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QP (not worth following!) @quellesurprisenz.bsky.social · 12h

That's not really true. Labour repealed heaps of Nat policies when they got in in 2017. They cancelled Nat tax cuts, repealed National Standards, abolished 90 day trials, reversed 3 Strikes, etc etc.

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QP (not worth following!) @quellesurprisenz.bsky.social · 12h

There is provision for that scenario in the policy. However, it relies on a doctor or counsellor certifying estrangement, which is pretty weird. Can't imagine our GPs don't have better things to do than gatekeeper the youth benefit.

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QP (not worth following!) @quellesurprisenz.bsky.social · 12h

I doubt it even has good political mileage, this time. In times when people's top issue is cost of living, is bene bashing our youth going to appeal? I can't see it, myself.

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QP (not worth following!) @quellesurprisenz.bsky.social · 22h

They should join their union.

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 2d

On this week’s cover of The Lancet, a new letter: “Gaza’s healthocide: medical societies must not stay silent”.

Read the letter and more in our latest issue: tinyurl.com/5n85x448

Cover of The Lancet's Oct 4, 2025 issue. Cover quote reads: "Most medical and surgical societies worldwide have remained silent or issued vague statements about Gaza's healthocide [...] Staying silent while pretending to be neutral is, in effect, a form of complicity."

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QP (not worth following!) @quellesurprisenz.bsky.social · 2d

This bubble is going to pop so hard

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 2d

its truly remarkable, you have to really take the measure of it and it's almost hard to comprehend it, but the president of the united states is having texas invade illinois and oregon just to make twitter content

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QP (not worth following!) @quellesurprisenz.bsky.social · 2d

Seasonal employers could solve that problem, if they really are so desperate for workers.

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QP (not worth following!) @quellesurprisenz.bsky.social · 3d

It also means 'the courts doing their job and upholding the law'.

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QP (not worth following!) @quellesurprisenz.bsky.social · 3d

Kash Patel 'gifted' the New Zealand government weapons that are illegal in this country. He is a pathetic man- child.

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QP (not worth following!) @quellesurprisenz.bsky.social · 3d

Ah, of course. I guess when Winston is going on about 'New Zealand values' that must be what he is meaning.

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QP (not worth following!) @quellesurprisenz.bsky.social · 3d

And it barely even 'saves' any money. No doubt any absolute saving is eclipsed by the scarring poverty and hopelessness this will cause young people.

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QP (not worth following!) @quellesurprisenz.bsky.social · 3d

Can anyone tell me what the point of 'going for growth' is if it doesn't provide more people with a living? I guess we're now so 'back on track' we have to force teenagers into poverty...

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QP (not worth following!) @quellesurprisenz.bsky.social · 3d

Don't forget, pseudoephidrine/ meth precursors legal to buy over the counter, but weed will put you in jail.

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QP (not worth following!) @quellesurprisenz.bsky.social · 3d

Manifesting 'one term government'.

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QP (not worth following!) @quellesurprisenz.bsky.social · 3d

Every journalist should ask her why she insists in the face of all evidence to the contrary. berl.co.nz/economic-ins...

Youth and young adults: Where unemployment hits hardest | BERL

Current economic conditions are disproportionately affecting youth and young adults, leaving them behind and facing significant challenges in securing employment.

berl.co.nz

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QP (not worth following!) @quellesurprisenz.bsky.social · 3d

Outrageous that the government is blaming young people to distract from their policies being a total failure. berl.co.nz/economic-ins...

Youth and young adults: Where unemployment hits hardest | BERL

Current economic conditions are disproportionately affecting youth and young adults, leaving them behind and facing significant challenges in securing employment.

berl.co.nz

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QP (not worth following!) @quellesurprisenz.bsky.social · 3d

It's almost as if getting rid of the Reserve Bank's mandate to consider unemployment alongside inflation was an incredibly stupid idea.

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QP (not worth following!) @quellesurprisenz.bsky.social · 4d

Not viable to manufacture cars here, but somehow will have the facilities and workforce to manufacture precision weapons. Hmm.... maybe Rocket Lab is branching out?

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QP (not worth following!) @quellesurprisenz.bsky.social · 4d

Snap. 💯

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QP (not worth following!) @quellesurprisenz.bsky.social · 4d

💯 Never understood how anyone could support him in a leadership position after the 'front bum' and Roast Busters shockers. I can't see how he could be safe to be around.

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QP (not worth following!) @quellesurprisenz.bsky.social · 4d

They will never be safe to support as long as John 'front bum' Tamihere is calling the shots.

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 4d

Biggest 6 month rise in youth (15-19) unemployment this millennia,
Q3 2023 - Q1 2024 + 6.9% (28400 unemployed to 42100).
Biggest Annual 2008-2009 (+6.8%, 26200 to 35200 unemployed), 2nd biggest annual 2023-2024 (+5.4%, 30500 to 38800 unemployed).
This is not caused by youths playing video games.

David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 5d

It is offensive for the person supposedly in charge of the government and its economic levers to suggest that youths, and their playstationing ways, are responsible for the most rapid surge in unemployment since the Great Financial Crash

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QP (not worth following!) @quellesurprisenz.bsky.social · 4d

Totally. In other countries, if the government can't pass their budget the administration is dissolved.

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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 6d

"I asked Chat GPT"

Well we asked an expert and then we asked other experts in that field to review the first expert's work.

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