middle NZ
Not having Gov supporting the asset split is an error (in my view), I can't see many sinking money into a bond like this unless it can be viewed as a quasi-gov backed bond -- some sort of gov assurance is critical
Also unsurprising to read that Mr Key isn't a fan of the large tax cuts to landlords...it isn't a good look to rout gov services (like disability support) just so an entitled section of the population get a bit of money in their pockets
OMG I just looked up oil up - jeez. He gets lots of interaction, mostly with the kids saying "he didn't just say that." Doesn't make me like him, and him saying fruit and veg are down in price. Ah it's MARCH. It's the season of fruit and veg. And thank god the kumara have finally recovered after the big rains.
‘Enjoyment of property rights’ sincerity; public finance managed like a household hypocrisy?
Maybe "oil up" refers to new oil exploration permits? 🙄
Everything about him has an air of hypocritical patronisation and insincere charm.
btw... that screenshot of Luxon getting close to the camera is incredibly repellent and to an extent disturbing...
Great for the wider public to have this contextual commentary, Bernard. Yes, please open it up. The really meaningful sentence in Bishop's speech was "a lot of work has been going on behind the scenes over the past two years to develop our thinking." Was the electorate honestly informed of these plans during the election campaign?
I'm not sure if anyone has done any analysis of this, but when was the last time a newly elected government has not enjoyed a honeymoon? You would think they are a 3rd term govt with their low popularity and arrogance.
Yes it's early in the term, but it's obviously already causing some concern for them if the likes of John Key are already getting involved to try and convince them to change course and change major parts of their manifesto.
Simeon is such a terrible political speaker. "Range of funding, range of options etc." Infuriating
Wide range of not having a clue
Maybe our Minister of Finance is getting this idea that public finances are the same as household finances from Mr Key, because she has confirmed she has not received any technical advice supporting her reckon - https://fyi.org.nz/request/25924/response/98269/attach/2/Andrew%20Riddell.pdf
Central government continues to allow 100,000 plus new migrants into the country, but dumps unfunded mandates onto local government to supply the infrastructure (roads, water, housing, etc).
And, of course, CG retains the power to tell LG they are doing it wrong and over-rule them.
With all these government bureaucrats being made redundant shouldn't they be retrained as truck drivers, which would save us having to import them from overseas.
As someone who has lived in a stronghold of 'STOP THREE WATERS!' - I am surprised how quickly National have come out clearly pushing the use of multi-council COOs. There were hints and comments, pre-election, but they were hidden away.
The leading _public_ argument in my rural community against Three Waters, is that they have not wanted any type of consolidation of control of water assets.
For the man or woman on the street, COOs look and feel like Three Waters mechanisms (sans the so called 'Co-Governance').
It will be very interesting to see how National paints this. Simeon Brown's interview seemed tone deaf to those who actually voted them into power.
S. (ub epsilon minus) Brown makes Willis almost appear slightly economically literate. I am so glad we relay on rain water tanks, a septic waste system and the storm water soaks into the sandy soil. Though I bet the local COO if formed in the Manawatu district (they still slavishly hold to 'trickle down' economics and conspiracy theories here) of will try and charge us for being self reliant.
Thanks for including the Bishop speech in here. I find that fascinating. Really, it would all be easier, and he might be able to keep it to schedule. If it was just possible to get all the officials, planners, commissioners, scientists, iwi/Māori interests, NGOs and communities to go quiet for a while?
Amazingly clear picture of very murky intent & planning by 3 headed government. Thank you.
Judith by June...
No surprises on the water asset backtrack
Painting Labours version as co-governance by stealth did the job with middle NZ
Not having Gov supporting the asset split is an error (in my view), I can't see many sinking money into a bond like this unless it can be viewed as a quasi-gov backed bond -- some sort of gov assurance is critical
Also unsurprising to read that Mr Key isn't a fan of the large tax cuts to landlords...it isn't a good look to rout gov services (like disability support) just so an entitled section of the population get a bit of money in their pockets