"No matter how hard people try and disappear us, we exist."
The New Zealand Parliament’s first openly non-binary MP, Benjamin Doyle, on the massive campaign of queerphobic and transphobic hatred that has been directed against them, their child, and their whānau:
#AntiQueerNonsense #AntiTransNonsense #NZpol 🇳🇿🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
ALP 86 seats MAJORITY Govt
L/NP 39 seats destroyed
Greens 0 seats the bad news
Other 10 seats
Still 15 in doubt
ABC calling Dutton loses his seat
Canada all over again and trump getting some of the credit/blame
Apparently Labor had a slogan "they cut you pay" .....
ABC is basically already calling it a Labor win (just a matter of how big)
Winston Peters is proposing new legislation that will define the term "woman" as "an adult human biological female".
EARLY but these days trends show up early
It's looking very good for Labor and a disaster for Coalition Dutton in danger in his own seat.
Interesting side fact: This is the first Aus election where Millennials and Gen Z's out number Baby Boomers
So it's officially no longer Baby Boomers fault
Australian election today
Polls have Labor slightly ahead (latest has them decently ahead) but polls have been wrong in the past and large % of not made up minds..
Can I vote multiple times if I own multiple properties?
Yes, but under certain conditions.
Hey ACT I think I've found that group with MORE rights than others...
#NZpol
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/chinese/559724/what-you-need-to-know-about-auckland-s-local-elections
As a progressive mayor she has also had to deal with the "old guard" resistant to change, the outgoing mayor says.
When you pressure Police to meet YOUR targets but don't offer pay and conditions to attract enough. Expect them to start breaking the rules to get them.
Health minister Simeon Brown thinks outsourcing public health services to the private sector will fix NZ’s ailing health sector, but it will break it even further
This message from high-ranking doctors, economists & health policy experts in two separate editorials published in the NZMJ #NZPol
‘Cream skimming’ - how private...
Another skirmish in Winston Peters’ war on woke | The Spinoff
https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/23-04-2025/another-skirmish-in-winston-peters-war-on-woke
Nats have only ever taken away from KiwiSaver. Labour started KS to help working folk save for retirement, now 3.3 million AoNZ are enrolled Nats took away the $1000 kickstart, now they are going to take away Govt contribution of $521 when you contribute $1042+ pa - costing US roughly $76K #NZPol
