Posts by Steve Barnes
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Hard News: The Hager saga continues, in reply to Angela Hart,
Police are going for Hager
This raises several points. The High Court have previously ruled that an author is not necessarily a jounalist so there could be a problem here, let's hope Winkelmann is not the Judge.
The other and the more worrying one, is that it is obvious that the Police are not acting alone here, why would they care about one bunch of stolen emails more than any other ? Labour's emails for instance. It seems that the shadowy hand of the National Party is all over this and that is enough to scare the pants of any fan of democracy. -
Hard News: The Hager saga continues, in reply to Sacha,
Their voting support remained the same.
Yes it did, low as usual.
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Hard News: The Hager saga continues, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
...in the meantime I'd rather the focus of media was on what the National Govt is doing
I have been saying this since the election but nobody listens to me....... sob.... :-(
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Speaker: David Fisher: The OIA arms race, in reply to Jan Rivers,
there is no transparency between DHB funding and care home costs (allowing care homes to plead poverty & get off the hook on paying above minimum wages)
Indeed and all the while the little shareholder runs gleefully giggling to the bank.
Aged care is becoming the RTZ of the modern world. -
Speaker: David Fisher: The OIA arms race, in reply to A S,
Just tacking an offence with a 2 year max sentence on it would introduce the spectre of transgressing ministers being kicked out of parliament for good,
And turkeys will vote to have Christmas and Thanksgiving twice a year.
Now, where's my fucking pony? -
Speaker: David Fisher: The OIA arms race, in reply to A S,
I think that most of the worst transgressors against the OIA actually wouldn't mind if their agencies had to pay for the cost of Ombudsmen.
The other side of that is the excuse that the OIA is expensive and should be curtailed.
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Speaker: David Fisher: The OIA arms race, in reply to mark taslov,
if the Minister were to fail to acknowledge the request in time, the OIA request would simply proceed despite their inactivity?
Yes. The only reason for informing the Minister is to avoid the "ambush" of Ministers who, like in the case of Helen Clark, are not actually hiding anything, just ignorant of the facts, rather than allowing them to be prepared to spin like a top..
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Like I said...
Surely the need for Ministers to be aware of the release potentially political damaging information is a no brainer? but we should also place a limit on the amount of time a Minister, or their representative can have to acknowledge such releases, because this will always be open to abuse. I would also hold that no Minister should be allowed to block any release unless it can be generally accepted that the information would be damaging to security of the country as a whole and not just a particular party or individual, neither should it be in breach of privacy or other human rights legislation.
Not worth considering?.
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C.J.: I didn't get where I am today by wearing underpants decorated with Beethoven.
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Speaker: David Fisher: The OIA arms race, in reply to nzlemming,
all inquiries to a government agency or minister are regarded under the act as OIA inquiries
"Nice weather today isn't it Minister?"
"I'll need that in writing.... pleb"
