One thing the right wing parties do really well are make noises that sound good about free speech and equal for all, but actually strip back those right so only the noise they agree with gets heard - and Act’s latest policy is exactly what this is - demanding a neutrality that can’t exist because some awful people got upset for being called out for their attitudes. 

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Headlines are powerful tools - they let us know the important things, and frame 85% of our perception on issues they deal with. So it’s really important to know how they frame bias - and how even our woke left media (Stuff and RNZ) push a right wing bias you might not be aware.

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In this week’s Campaign Kōrero, I take a look at the headlines from the last week that could shape the election race and head down to the Defying Definition event held in protest against Winston Peter’s harmful anti-trans Definition of Gender Bill to talk to politicians about why this is a dangerous Bill, how it showcases the mask coming off from the Coalition even further and what we can do to ensure this kind of culture war punch down stops happening.

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Our media is trapped by a model that lets right wing bullshitters and bad faith actors get away with being platformed and legitimised - and nowhere is that more apparent than when Winston Peters opens his mouth and spouts inane culture war bs and doesn’t get call out from it. So we need to change the system for them.

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Modern right wing conservative political figures are under a lot of stress - on one hand people expect them to slash and burn public services to run a country like the record number of businesses going into liquidation and tell everyone trickle down downward pressure would fix it, while trying to make sure the dg whistles and culture war topics are heard loud and clear by those listening really hard for them. And who knows, maybe the pressure of juggling it all is getting to the right wing political leaders had a truly unhinged weekend.

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In This Week’s The News, Labour do stuff and the Coalition freak out. Awful outcomes happen when The Coalition did the thing that they were told would lead to those exact awful outcomes, and warnings - warnings for all (and Waiouru)!

*PLEASE NOTE: The original version of this is a video and makes reference to images presented on screen which clearly don't make as much sense in audio. Feel free to use your imagination or ChatGPT to create your own images if video is unavailable**

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In the past week alone, National has posted 13 verifiably false or misleading claims. More even than the conspiracy party NZ First. The problem, it takes longer to debunk than it does to lie and that has real world consequences for our country in very profound ways. 

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It says a lot about the Coalition that Transport Minister Simeon Brown’s response to Labours proposed public transport cap is that we shouldn’t have our tax money spent on making our lives better. From the Coalition of “tax cuts for landlords and tobacco companies”, that isn’t a shock, but it shows the strength of the policy proposal. 

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In this weeks Campaign Korero, it’s been a big week for Labour with lists and policies, and I catch up with NZCTU President Sandra Grey to talk about the budget, the amazing mahi they do in explaining what’s in the budget in simple English and what it means for workers going forward.

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The cost or the value of what we spend - they’re two different things but in an election, we really need to understand what they both are and how they impact our in the long and short term.

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