Gordon Campbell on tourism’s endless sense of grievance September 17, 2020 Sad that a once in a century pandemic should have come along before the government had a clearly thought out …

Gordon Campbell on the transTasman tinkering with Covid-related poverty September 15, 2020 On September 25, the government’s Covid-19 rent freeze will expire. A fortnight ago, the Commerce Commission (in response to a …

Gordon Campbell on campaign politicking September 11, 2020 The microdoses of policy that get released on the campaign trail are not meant to be ego-shattering psychedelic events that …

Gordon Campbell on saving small firms, and disowning Peter Thiel September 9, 2020 According to Business NZ, over 97^ of New Zealand firms employ only 20 or fewer staff. One of the political …

Gordon Campbell on Trump’s current chances of re-election September 7, 2020 How likely is it that the world will wake up on November 4th facing the prospect of another four years …

Gordon Campbell on James Shaw’s spectacular own goal September 2, 2020 The apology by Greens co-leader James Shaw was certainly comprehensive. He’s so very sorry that he’s let down not only …

Gordon Campbell on the challenges we face in securing Covid-19 vaccines August 31, 2020 The early wave of Covid-19 vaccines appear unlikely to deliver a complete shield against getting the infection, as (say) a …

Gordon Campbell on the Royal Commission’s needlessly secretive inquiry into the mosque attacks August 25, 2020 Can’t recall the author – Oscar Wilde?- but during the Victorian era there was a popular short story about a …

Gordon Campbell on kneejerk negativism, Cardi B, and Linda Manz August 20, 2020 Yesterday, Victoria recorded 216 new Covid-19 cases and twelve deaths. An inquiry released a couple of days ago found that …

Gordon Campbell on the sorry plight of the international education sector August 18, 2020 Tourism and international education have been two of the sectors hardest hit by the pandemic. They’re both key export industries. …

Gordon Campbell on the election delay August 17, 2020 Hi, team. While the majority of the team of five million has gritted its teeth and obeyed the rules throughout …