Politics

President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans have reached a deal to avert the fiscal cliff on the last day of 2012. mobile phone tracking uk The upshot is income-tax rates will rise, unemployment benefits will be maintained and tax breaks for families of modest means. The deal also delays for two months part of the $US110 billion in spending cuts …

2012 Report Card – Hekia must try harder As the school year winds to a close, Labour’s acting Education spokesperson, Chris Hipkins presents Hekia Parata’s 2012 Report Card, where she is assessed against National’s Standards. CLASS SIZES: Hekia Parata promised so much with her project to increase class sizes, but delivered so little.  Hekia assured us she could save money and …

The Christmas Grinch has struck again with Don Brash depriving the usual suspects of a chance to have a decent whack at the sale of Oceania Dairy to China’s biggest dairy company at a time when they all want to wind down rather than up. a cause and effect essay To be fair, Brash is just one of two directors …

House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) addresses the media in a press conference about the ‘fiscal cliff,’ in which he says while he is hopeful for a deal with the White House, he must ‘move to plan B.’ definition essays

REGIONAL publisher APN News & Media has spoilt the pre-Christmas party on the market for Australian publishing companies after unveiling a 10 per cent-plus profit downgrade yesterday. essay writer reviews That’s how The Australian headlined APN’s post market guidance last night that earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation would be $A150 million to $A155m. This figure is 11 per cent below …

Environment Minister Amy Adams will today kick-off the next stage of the Government’s plan to reform the Resource Management Act. This afternoon, the Resource Management Amendment Bill 2012 will have its first reading in Parliament. The bill introduces a streamlined process for Auckland’s first unitary plan, a six-month time limit for processing consents for medium-sized projects and easier direct referral …

Over 700 young people held a flash mob outside Britomart yesterday to launch a new campaign for climate change solutions, in the wake of New Zealand being named as one of the worst players at the UN climate negotiations in Doha.  Youth organiser Lance Cash said the 100% Possible campaign is borne out of the frustration of many young New …

China from the Inside – the 4th and final episode of this series is scheduled for 11 am December 16. The series has provoked controversy on You Tube – Here’s a few comments “It’s call industrialization. I lost count of how many negative points in all of the series. Maybe it’s time to make some documentary of the problems in …

The Kyoto Protocol died in Copenhagen in December 2009. Why, then, are climate change officials, including our own, meeting a third time since then and, instead of finalising burial arrangements, still talking about extending Kyoto to tackle climate change? The answer is simple: the international community of climate change officials is going through the five stages of grief: denial, anger, …

Following in the footsteps of US President Barack Obama, Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce took to Twitter with his latest comments on policy. Joyce took aim at ex-Endace CEO Selwyn Pellett after he took the government to task on R&D grants, the same  program from which Endace received $11.1 million in funding. “I remain unhappy about taxpayers’ previous R&D investment …