Posts by Sacha
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It's true we have mainly been focusing on the more immediate aspects of this, Tom, but it's not because we don't see the longer-term ones. No suprise value here.
Rajen Prasad did a great job during the second reading in pointing up the logical disconnects between the Bill's supposed purpose and its actual content (before he went all rambly and incoherent). Others like Turei chimed in as Hilary noted with the overseas evidence about what actually happens.
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procedural guidelines for the police
A Minister can interfere far more directly in enforcement by the Ministry of Education than by the Police (for obvious reasons). Hence my concern about the quality of leadership on offer - it seems a fair trade that if it is going to be authoritarian it should at least be competent.
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But why on earth would she want to do that?
Quite seriously, I can see how taking advice simply does not fit with some right-wing concepts of what leadership is - like that strong father stuff from Lakoff. The behaviour we're seeing seems perfectly understandable in that light.
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I can see the equivalence Graeme is describing. However, I would have more confidence in the quality of discretionary enforcement if the new Minister in charge seemed smarter and frankly nicer.
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Drug companies make good profits. They do that by investing in expensive long term and high risk research. That means on average we all get to live longer. Their high prices are justified by that.
And Sage, you're just repeating pharma talking points there. They actually spend way more on marketing and promotion (including all those "free" pens and conferences for doctors) than on R&D. The current generation of wickedly expensive drugs like Herceptin only continue that pattern. It's one of the highest profit margin industries, with admittedly very high capital costs.
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And can someone explain why Anne Tolley, without a degree and not much apparent experience in the sector, got the Education portfolio over Alan Peachey who at least has a few years of secondary principal experience?
Who knows? That difference of experience sure shows in the debate. I'm glad I'm not doing any work in education.
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Tolley is not doing herself any favours. Sounds like a fool.
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Hilary, Pita Sharples seemed to be very much aligned in this case at least.
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Hey, we need a bit of Robyn live-bloggin this..
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And Sharples is passionately supporting the Bill's focus on standards.
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