Police and Crime

Gordon Campbell on the security services review

Column – Gordon Campbell T o no-ones real surprise, the Cullen/Reddy review of the security services has recommended an extension of the powers of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), mainly to legally enable the agency to use its technological expertise …

TPP relocation will cost ratepayers at least $500,000

Press Release – Auckland Councillor Cameron Brewer Auckland Councillor Cameron Brewer says its over-the-top Auckland Council is telling ratepayer-funded staff to stay away and flexi-work on Thursday 4 February due to imminent protests around SkyCity next door to Auckland Councils HQ in Federal …

Desperate Key trying to redefine TPPA as law & order issue

Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey News that police have been visiting opponents of the TPPA ahead of next weeks signing is the latest step in an orchestrated move by the Prime Minister to try to redefine the signing of the hugely unpopular Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement …

Knowledge Ecology Leaks TPP Text on Intellectual Property

Press Release – Knowledge Ecology International Washington, DC Today, August 4, 2015, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) released text from three sections of the 95page secret negotiating text on the Intellectual Property Chapter being used in the TransPacific Partnership Agreement (TPP, sometimes …