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  Australia bans social media for under 16's
Posted by: Lilith7 - 29-11-2024, 03:01 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs - Replies (5)

Its going to be very interesting to see what effect this has.  They're doing it with the best interests of young people in mind, but no doubt some ingenious human will find a way around it somehow.


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89vjj0lxx9o

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  Bidens Thanksgiving message vs Trumps.
Posted by: zqwerty - 29-11-2024, 09:14 AM - Forum: News and Current Affairs - Replies (1)

Bidens Thanksgiving message vs Trumps.

https://old.reddit.com/r/facepalm/commen...vs_trumps/

Copied from Reddit.

Really contrasts and shows what we have lost now that Trump is back in power soon.

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  Winston's strategy
Posted by: harm_less - 29-11-2024, 08:20 AM - Forum: Opinion and Politics - Replies (9)

Interesting suggestion I've read this morning is the possibility that Winston is putting things in place to crash the coalition in 6 months time when the DPM role chages to Seymour. https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/36050231...struggling

Note too that Chippy is improving his image, visibility and presentation of late. (e.g. running half marathons, new suit, increased media presence)

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  Pet Peeves; things which really annoy you
Posted by: Lilith7 - 28-11-2024, 05:55 PM - Forum: General Discussion - Replies (9)

I was just reminded of one of mine.

 People being interviewed for the news/TV programme sitting or standing in front of what looks like a beautiful painting/sculpture/wall hanging/embroidered/photograph/collage/whatever, when you desperately want them to shut up & move over so you can see it properly.
Drives me up the wall every time.

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  Puline Hansen appeals racist decision
Posted by: Lilith7 - 28-11-2024, 04:18 PM - Forum: Opinion and Politics - Replies (7)

She's appealing a court decision that she was a racist. 

She told a Greens senator to "pack her bags & go back to Pakistan" but having found to have been racist she now claims to be 'concerned about free speech' - a thorny area but nonetheless, she was legally found to have been racisr.

https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/11/27/pauli...as-racist/

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  Brain studies show idiotic youth offending reforms won't work
Posted by: Lilith7 - 28-11-2024, 02:40 PM - Forum: Opinion and Politics - No Replies

The idea of designating somone a ' young serious offender' seems highly unlikely to help, to put it mildly. And they know very well that bootcamps simply do not work but are clearly more concerned with support from the uninformed than with any possible damage done to those sent to these places - as long as the govt looks 'tough' they don't mind. 

They're prepared to ignore the awkward fact that our brain isn't fully developed until the mid 20's, particularly risk taking & conseqences, as long as it gets them votes.. Dodgy

https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/11/28/opini...wont-work/

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  Half of nursing graduates miss out on jobs
Posted by: Lilith7 - 28-11-2024, 02:31 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs - No Replies

And they wonder why so many head overseas; how long before nursing is no longer seen as a profession worth entering for Kiwis? Short sighted.

 And if what nurses are saying is correct - that there's a shortage of nurses here - then the only way it makes any sense is by putting money ahead of healing. Angry


https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/11/28/half-...whatu-ora/

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  Almost 1500 more jobs top go at Te Whatu Ora
Posted by: Lilith7 - 27-11-2024, 03:10 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs - Replies (2)

Frontline staff  are being cut. What could possibly go wrong... Dodgy

Never mind as long as they can do those tax cuts who cares..


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5349...e-psa-says

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  I don't know what this retirement pundit is smoking
Posted by: Praktica - 27-11-2024, 08:27 AM - Forum: Opinion and Politics - Replies (13)

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5349...retirement

We have nothing like that in savings, although we do own our house. We manage to save some of our NZ Super.

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  Nikki Kaye dies at 44
Posted by: Lilith7 - 26-11-2024, 02:26 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs - No Replies

She did seem to be  one of the more reasonable of the Nats. And that's so young to die, must be very tough for her family.


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/534...es-aged-44


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5348...r-john-key


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/534...mentarians

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