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Public Address 4 July 2013 - A GCSB Roundup

Public Address 4 July 2013 - A GCSB Roundup

A GCSB Roundup
10:53 Jul 4, 2013 in Hard News by Russell Brown
The highly-anticipated confrontation between Kim Dotcom and Prime Minister John Key at yesterday's Security and Intelligence Select Committee hearing of submissions on the GCSB bill turned out to be mostly dull. The German wasted precious time complaining that his precious…
http://publicaddress.net/hardnews/a-gcsb-roundup/

Worthwhile Literature, Worthless Newspaper
About 14 hours ago in Muse by Craig Ranapia
At some point I'll have something more meaningful than "oh f*** off" to say about the Herald On Sunday's epically fatuous concern-trolling of YA fiction but there was one passage that dared me to take it seriously. Some booksellers, we…
http://publicaddress.net/muse/worthwhile-literature-worthless-newspaper/

Government Portfolios for Dummies
19:07 Jul 2, 2013 in OnPoint by Keith Ng
These are all the Briefings for Incoming Ministers I could get my hands on. They've been cleaned, sorted and fed to DocumentCloud, which scans and OCRs them automatically. These documents are given to Ministers as introductory papers to their new…
http://publicaddress.net/onpoint/government-portfolios-for-dummies/

Somebody Think of the Young Adults!
11:42 Jul 1, 2013 in Up Front by Emma Hart
Hey guess what? It's my turn to write the "This Herald Editorial is Batshit" column. In my defence, this Herald on Sunday editorial is batshit. I nearly didn't write a column. I was just going to upload a clip of…
http://publicaddress.net/up-front/somebody-think-of-the-young-adults/

A Capital Great Blend
7 days ago in Hard News by Russell Brown
The opportunity has arisen for an Orcon Great Blend in Wellington alongside next month's NetHui conference -- and because we're always up for a party, we've grabbed that opportunity with both hands. Here's the plan… The event kicks off…
http://publicaddress.net/hardnews/a-capital-great-blend/

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