I've been blown away by the interest in Fabricated Consent - my hope is that it helps encourage good people to run and great people to vote this year!So I thought the audience might like a few updates on a couple of things that have happened since it came out a week ago!

There is a psychological reason for the reactions we will see in community groups and forums this year when push back against those spreading disinformation happens - here's what to be aware of.

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WHat happens when seemingly grassroots local ratepayer groups are actually being influenced by toxic individuals, right wing influences and spreaders of disinformation? That's what was explored in Fabricated Consent - https://youtu.be/bOekmUdnN80

This is the audio version of the following Q&A session with audience questions, with guest Sean Ackland and Paul Barlow, Director of Fabricated Consent.

Busy day today - especially with this ready to go!

Fabricated Consent is a deep dive into the seemingly benign grassroot styling of local astroturfs with links to some of the country's most divisive spreaders of disinformation and pseudo law.

7:30pm on Youtube with a live Q&A to follow

https://youtu.be/bOekmUdnN80

Parliament in mourning, Marlborough in flood warning and is this the end of Tricky Dicky?

All that and more in this week’s This Week’s The News

(This version appears as Audio in some locations, the video is much more contextual, just saying)

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*This Week’s The News is a satire, based on real news reports. Some comments and representations have been made for comedic effect.

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Screw you local democracy, the road to Privatisation, and pests in a half shell - all that and more on This Week’s The News.

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*This Week’s The News is a satire, based on real news reports. Some comments and representations have been made for comedic effect.

Joining us this wek for a jam packed episode we have:

RSB expert Melanie Nelson, with tips on getting your RSB Submissions (which close at 1pm on Monday 23rd June) in and osme approaches to look at on how to oppose it.

We have Albert-Eden Local Board candidates Emma McInnes and Jonty Carroll join us to talk about how the issues facing their community are the same facing all communities across Aotearoa.

Labour's workplace relations spokesperson, Jan Tinetti joins us to talk about the continued assault on workers we saw this week.

And we wrap up with This Week's The News and a clip from the upcoming documentary Fabricating Consent.

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The polls that ask who would you vote for a trending a certain way and a poll that asked “what are you concerned with?” backs them up - so what might be behind the slide in the Polls National is suffering?

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Does the Coalition think your local body voting choices are wrong? Is it a Nanny State when central government decides to over rule local decision making because they don’t like the choices they make? And can you stop them from continuing to fore local government to do what they want?

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