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Ex-ACT staffer Grant McLachlan says party created fake grassroots groups


Ex-ACT staffer Grant McLachlan says party created fake grassroots groups
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Political pundits and media experts are warning that artificial grassroots organisations - nicknamed astroturfs - are being used to manipulate and mobilise public opinion for political gain.
The recent public apology by a lobbyist to leading public health experts for defaming them on the
Whale Oil blog has once again shone a spotlight into the murky world of lobbying.
Carrick Graham, who was in the pay of the food and beverage industry, has admitted his statements about Doug Sellman of Alcohol Action, health professor Boyd Swinburn, and former director of the Māori Smokefree Coalition, Shane Bradbrook, were untrue, unfair, offensive, insulting and defamatory . ....

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Local Matters - Call to carpool for five-day music and arts festival

Local Matters - Call to carpool for five-day music and arts festival
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Local Matters - Have your say on next 10-year budget


Have your say on next 10-year budget
Auckland Council’s proposed budget for the next 10 years is in the final stages of development and will be open for a month of public feedback from Monday, February 22.
In the wake of Covid-19, the new long-term plan has been dubbed a “recovery budget” by Mayor Phil Goff and includes the extension of several cost-cutting measures brought in for last year’s emergency budget.
He is proposing a one-off 5 per cent increase in general rates in the next financial year, in addition to Council’s commitment to a 3.5 per cent annual increase. Mr Goff said this would provide leverage for additional borrowing that would allow $450 million of extra investment over the next 10 years. ....

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