Posts by Idiot Savant
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mark: you want a brood-mare, get a horse.
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The judgement is here (PDF)
Short version: judgement is reserved on declarations, but the court does say that the ASC has effectively been put on notice about the "wholesale non-compliance by certifying consultants" and will have to do something about it (or at least say openly that it is not going to do anything about it). So, we are in for a shitfight regardless.
(Meanwhile, I have to rewrite the post I was about to make, dammit).
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We even have Dail Jones.
(Damn, posted too soon).
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Neil: it's like the 70's all over again.
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Lucy: unfortunately, our local fundies don't like that either, on the grounds that it is either abortion (yes, really), or encourages people to have sex (something which, like abortion, only they seem to have a problem with).
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Matthew: that's not quite true. In 2004, 23 of National's then-27 MPs (including the "liberal" John Key) voted unsuccessfully to require teenagers to notify their parents before being allowed to have an abortion. If National's new intake is anything like as conservative as its 2002 rump, then a National victory this election will dramatically shift the Parliamentary balance towards further restrictions and control over women’s' bodies.
Just another example of what's a stake this election.
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I'm waiting to see the full judgement so I can see whether this might actually pose a barrier to access, or whether the ASC is simply being told it has powers to inquire if it wants to, but if there's any hint of the former, then its time for a bill. Our icky, messy compromise has kept the issue off the agenda for thirty years, but if the loons are going to put it back on and force us to have a debate, then its time to push for full liberalisation so we can join the modern world.
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Powles' report is here.
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Do you have a copy of the Ombudsman's annex? It sounds like it would be interesting reading.
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More to the point, is it really Fonterra's responsibility to keep milk cheap for New Zealanders?
Not really. But at the same time the Greens are righ tto ask what we get out of the dairy industry. They polute our atmosphere, poison our rivers, dodge their taxes, and we don't even get cheap cheese.
Screw that.