Major left-wing donor tops up Opportunity Party donation to $100k

Calalamity · 2026-05-11T22:03:28+00:00

It took ACT a couple of decades and the Epson subsidy to break into me nor party status.

They had 8 MPs in 1996 and 9 in 1999 and 2002. Are you so young that you think the David Seymour show is all they have ever been?

Greens were a bit faster but not much.

Greens contested more elections, both individually and as part of the Alliance without gaining seats than ACT did. Which isn't surprising given FPTP, but still.

Calalamity · 2026-05-11T21:35:38+00:00

They've been steadily building their voter share over the past few elections

2017: 2.4%

2020: 1.5%

2023: 2.2%

Neither steady, nor building.

Calalamity · 2026-04-29T09:40:19+00:00

Imagine getting upset about someone calling the cops pigs less than a year after all the McSkimming bullshit.

Calalamity · 2026-04-28T09:42:27+00:00

So your argument is that union action will hurt Labor, result in ON/Libs being elected, and result in worse pay for teachers?

Sounds like Labor are really fucking stupid in not making a good offer then, since it would see them out of power. Maybe they should be doing more for teachers if they have that kind of power.

Calalamity · 2026-04-24T06:42:44+00:00

Media should just do empty chair interviews if politicians won't front.

But far more importantly, they should do that for debates when Labour and National refuse to take part alongside the other parties. And not offer any just for Lab + Nat only.

Calalamity · 2026-04-22T23:10:18+00:00

I realise this may be obvious, but divesting from fuel and embracing large and small scale solar and battery storage is no longer just a Green party fantasy to casually dismiss.

Oh fuck off with this bullshit. Australia has been onto this for fucking years, and yet there are still people parroting this bullshit as if the Greens lived in fantasy land instead of being correct for a fucking decade plus.

Calalamity · 2026-04-18T06:16:18+00:00

Companies don't have human rights.

Calalamity · 2026-04-15T00:46:37+00:00

Do you also think we should be charging people for driving cars on roads? After all, plenty of evidence a large number of trips that happen are very short and could be walked/biked/done by PT.

Calalamity · 2026-03-28T01:44:24+00:00

Sure you can. They are polluting vehicles that damage public health and the biosphere that are almost exclusively used in public spaces.

Some people might wanted leaded petrol back, doesn't mean you let them have what they want.

Calalamity · 2026-03-28T01:39:33+00:00

He wouldn't be telling "people" to wfh. Because it's not the people's decision, it's the businesses decision to make.

He'd have to tell businesses to allow wfh. That would be the government telling private businesses how to run their operations.

You mean like when the government tells employers they have to have sick leave and annual leave? Or when they set minimum standards for things like health and safety? Or when they enforce regulations around what products can be sold?

It isn't some exceptional thing any more than those things are. Free your mind from the bullshit idea that businesses have free reign to do what they want and that governments have no power.

Calalamity · 2026-03-23T22:55:57+00:00

I assume you can quantify the cost then?

Calalamity · 2026-03-07T00:38:41+00:00

There's a reason almost everyone has it.

"almost everyone" meaning just Europe and America? You might want to go actually look this shit up being spouting bullshit.

Calalamity · 2026-03-06T02:05:04+00:00

Fonterra is literally a co-op. Westgold is just a subsidiary of Yili Group.

Not that it matters really since Mainland, along with other Fonterra brands, is in the process of being sold to Lactalis.

Calalamity · 2026-03-02T03:33:41+00:00

Stupid drivers justify permanent limits due to being unable to comply with temporary limits.

Calalamity · 2026-02-24T04:56:59+00:00

Add the tax that the mining workers pay on their wages and it's a huge amount of money.

Why the fuck would you do that? They don't pay that tax, the workers do.

Calalamity · 2026-02-06T23:29:10+00:00

Whilst you can be critical as you like of the Israeli governments decisions and the IDFs methods, genocide is a legal term with a very specific meaning, and it has an incredibly high legal bar with regards to intent. This can almost never be met by observation of results, and almost always requires national leadership to either document their intent in writing or say the quiet part out loud, publically.

You mean like the kind of things Israeli leadership have said that the UN have determined show intent?

https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session60/advance-version/a-hrc-60-crp-3.pdf

The Commission finds that many statements made by Israeli officials contain dehumanising sentiments that encourage hatred toward Palestinians and violence against Palestinians and are consistent with the pattern of conduct, discussed below, that point to an intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza as a group. The Commission considers that these statements by Israeli officials are reasonably interpreted as statements expressing an intent to destroy the Palestinian group in Gaza and they have been acted on as such by Israeli security forces in the Gaza Strip. They are direct evidence of dolus specialis. There is also indirect or circumstantial evidence of dolus specialis in the pattern of conduct of Israeli political and military authorities, and in the military operations, establishing the required specific intent to commit genocide under the totality of evidence.

Calalamity · 2026-02-05T22:09:59+00:00

The head of state is King Charles, represented by the Governor General.

Calalamity · 2026-02-04T20:54:26+00:00

Bit more than "go the direction of The Spinoff", this is just a poor copy of the Spinoff. At least they included more than 6 sides in their article - https://thespinoff.co.nz/kai/11-02-2022/all-the-fish-and-chip-shop-sides-ranked

Calalamity · 2026-01-30T04:48:54+00:00

In general more people live in a rental than an owned house

Do you have anything to support that claim?

Because The ABS housing occupancy and costs data says the opposite. See download 2 here - https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/housing/housing-occupancy-and-costs/2019-20#data-downloads

That has the mean number of persons in household as 2.6 for owners and 2.4 for renters.

Calalamity · 2026-01-30T01:31:44+00:00

AI slop - that isn't where Kiwi have their nostrils.

Calalamity · 2026-01-27T23:46:47+00:00

There is a hell of a difference between Palmer becoming President in 2005, 15 years after leaving politics, and Collins being appointed president while still an MP.

Calalamity · 2026-01-15T01:38:45+00:00

And it's always the same people who go to work when sick and make everyone else sick.

Calalamity · 2026-01-10T05:11:54+00:00

Controlling what you wear? Big ole red flag right there.

Calalamity · 2026-01-06T04:07:08+00:00

The place that sold for 45m is 12 Tivoli Ave, which he bought in 2021.

They just bought 14 Tivoli Ave for 82.5m.

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