I’m delighted to announce that Idiot/Savant of No Right Turn will be guest blogging the New Zealand election for us (and watch this space - there may be other NZ guest bloggers joining us). As Kim noted on Friday night, New Zealand election campaigns are woefully under-reported in the Australian MSM, and we’re hoping to provide something of a corrective to that. The brief is a weekly “what’s happening in the election” style post, with as much or as little on top of that as Idiot/Savant feels like writing.
We might be in touch with some Canucks too.
Update: I’m equally delighted to announce that Deborah from In a strange land will also be joining us as an NZ election guest blogger!
Update: I’m equally delighted to announce that Deborah from In a strange land will also be joining us as an NZ election guest blogger!
“New Zealand election campaigns are woefully under-reported” - for very good reasons.
One thing about Australia I never could stomach… all the damn racists.
Apologies for the fact that the comment that was first on the thread slipped through. It was entirely gratuitous and it’s gone now.
On a happier note, Yay! Welcome to I/S and Deborah!
Kiwi farmers are upset that NZ’s emissions trading scheme has just placed a $50 per tonne carbon impost on agriculture’s contribution. I’m assuming that is $NZ50 which equates to about $A40. Still amazing that we’re in anguish about a $5 to $10 figure from Garnaut. We should be reading the kiwi global warming response more closely and maybe this election will be a portent.
Great to see there’s some interest. I share Deborah’s sense of being stranded and am pleased LP are offer a virtual life-raft.