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Today In Parliament: 12.05.09

Tuesday, 12 May 2009, 5:10 pm
Article: Tom Frewen

Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament

Tom Frewen: Parliament expresses sorrow in wake of Napier siege. Questions about appointment of Christine Rankin as Families Commissioner. News of Auckland government reform legislation. Agriculture Minister reports on drought.

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Eugene Doyle: Writing In The Time Of Genocide

I don’t want to live in a country that turns a blind or a sleep-laden eye to one of the great crimes against humanity. I have come to the hurtful realisation that I have a very different worldview from most people I know and from most people I thought I knew.

Gordon Campbell: On Wealth Taxes And Capital Flight

When it comes to tax policy, Labour’s only election campaign concession to left wing voters is going to be a capital gains tax.

Ian Powell: Why New Zealand Should Recognise Palestine

Ian Powell discusses why New Zealand should officially recognise Palestine in the context of the reasons for supporting ethnic cleansing and genocide of Palestinians.

Binoy Kampmark: Squabbling Siblings - India, Pakistan And Operation Sindoor

The only ones to be notably ignored in this display of subcontinental machismo were the Kashmiris themselves, who face, in both the Pakistan and Indian administered zones, oppressive anti-terrorism laws, discriminatory practices and suppression of dissent and free speech.

Gordon Campbell: On Budget 2025

Underwhelming, as promised, was Finance Minister Nicola Willis' second Budget.

Keith Rankin: Using Cuba 1962 To Explain Trump's Brinkmanship

Two longstanding mercantilist economic nations (China, European Union) and one mercantilist leader are slugging it out to see who can export more goods and services to the world; the prize being a mix of gold and virtual-gold, the proceeds of unbalanced trade.

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Today In Parliament: 12.05.09

Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament

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COMMENT

Eugene Doyle: Writing In The Time Of Genocide

Gordon Campbell: On Wealth Taxes And Capital Flight

Ian Powell: Why New Zealand Should Recognise Palestine

Binoy Kampmark: Squabbling Siblings - India, Pakistan And Operation Sindoor

Gordon Campbell: On Budget 2025

Keith Rankin: Using Cuba 1962 To Explain Trump's Brinkmanship

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Gordon Campbell

Martin LeFevre

Ramzy Baroud

Bill Bennett

Binoy Kampmark

Howard Davis

Peter Dunne

Ian Powell

Eugene Doyle

Keith Rankin

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