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Cassandra

It’s really pleasing to see that Britain is giving £123 million in aid to Palestine including £88 million for Gaza, while at the same time cancelling Army exercises to save money and simultaneously refusing to increase defence spending.

Meanwhile the world is in turmoil, Russia threatens Europe, Trump is sick of bludgers and the Western world reckons Israel should turn the other cheek.

And Susan Sarandon protests Netanyahu but accepts Putin.

The bizarre “progressive” fascination with Palestine doesn’t extend to rational thought. If Arafat had accepted the offer long ago – the famous missed opportunity – and the Arabs would all stop their aggression then this would be over. 1948 was the best time then the Oslo/Camp David plan. Now it’s too late.
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September 26, 2026 8:01am
- David George
  
  I listened to prime minister Netanyahu’s address to the UN and, as he said, “We’re going to win – we have no other choice”.
  A magnificent speech: https://youtu.be/yGGRNErktOs
  
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  September 26, 2026 8:37am
CJames

I see the Bathurst fast track application to extend the life of Stockton mine was declined because DoC decided they didn’t care enough about the lizards!
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/361037896/fast-track-application-expand-west-coast-mine-rejected
There is an encapsulation of how stupid our consent processes have become. The activist bureaucrats are really against any industry, particularly extractive ones (quarries, mines & pits), and have no shame exploiting anything to drive deindustrialisation. They haven’t explained the embarrassment of the expensive relocation of lizards in Otago for a goldmine where they found hundreds per hectare. “Threatened and endangered” yeah right. At least DoC didn’t mention the Stockton snail this time probably because of their previous debacle – no doubt that event has been memory holed.
As the current consents run out next year, looks like the new government will have to deal with massive job losses on the West Coast. It will also kill the TransAlpine rail line and it is possible even the South Island railways will become uneconomic. All because the government has been too wimpy to bring in sensible laws and rein in the out of control bureaucrats. It is depressing that Shane Jones appears to be the only politician calling it out – though with him and his party, that is probably all noise and no substance. The chill winds of unemployment should blow through the streets of Wadestown, not Westport.
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September 26, 2026 8:01am
- Benedict Yu
  
  In this case I think that the correct decision was made. From the DOC submission.
  
  “Denniston has the only known polymorphic forest-gecko population in New Zealand, including a distinctive striped form.” +
  
  DOC describes this population as nationally important.
  
  So on that basis the application was destined to fail. Unless DOC is telling lies.
  
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  September 26, 2026 8:20am
  - Tomtoddy
    
    All these claims of “last remaining” or “southern limit of” or “in danger of extinction” are almost always found to be scare mongering, exaggerations.
    
    The only species at risk are humans as jobs on the Coast wither. Apparently, humans do not count but lizards do. Time to get real.
    
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    September 26, 2026 8:33am
- artemisia
  
  CJames, Coasters have a great rep for hard work and #8 wire. No job, no worries, many will up sticks and follow the work, probably across the ditch. Those that stay on the Coast will delight TOP as they collect their UBI, aka welfare, and might not even sink into the slough of despond.
  
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