Anzac Day a reminder of importance of a departure strategy

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Always have an exit strategy. That is one of politics' rules some learn the hard way. It is also a rule of diplomacy and war. Anzac Day is a reminder.

In praise of capable public servants

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Which pinko leftie bloated waffler said this? "Public servants . . . are a vitally important component of democracy. The better the public servant, the stronger and more effective the democracy."

'Auckland plan' should be a plan for the whole economy

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It never rains but it pours. Queenslanders would get the point of this hackneyed, overused, wrung-out, saturated cliche. New Zealanders might also be starting to get the point of the figure of speech.

A shift away from the 'old normal'

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The aftershocks keep coming. One ran through the Reserve Bank last week. The epicentre was the Beehive ninth floor.