Alexa Forbes

Otago Regional Councillor, facilitator at Otago Polytechnic. Trying to clean up around here!

[Alexa Forbes @alexaforbes]

Rates Shock - New Blog Post https://t.co/GG4WI4dh0c

[Alexa Forbes @alexaforbes]

Matt Doocey again caught out not reading reports. Does he think he gets to make decisions based only on his own reckons? @JulieAnneGenter - he should have listened to you! https://t.co/vK6CvAS83F

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Latest blog: Council meeting, Long Term Plan, presentation from Ministry for Transport, State of the Environment and a pretty Velvet Foot mushroom.
https://t.co/TBCObu3xQE

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Watch Simon Upton, commissioner for the environment take apart the Fast Track bill.
He starts 16 mins in. Watch “Environment Committee” on #Vimeo https://t.co/ZgFIV4Td7g

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So good to see @A_G_Hawkins put his considerable expertise into a social enterprise. Kia kaha! Experience the magic of Escarpment Domes | PledgeMe https://t.co/3ZoL6KNx7I via @pledgeme

[Musical Chairs @MusicalChairs14]

Govt tax take is tanking - now well over $1 billion behind forecast. What could possibly be going wrong? Quick 🧵 to explain (it's uncomplicated).
Corporate tax is main driver (for now). Real term consumer demand is plummeting, sales are down, so firms scaling back/closing [1/n]

[Alexa Forbes @alexaforbes]

Agreed. Read the f***ing report! In defence of Julie Anne Genter | The Standard https://t.co/epHSUzXlyD

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Concerning . More corporate number-go-round to achieve little but the rights to more extraction. Grrrr https://t.co/it1xyqyq4E

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@redjimmie1981 @bernardchickey Following US into that breech.

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https://t.co/n6cG4SUHxz. The GPS land transport a journey back to last century and a dead end for anyone who doesn’t drive. Joy.

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@jamespeshaw @_chloeswarbrick @NZGreens Nice work @jamespeshaw and @_chloeswarbrick . A wonderful handover and transition. You’ll be fantastic Chloe! Kia kaha.
Enjoyed your playing favourites on RNZ James.
Thanks to both of you for your work and commitment.

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What's going on at ORC? https://t.co/zabowKgnFy

[Thomas Nash @nashthomas]

Gutted that government will no longer fund free public transport for under 13s and half price for under 25s after 30 April 2024. I’ve had so much feedback on how this policy has helped people. Half price will continue for Community Services Card holders so check your eligibility.

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COP - any use at all anymore?
https://t.co/NGAgN4oAtc https://t.co/NGAgN4oAtc

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@marksparkdaly @farmgeek It makes me wonder who on earth informed these policies? Very unwise to take your reckons into the policy debate without expert advice.

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@farmgeek Awful. How dare they.

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Great project with potential impacts on many parts of the system we're in. What's eating Aotearoa? A Spinoff project | PledgeMe https://t.co/ZJdzJyoPE9 via @pledgeme

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Well this is shite. Clearly our democracy has no defence against big money buying political power. I guess that’s to be expected as wealth continues to concentrate in fewer hands. https://t.co/nr3vCF8bGy

[Nick Young @nickofnz]

BOOM!
Toyota SUV adverts banned for condoning driving that disregards its environmental impact in a landmark ruling, that the SUV ads had been created without “a sense of responsibility to society”.

An important precedent because arguably, none are.
https://t.co/C727Yrrn83

[Alexa Forbes @alexaforbes]

@DudleyBenson Awful! So sorry this has happened. WTAF?