75 Percent Of Dole Insult To Farmers

New Zealand First is appalled at the Governments offer to give flood-stricken farmers 75 percent of the dole.

“This is an insult not just to the farmers but to every hard working New Zealander,” said New Zealand First rural affairs spokesperson Doug Woolerton.

“Farmers are the backbone of this country and they should be helped in every way possible to ensure that they get back on their feet as soon as they can.

“What is wrong with a Government that punishes hard working individuals and rewards those who do nothing to contribute to New Zealand’s economy?

“It is time for this Government to do something to help those that truly need and deserve it. The farming community of the lower/middle North Island has been devastated, they are struggling to survive.
”Offering the equivalent of 75 percent of the dole is nothing short of outrageous.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>