#gordoncampbell — Public Fediverse posts
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"For gangs, the Misuse of Drugs Act (1975) has been one of the best recruiting tools they’ve ever had. Criminalisation of a raft of illicit drugs not only provides them with a wildly lucrative black market.
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Once users are prosecuted and get sent to jail, gangs offer not only a vital form of self-preservation on the inside, but are (often) the only willing employer waiting on the outside."
#GordonCampbell, 2025
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2511/S00036/on-why-we-should-de-criminalise-personal-drug-use.htm
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"It probably goes without saying that Luxon’s asset sales plan is a throwback to the 1980s, and to the privatisation excesses of the fourth Labour government that continue to cripple our economy ... Talking of which, we sold Air New Zealand and then had to buy it back when the private sector ran it into the ground. Christopher Luxon used to run the same airline. He knows the history of failure behind what he is proposing."
#GordonCampbell, 2025
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2511/S00026/on-asset-sales-and-targeting-the-homeless.htm
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"It probably goes without saying that Luxon’s asset sales plan is a throwback to the 1980s, and to the privatisation excesses of the fourth Labour government that continue to cripple our economy ... Talking of which, we sold Air New Zealand and then had to buy it back when the private sector ran it into the ground. Christopher Luxon used to run the same airline. He knows the history of failure behind what he is proposing."
#GordonCampbell, 2025
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2511/S00026/on-asset-sales-and-targeting-the-homeless.htm
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"It probably goes without saying that Luxon’s asset sales plan is a throwback to the 1980s, and to the privatisation excesses of the fourth Labour government that continue to cripple our economy ... Talking of which, we sold Air New Zealand and then had to buy it back when the private sector ran it into the ground. Christopher Luxon used to run the same airline. He knows the history of failure behind what he is proposing."
#GordonCampbell, 2025
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2511/S00026/on-asset-sales-and-targeting-the-homeless.htm
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"It probably goes without saying that Luxon’s asset sales plan is a throwback to the 1980s, and to the privatisation excesses of the fourth Labour government that continue to cripple our economy ... Talking of which, we sold Air New Zealand and then had to buy it back when the private sector ran it into the ground. Christopher Luxon used to run the same airline. He knows the history of failure behind what he is proposing."
#GordonCampbell, 2025
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2511/S00026/on-asset-sales-and-targeting-the-homeless.htm
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"... the advocates of a social media ban for kids under 16 appear willing to ignore the privacy implications that the proposal would have *for everyone*. For a glimpse into the void, check out the United Kingdom’s Offcom advice page on the subject, which cheerily makes a case for wholesale privacy intrusions, with a minimum of reliable safety rails."
#GordonCampbell, 2025
The OffCom page Gordon links to is;
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"As the influential Diplomat website reports, Japan’s defence budget for fiscal year 2025 stated that the basic construction cost per improved Mogami-class vessel was 105 billion yen, or $NZ 1.194 billion. That basic unit cost to us may well be higher, since we will be paying either Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in Japan, or the Henderson shipyards in Western Australia to build the ships for us."
#GordonCampbell, 2025
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2510/S00070/on-our-looming-spending-spree-on-japanese-frigates.htm
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Every time some Useful Idiot tries to tell you that the NatACTs are better managers of public money, remind them that;
"... in all likelihood, we will be paying nearly as much for lesser ships, which will be in service three years later than the iRex ferries. Have we been given a cost estimate for this avoidable delay? No, we have not."
#GordonCampbell, 2025
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2504/S00002/on-the-governments-latest-ferries-scam.htm
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"To repeat the obvious: these [public service] job cuts are ideological in nature. They are occurring (a) in order to reduce the role of government, (b) to open up monetising opportunities for the private sector, and (c) to abolish outreach programmes formerly targeted at Māori communities, which is the real aim behind the jargon about getting back to “core” (i.e.white) functions."
#GordonCampbell, 2024
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"The NZ Herald is keeping a running tally of the public sector job losses and where the cuts are occurring. So is RNZ."
#GordonCampbell, 2024
Links to these are in the article. This is an example of the time-consuming public interest work journalists do, regardless of the structural biases of their employer.
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The Tyee: BC’s Orwellian LNG Con (in Analysis) https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/04/06/BC-Orwellian-LNG-Con/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #ImpactAssessmentCooperationAgreementBetweenCanadaandBritishColumbia #EnvironmentandClimateChangeCanada #GreenhouseGasReductionTargetsAct #EnvironmentalAssessmentOffice #ImpactAssessmentAct #CedarLNGproject #LNGCanadaPhase1 #GordonCampbell #ChristyClark #CleanBCplan #JohnHorgan
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The Tyee: BC’s Orwellian LNG Con (in Analysis) https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/04/06/BC-Orwellian-LNG-Con/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #ImpactAssessmentCooperationAgreementBetweenCanadaandBritishColumbia #EnvironmentandClimateChangeCanada #GreenhouseGasReductionTargetsAct #EnvironmentalAssessmentOffice #ImpactAssessmentAct #CedarLNGproject #LNGCanadaPhase1 #GordonCampbell #ChristyClark #CleanBCplan #JohnHorgan
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The Tyee: BC’s Orwellian LNG Con (in Analysis) https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/04/06/BC-Orwellian-LNG-Con/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #ImpactAssessmentCooperationAgreementBetweenCanadaandBritishColumbia #EnvironmentandClimateChangeCanada #GreenhouseGasReductionTargetsAct #EnvironmentalAssessmentOffice #ImpactAssessmentAct #CedarLNGproject #LNGCanadaPhase1 #GordonCampbell #ChristyClark #CleanBCplan #JohnHorgan
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The Tyee: BC’s Orwellian LNG Con (in Analysis) https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/04/06/BC-Orwellian-LNG-Con/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #ImpactAssessmentCooperationAgreementBetweenCanadaandBritishColumbia #EnvironmentandClimateChangeCanada #GreenhouseGasReductionTargetsAct #EnvironmentalAssessmentOffice #ImpactAssessmentAct #CedarLNGproject #LNGCanadaPhase1 #GordonCampbell #ChristyClark #CleanBCplan #JohnHorgan
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The Tyee: BC’s Orwellian LNG Con (in Analysis) https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/04/06/BC-Orwellian-LNG-Con/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #ImpactAssessmentCooperationAgreementBetweenCanadaandBritishColumbia #EnvironmentandClimateChangeCanada #GreenhouseGasReductionTargetsAct #EnvironmentalAssessmentOffice #ImpactAssessmentAct #CedarLNGproject #LNGCanadaPhase1 #GordonCampbell #ChristyClark #CleanBCplan #JohnHorgan
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"Here and elsewhere (e.g. Ireland) the take-up rate for [WINZ dental] grants is known to be abysmal. Either the people with greatest need don’t know such grants exist, or the hoops to be jumped through to obtain this “emergency” relief amount to a significant deterrent. The grants tend to be restricted to emergency remedial care, and do not fund the preventative work required to avoid future problems."
#GordonCampbell, 2022
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2211/S00030/on-the-case-for-universal-free-dental-care.htm