NZ POLITICS DAILY: Whaleoil's shotgun attacks on Labour
Party tries to get back on the front foot, but Goff in a weak position.
Whaleoil (aka blogger Cameron Slater) is certainly making a nuisance of himself for the Labour Party. His daily shotgun approach of barraging them in any way possible occasionally hits the mark, and today he seems to have done that again with his Official Information Act request re-igniting the SIS vs Phil Goff stoush over whether the Labour leader had been properly briefed about the Israeli spy allegations – see Tracy Watkins’ story SIS misled public – Goff.
Labour is obviously trying to front foot the minor scandal and take the initiative in attacking the head of the SIS, and the fight could go either way, but certainly at this stage Goff looks to be in a weak position. That’s certainly David Farrar’s analysis: Goff still can not admit he is wrong. Meanwhile, the Dim-Post and John Pagani are asking some obvious questions about how a rightwing blogger such as Whaleoil can so successfully be using the Official Information Act where others aren’t.
The launch of the new Election Results website, which is based on iPredict prediction material, is another boost for this year’s focus (or obsession?) with political opinion polls and predictions. The site has a number of decent commentaries on electoral projections – see, for example, Matthew Hooton’s Easy profits look possible on safe seats or, say, Ian Llewellyn’s Focus On Waitakere. And across in Australia, Centrebet is also taking bets on our general elections – see: $5,000 bet on National winning election. It seems that the betting company is only paying $1.10 for a National win, yet $6.50 for Labour. But for much more analytical projections, see Colin James’ Bold or timid: how will National campaign? and Vernon Small’s It's awful medicine but we need it.
Bryce Edwards, NZPD Editor (bryce.edwards@otago.ac.nz)
Today’s content:
Phil Goff and SIS
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): SIS misled public – Goff
Kiwiblog: Goff still can not admit he is wrong
The Dim-Post: OIA this
John Pagani: Has the SIS broken the law?
Election predictions and opinion polls
Colin James (Management Magazine): Bold or timid: how will National campaign?
Vernon Small (Dom Post): It's awful medicine but we need it
Alexia Russell (Newstalk ZB): $5,000 bet on National winning election
Matthew Hooton (electionresults.co.nz): Easy profits look possible on safe seats
Ian Llewellyn (electionresults.co.nz): A Focus On Te Atatu
Ian Llewellyn (electionresults.co.nz): A Focus On Waitakere
Ian Llewellyn (electionresults.co.nz): Winston’s Last Stand?
iPredict: 2011 ELECTION UPDATE #37
Conservative Party
Kim Chisnall (TV3): Conservative party leader happy being 'traditional'
Hayden Donnell and Adam Bennett (NZH): Craig no threat to Banks in Epsom, says Brash
RadioLIVE: Conservative Party will struggle – ACT
Ian Llewellyn (electionresults.co.nz): Anoth
Kiwipolitico: Conservative Party of New Zealand
VSM and filibustering
Grant Robertson (Red Alert): A Report on Progress
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): On the substance of VSM
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Freedom moves closer
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Parliament debates VSM
Sarah Robson (werewolf): Losing Student Media -Tracing one likely effect of voluntary student membership
Leaders debates
Manawatu Standard Editorial: Minor parties could miss out
Southland Times Editorial: No free-for-all leaders debate
Duncan Garner (TV3): Key "too scared" to debate – Peters
KiwiSaver
TVNZ: KiwiSaver: 1m face automatic sign-up
Vernon Small and Kate Chapman (Stuff): Key eyes KiwiSaver ‘soft compulsion’ option
Kate Chapman and Vernon Small (Stuff): Automatic KiwiSaver enrolment pondered
Patrick Gower (TV3): KiwiSaver auto-enrolment: the new election issue
TV3/RadioLIVE: Key considers ‘soft compulsion’ KiwiSaver
Audio-visual coverage of Kiwisaver proposals
Housing
Kate Chapman (Dom Post): Homeless in 'appalling conditions'
Child poverty and welfare
John Armstrong (NZH): Party goes for attainable wish list
Dene Mackenzie (ODT): Greens launch assault on poverty
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Political Report: August 4
No Right Turn: The Greens act on child poverty
TVHE: Greens on poverty
Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Why I still can't take the Greens seriously
Other
Dan Satherley (TV3): Election calculator shows 'extreme results' possible under FPP
Mai Chen (NZH): US woes make NZ look good
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Ministerial spending on travel hits $1m in three months
NZ Parliament: Disclosure of expenses claimed by members of Parliament
Gordon Campbell (Wellingtonian): Will it be a two-horse race for Ohariu?
Kate Chapman (Stuff): Union calls for fishing industry probe
Adam Bennett (NZH): Cabinet to decide on milk inquiry
Editorial (NZH): Privacy laws must focus on real problems
Brian Fallow (NZH): What to do about agriculture - it's a gas
Gordon Campbell (werewolf): Train Wreck at Kiwirail – Behind the job losses at Hillside and Woburn…
Dan Satherley and Angela Beswick (TV3): Unemployment rate unchanged at 6.5 percent
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): MPs play down speculation about next Speaker
Duncan Garner (TV3): The Week in Politics
Bryce Edwards
Thu, 04 Aug 2011
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