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Conferences are wasteful, unless you’re hosting

Jolyon — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:19:30 +0000

The National Government has cancelled another conference, with Prime Minister John Key describing it as “a waste of public money at a critical time”. During a line-by-line review of spending by the department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Mr Key discovered the so-called “Summit on Employment”, which was to be held in Auckland on February 27. The summit, which was organised by bureaucrats, was to gather business leaders together from around the country to have a bit of a chat about employment-related issues.

Click here to read the full article by Steve Pierson on The Standard blog site.

Anti-social behaviour

Jolyon — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:49:15 +0000

One Tree Hill is being closed down at night. Alas, apparently people have been driving up there and taking part in anti-social behaviour. That is a terrifying image. Large roving groups of drunken youths setting up user pays schemes; hording stuff in their own pockets and sharing nothing; being concerned only with their own needs and voting on the individualist grounds of ‘whats best for ME.” Closing it down is essential. Now a precedent has been set we could extend the idea to a few political parties.

Buying a car…Kiwi Style

Ant — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:42:27 +0000

A bit of humour for the new year, with thanks to Robert!

I look forward to how to get a license…