Government’s credibility in tatters
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Government’s credibility in tatters: Key invites Labour to breach TPPA & be sued by foreign investors
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International Law
What We Always Knew: The TPP and Intellectual Property
Press Release – Binoy Kampmark This is about increasing the ability of global corporations to source wherever they can at the lowest cost.
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WikiLeaks release of TPP Intellectual Property chapter
Press Release – OpenMedia Confirmed: retroactive 20 year copyright term extensions, new rules that would induce ISPs to block websites, and criminal penalties for the circumvention of digital locks
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Final TPPA intellectual property chapter leaked
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Inevitably, leaks are starting to fill the void of official texts from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), says Professor Jane Kelsey, who has been pressing for the release of final texts to allow proper assessment of the governments claims.
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Gordon Campbell on Govt’s favourite crony Serco, and the TPP
Column – Gordon Campbell Gordon Campbell on Sercos emerging role as the governments favourite corporate crony, and the TPP fallout
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New Bill to Stop Secrecy of Future Deals like TPPA
Press Release – New Zealand First Party New Zealand First wants to change the law so international treaties are discussed and approved by Parliament before signing, preventing any government from making blank cheque commitments on behalf of New Zealanders.
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PM John Key: TPP, Aussie Deporations, Syria
Press Release – The Nation Key says Australia will back down on its policy of deporting Kiwis sentenced to at least a year in prison: I dont actually think the Australian positions sustainable over the very long term.
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Brownlee: NZ and Security in the Asia-Pacific Century
Speech – New Zealand Government First, let me show you New Zealand’s view of the World. This hemispheric view of the world is centred on Wellington, our capital city. Because we are so isolated, we are a maritime nation through necessity. Our Exclusive Economic Zone is the fourth …
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Emir Hodzic: No troubles in Godzone
Article – Emir Hodzic Being in New Zealand now, while the Middle East burns and Europe is overwhelmed with refugees, is like being on the other side of the planet. Well, New Zealand is actually on the other side of the planet. So far away in fact, that nothing disrupts Prime …
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TPP risks overstated
Press Release – Business NZ TPP risks overstated A new report on the Trans Pacific Partnership concludes that it would not allow foreign control over New Zealands law-making ability. ExportNZ commissioned ISDS and sovereignty , a report on investor-state dispute settlement …
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War: Legal to Criminal and Back Again
Speech – David Swanson Remarks in Chicago on the 87th anniversary of the Kellogg-Briand Pact, August 27, 2015.
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TPP: Protect our Rights, Protect our Taonga, Health & Future
Press Release – Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Inc The Government is selling our birth right to big businesses without regard for our people or our taonga.
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