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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.
The government kept claiming benefit sanctions were a last resort to get people off jobseekers, until now - now they’re announcing they’re a first resort while deliberately making it near impossible to meet new requirements for those starting on the benefits.
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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.
From the US Republicans to the UK Conservatives, not being happy with the way people vote often leads to mass efforts to disenfranchise people - and the National Party, unhappy they have to work with Winston Peters, is now looking at ways to limit the number of voters by getting rid of Election Day enrolments.
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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.
Andrew Bydder, Hamilton City Councillor is a NZ Loyal member and sovereign citizen who once joined crowds to demand the execution of his co-workers for 15 minute cities, abused staff so much he was banned from the Council building, has had numerous code of conduct complaints and spent the last 6 months telling anyone who would listen that Hamilton City Council is being secretly run by a cabal of WEF loving woke drones. Well this week he was the epitome of “Fuck around, find out” as he found out his crap isn’t being tolerated in the Council chamber any more.
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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.
An audio version of the monthly Paul... The Other one live stream (first streamed on May 5, 2024). With special guests Robert Patman, Otago University Lecturer in Foreign Affairs, and Clint Smith, advisor to Former PM Jacinda Ardern.
Blake and I talk about AUKUS, the Ukraine, and Gaza and the New Zealand responses to these issues, with Prof Patman, and I talk to Clint about the impacts of polls, the impending budget and the ability of some Parties to set the narrative.
This episode is also available on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/S9_QXjofn-k?feature=share
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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.
Wow - the Government is really pleased with itself that it only took 6 months to get their first Local Water Done Well across the line in Auckland over the weekend. It stops Watercare from increasing water rates by 25.8% to just 7.2% so let’s give credit where it’s due…
Which isn’t this government at all.
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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.
Looking for some distractions today? Well you can learn all about Vice Signalling in my latest Newsletter (or read the past newsletter that explains why RCR’s funding drive is clearly a scam only the most gullible would fall for in the archives) and make sure you join me at 8pm tonight to learn about AUKUS, the Ukraine’s importance to the Asia-Pacific region, the messages we send as a country about Gaza and what it’s like in the halls of power in Wellington.
Links in my bio!
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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.
May the Force be with you all today - this Star Wars Day! For me it’s been two years now since I’ve been making content inspired by a single line in the film series. And tomorrow I’ll kick off year three with a huge Live stream from 8pm with Professor Robert Patman, former advisor to Dame Jacinda Ardern, Clint Smith and a catch up with Blake Forbes about his petition!
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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.
A third poll snuck out late on Tuesday night may be be making waves in right wing circles for being more favourable, but it's very definition of the other kind of bad poll - one that's unregulated and has issues with methodology and release.
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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.
This week the new Minister for the Disability Sector ordered a report into the sector and that’s all I’m going to say - This is a topic better covered by Blake who is directly involved in the sector.
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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.
Yesterday I said opinion polls are really only good for trends - luckily a new poll came out last night that let’s me show you what I mean - and why it’s not likely to improve anytime soon for the coalition government.
References:
https://www.urbantransportgroup.org/system/files/Effectofbusfareincreasesonlowincomefamilies.pdf
https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2022/12/01/the-impact-of-half-priced-fares/
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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.
Opinion polls are good for seeing trends but not great for detailed outcomes, especially so far out from the election - but last night’s poll on 1News freaked out a lot of people in Facebook comment sections. So to help them, I thought we should look at what the coalition made headlines for over the last couple of days to see if that may give us some clues as to what they’re doing wrong.
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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.
Last week Local Government Minister Simeon Brown told councils they need to focus on “Need to haves” not “nice to haves”. Right wing politicians would have you believe that means gutting funding to the creative sector, public amenities, road safety and more - but the Local Government Act 2002 is pretty broad in its definition of what Councils can do.
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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.
When it comes to the best times to do make some less than ideal political headlines, there’s few days as good to do them as April 24 - because April 25 automatically knocks them off the front page.
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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.
Something a little different today in the wake of the High Court decision to overturn a Summons from the Waitangi Tribunal - I’ll give you a quick update before Blake Forbes-Gentle shares his feelings on the topic.
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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.
Probably today we will find out if Children’s Minister Karen Chhour will have to front up to a summons from the Waitangi Tribunal about repealing Section 7AA of the Orange Tamariki Act. The right decry this as unfair but the reality is, unlike another Māori led initiative for Māori, this has measurable positive results already happening which raises questions about the reasons behind repealing it.
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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.
The only evidence this government seems to need to pass laws on crime is that people like Family First’s Bob McCroskie saw a spooky ghost and got covered in ectoplasm in excitement at the term “tough on Crime” - especially when all the other evidence says a policy is bad and wont work.
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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.
As the Prime Minister returns from South East Asia, amidst a flurry of future plans, social media appearances and chickenjoy, what’s not being covered by any media is the odd connection between Bonging Marcos Jr and Christopher Luxon - their take over of local social media to steer public opinion.
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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.
Quick Weekend update for everyone today - mostly to feed the algorithm.
First up, if you can, head along to the Parliament Website and sign a petition on ensuring the disability sector funding is kept in place for the reasons it was put there initially and changes aren’t made to the way fund can be used, limiting options for those who need it.
https://petitions.parliament.nz/ec485dd2-9b4d-401c-f881-08dc5b359e7c
Secondly, find out which political party said what from Monday’s video!
And finally, a lost piece of science fiction history is back!
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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.
Submissions close at 11:59pm on Friday 19th May on the proposed Fast Track Approvals Bill - a Bill which would circumvent nearly a dozen environmental protection laws, the judiciary, te Tiriti o Waitangi, the democratic submission process and advice from a range of experts to allow secret submissions made direct to three dodgy MPs that will impact our natural environment, the democratic process and Free Trade deals
So how can you make a submission?
References:
www.parliament.nz
For more resources on building a submission, check out these links:
Greenpeace - https://petition.act.greenpeace.org.nz/fast-track-approvals-bill-submission
Forest and Bird - https://www.forestandbird.org.nz/petitions/fight-for-nature
KASM - https://www.kasm.org.nz/fast-track-submission
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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.
The merger of Newshub and Stuff for broadcast news may upset some people unhappy with the service one or both currently provide, but it could have been a lot worse if rumours of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp stepping in had been true - because no other news organisation has a history of stoking division, blaming minorities and starting culture war bullshit the likes we only see pale imitations of here, quite like News Corp.
References:
https://www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/how-news-corp-polarised-australian-media/
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/04/the-dirty-truth-about-all-the-murdochs-scandals
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/03/magazine/murdoch-family-investigation.html
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/how-much-influence-does-the-murdoch-media-have-in-australia-20201015-p565dk.html
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/rupert-lachlan-murdoch-australia-empire-rudd-turnbull-fox-dominion/
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