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		<title>What Key should have said on crime</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This remarkable editorial appeared in The Press on 27 August, following the Prime Ministers speech to the Sensible Sentencing Trust conference.
On Wednesday Prime Minister John Key delivered a speech to the Sensible Sentencing Trust conference (sponsored by the National Party, Labour Party and ACT) at Parliament. It was a predictable presentation which avoided the obvious [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.justice.net.nz/criminal-justice/what-key-should-have-said-on-crime/</link>
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		<title>Naming and shaming bad employers &#124; Press Release from Unite</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unite Union is accusing one of the country&#8217;s largest Telco&#8217;s &#8211; Vodafone &#8211; of being a bad employer after the highly profitable company refused a pay increase to most of its lowest-paid, most vulnerable employees for the second year running.
&#8220;Prime Minister John Key has challenges us to name and shame bad employers and Vodafone fits [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.justice.net.nz/politics/naming-and-shaming-bad-employers-press-release-from-unite/</link>
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		<title>Reclaiming ruins for green spaces</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by Paris&#8217; Promenade Plantee, a new kind of urban park has sprung up across several US cities.
The High Line, an elevated freight spur that runs along the West Side of Manhattan and overlooks the Hudson River, was nothing more than a crumbling eyesore 10 years ago. But since it opened as a park last [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.justice.net.nz/environment/reclaiming-ruins-for-green-spaces/</link>
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		<title>Global Shift to Renewable Energy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As fossil fuel prices rise, as oil insecurity deepens, and as concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging. The old energy economy, fueled by oil, coal, and natural gas, is being replaced by one powered by wind, solar, and geothermal energy. Despite the global [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.justice.net.nz/environment/global-shift-to-renewable-energy/</link>
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		<title>Israeli army&#8217;s female recruits speak out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Harriet Sherwood
The Observer, Sunday 22 August 2010

Israeli servicewomen train to become army instructors. Some former recruits have spoken out against the military action in the occupied territories. Photograph: IDF/Polaris Images 
It was a single word scrawled on a wall at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem that unlocked something deep inside Inbar Michelzon, two years after [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.justice.net.nz/peace-violence/israeli-armys-female-recruits-denounce-treatment-of-palestinians/</link>
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		<title>Australian election highlights the advantages of MMP</title>
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Whatever the final result of the Australian election, the advantage of New Zealand’s proportional voting system MMP is very clear, said the Green Party today.
The outcome of the Australian election is not yet known, because like in the UK earlier this year, the election has resulted in a ‘hung’ parliament.  The two major parties [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.justice.net.nz/politics/australian-election-highlights-need-for-mmp/</link>
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		<title>90-day trial in action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re in any doubt about the unfairness of National’s fire at will legislation, watch these two videos:

Florence Cohen was sacked from her first job on her 85th day of her 90 day trial period.  Her employer had expressed no dissatisfaction with her performance, she was given no reason for her dismissal, and she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.justice.net.nz/politics/90-day-trial-in-action/</link>
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		<title>350 Aotearoa: don&#8217;t be late to the Party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
350.org is an international campaign that&#8217;s building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis&#8211;the solutions that science and justice demand.
350 parts per million (ppm) is, according to leading climate scientists, the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. Accelerating arctic warming and other early climate impacts have led [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.justice.net.nz/action/350-aotearoa-dont-be-late-to-the-party/</link>
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		<title>Report to General Synod</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The revised Social Justice Commission report to General Synod was given to Standing Committee this week, and accepted. In addition our work was well received, with Standing Committee desiring a little more clarity around our enabler roles. That&#8217;s very positive news, and the opportunity to be able to unpack these roles, and get a process [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.justice.net.nz/church/report-to-general-synod/</link>
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		<title>Christian Palestinian Leader from Gaza to visit Wellington</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Constantine Dabbagh, Palestinian Christian and Executive Secretary, Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees (DSPR), Middle East Council of Churches, will be speaking:
Wellington on Thursday, 12 August 2010 &#8211; 5.15pm to 6.30pm, St John&#8217;s in the City hall, corner Willis and Dixon Streets, Wellington
Constantine directs the provision of health care, education and community services which care [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.justice.net.nz/peace-violence/christian-palestinian-leader-from-gaza-to-visit-wellington/</link>
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