Gee the Aussies actually think ICT issues matter
The key ICT political figures in the Federal Election are expected to go head to head in a debate at the National Press Club on 10 August. The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has extended invitations...
View ArticleEmployment Relations (Film Production Work) Amendment Bill
I understand that the Employment Relations Bill is not available on line. Link is to pdf – no doubt government will get it’s act together sometime and better quality will be available.
View ArticleOpen Government – Not!
An interesting piece on Radio New Zealand this morning: The Government is refusing to release information about how individual departments and agencies are coping with continuing restrictions on their...
View ArticlePost # 5 from Cancun: Groser the Censor
I was going to use this post to give a general update on progress here, and to respond to one commenter’s request for a summary of the general position taken by China in the negotiations to date. I...
View ArticleNo commons twits
Silly ruling from Westminster forbidding tweeting from the House. I don’t twit yet but banning it doesn’t make sense. From stuff :- The deputy speaker of Britain’s House of Commons has asked lawmakers...
View ArticleThe power to shut us down
Have just come across this piece on NBR where Vodafone NZ has passed on this release on how it has responded to the Egypt telco and internet blackout. And revealed that Vodafone NZ has been affected...
View ArticleWho feathers penguin’s nest?
Been watching political blogs for about 30 months. Pretty interesting – just about always comment on what other parties are doing. A couple of weeks ago Labour did some Stop Asset Sales signs. Lots of...
View ArticleA lot more than twenty questions and still going Part IV
1. What exactly did Brash get for his $30k? 2. Did Whale and Hooton get cash? 3. What was Lusk’s role in this? 4. Did Joyce contribute or was he just the fixer? 5. How much of it did Banks pay? 6. Was...
View ArticleMorality tale #2
Social order, corporate dominance vs free speech and the taming of the internet. How important is this? Can and should governments be able to shut down social media and disable citizens access to the...
View ArticleWhere are the wise heads?
Martyn Bomber Bradbury has been banned from Radio NZ for criticising John Key. Media Watch (about 26 mins into the programme) this morning confirmed the was banned for an unacceptable breach of Radio...
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