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@tim said in NZ Politics:
One of the other members:
Professor Rouben Azizian joined CDSS in December 2015 after spending close to 14 years at the US Defense Department's Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) in Honolulu where he lectured and conducted research on the Asia-Pacific Regional Security Architecture, Diplomacy and Confidence Building, Security Sector Development, as well as US, Russian, Central Asian and Oceania security issues.
Before joining APCSS, Professor Azizian taught at the Department of Political Studies at the University of Auckland in 1994 – 2001. From 1998 – 2001 he was the President of the Auckland Branch of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs.
Prior to becoming a full-time academic he had an extensive career in the Soviet and later Russian Foreign Service, which included assignments in Nepal (1972-1978) as Attaché and Third Secretary; Sri Lanka (1980-1985) as Second and First Secretary; and New Zealand (1991-1994) as Counsellor and Deputy Chief of Mission.
Efficient to cut out the middle man I guess.
How long before we all have to start calling each other comrade?
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@taniwharugby said in NZ Politics:
I have heard that the base that we use on our roads is thinner than most other countries, which must surely contribute to the quicker deterioration and is just a cost cutting method but is counterproductive when repairs are needed so soon and frequently
Said I was going to look into that and I can tell you that pavement thicknesses in NZ are at least no less than Australia. We use the same design standard (Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology).
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@smudge said in NZ Politics:
@taniwharugby said in NZ Politics:
@jegga awesome, so have this Govt's inquiries hit 80 yet?
77...
National instituted 73 within their first 6 months of government in 2008/9.
Beats forging ahead only to discover that the plans are weak or they've underestimated (or overestimated) the problems and changes required.
Government in general spends stacks of money on checking their spending, whether audits, feasibility studies, business cases, forecasts, analysis, triage systems etc. This is hardly unusual.
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@godder said in NZ Politics:
@smudge said in NZ Politics:
@taniwharugby said in NZ Politics:
@jegga awesome, so have this Govt's inquiries hit 80 yet?
77...
National instituted 73 within their first 6 months of government in 2008/9.
That is wildly inaccurate. If you're going off that list that bloke came up with on Twitter, that contains so many errors, it's not funny.
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@godder said in NZ Politics:
@smudge said in NZ Politics:
@taniwharugby said in NZ Politics:
@jegga awesome, so have this Govt's inquiries hit 80 yet?
77...
National instituted 73 within their first 6 months of government in 2008/9.
Beats forging ahead only to discover that the plans are weak or they've underestimated (or overestimated) the problems and changes required.
Government in general spends stacks of money on checking their spending, whether audits, feasibility studies, business cases, forecasts, analysis, triage systems etc. This is hardly unusual.
Can you confirm that your basis for this was a list from bloke on Twitter?
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So do we file “ National started 76 inquiries “ in the same place we file “ shit was running down the walls in the Middlemore cafeteria “?
Great reporting from the Herald by the way exposing this outrageous lie. The article is well worth reading with a breakdown of the timeline etc.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12036681
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seems to be a Greens MO doesnt it, Labour drank thier coolade without asking what was in it?
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Another day, another shit job done with roadworks story...
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@canefan said in NZ Politics:
@tim said in NZ Politics:
Decisions first, reason later? What a surprise
Surely this stands to reason though. The decision was made on 'intangible' reasoning, not due to monetary implications.
I would also like to see a cost/benefit assessment, but done as a long term holistic view. eg: what benefit might we gain by keeping these reserves in reserve for a time when the technology cost is lower, the demand higher and the environmental risks able to be better mitigated.
The ban is a knee jerk decision without this work being done.
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12040202
Someone is being economical with the truth
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@taniwharugby They are certainly fulfilling National's rehash of their slogan.
"Lets tax this" is becoming more and more relevant.
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@dogmeat said in NZ Politics:
@snowy TBF it's closing a loophole that successive governments haven't had the balls to address.
NZ retailers have been at an artificial competitive disadvantage for years
But closing the loophole the opposite way never occurred to them by lessening the tax burden on domestic retailers and reducing expenditure...
Evening the playing field by making everyone pay more is not virtuous.
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