Posts by Ross Mason
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I reckon there has to be a blockbuster of a movie waiting out there about Parihaka. And on a scale of Ghandi.
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Edit: Ignore. Writted something shouldn't have.
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Keys press scrum on STUFF after this afternoons meeting:
This says it all:
The Government is almost certain to change the law regarding the definition of a contractor - Warner Bros' main concern.
But Mr Key said there was still a huge gulf between Warner Bros' demands for a bigger taxpayer subsidy and what the Government was willing to pay.
"I think it's fair to say on the financial side there's a fair bit of hardball being played on both sides.
"We have the capacity to move a little bit, but we don't have the capacity to write out cheques that we can't afford to cash."
He said if it was "just a matter of dollars and cents" the Government was not prepared to bridge the gap between what other countries offered and the 15 per cent tax breaks available here.
He said Warner Bros was asking for "lots" and the Government was offering "not lots".
However, things were looking more promising on the industrial law front.
"We got some good advice overnight and I think that's an area which is looking increasingly more likely that we can reach agreement. There's a greater degree of confidence. That's looking more optimistic, but on the financial side of things at the moment, it's looking pretty difficult."
Yep. Subsidies. Labour laws. Yeee Haaaa!
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Is it my sensitive ears again or are we beginning to harp on about the timeline of the letters. Maybe just filling in time as we head for the record even?
It does seem endless unless some folk - dare I say - deliberately keeping this cooking so that it is still to the fore when the big decision is made?
No conspriracy but........but the first 10 pages of this post had all the pertinent bits didn't it?
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I'm not "my union, right or wrong" - just like I wouldn't be "my country, right or wrong".
I'm a Union Bloke
The union has made me wise
To the lies of the company spies
And I don't get fooled by the factory rules
'cause I always read between the linesAnd I always get my way
If I strike for higher pay
When I show my card to the Scotland Yard
And this is what I say:Oh, oh, you don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
Until the day I die
Until the day I dieBefore the union did appear
My life was half as clear
Now I've got the power to the working hour
And every other day of the yearSo though I'm a working man
I can ruin the government's plan
And though I'm not hard, the sight of my card
Makes me some kind of supermanHmmm...."ruin the government's plan" eh? Hardly, looks like the gimmint might win this one.
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Plausible. How safe are they already with the way they're doing their contracts/HR now?
But wouldn't it be great to write a contract that did not have to go through all the machinations to meet the judgement of the 106.68cm case?
Wow. Just think. Sign here and "we" are protected by the law that says anyone working in fillims is different. You Serf. Me King.
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John Key. Herald
"They're out of here, if we can't give them the clarity. There's no question about that."
Gosh who had a water pistol at their heads and is now pointing a Howitza????
Hmmm... it is seriously like it IS coming down to the 3ft 7 court case.
Stand back folks. Incoming RPG.
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It would be nice to keep that tacit agreement in place, no matter how much we disagree with his actions.
It could have been a typing error....
Sorry John.
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So it's not really about tax breaks is it...........
Jonkey: We won't go into a bidding war but we might see if we are able to sneak something in under the radar that flys like a duck, quacks like a duck but paddles under the water like a tax break.....again. Watch this space.
It's not about union bashing is it.......I have noted the small but significant increase in the number of times he is now mentioning the CTU whenever he talks to the media about 'obbit. Maybe it is my sensitive ear. Maybe not.
Will we be reading the hobituary I wonder?
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One of the best lines in Kath and Kim. Along the lines of: "It's Ok, we've got lots of money, we're effluent."
Edit: Found it:
"I want to be effluent mum!" "You are effluent Kimi..." (i.e., affluent) - Kath and Kim
From Malapropism