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Working Class Job Displacement

3 items · 3 aliases · peaked week of 12 Apr 2026 · first seen 10 May 2026

A political podcast featuring Shane Jones and Jamie Mackay critiques the proposed Indian free trade agreement, arguing it enables unfettered immigration and threatens New Zealand jobs and sovereignty, while also defending a critical minerals deal with the US and challenging the '

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  • No, I haven't mounted the summit and started to spout off scripture, but I think there'll be a lot of people in Kaitaio sort of attack various sensitive parts of my anatomy if I was that foolish. But look, we have long been of the view, let's dig, use. And develop our mineral sector, in particular our critical minerals, the opportunity arose with a host of other nations meeting in Washington some time ago with Winston Lye just working through the process. There is some nervousness amongst various members of the public. They don't want us to be seen to working with the Trump regime. But the reality is we're talking about the largest economy in the world. We're talking about a host of investors who, with the right circumstances, would come here. They're already coming to Australia. And look, I'm going to host a critical minerals seminar in Parliament where I will have representatives from the US State Department and a variety of other investors. And it's quite likely. that people from Australia and other places will attend a seminar, and that is designed to create traction and momentum. Now look, I accept that some of what I say jars on the delicate ears of the South Islanders, but that's where the minerals are, and we're not going to have these wild, sort of elitist, reckless... voices running into the front page of The Guardian, that left-wing communist organ and downing our own country. I was very disappointed when Sir Sam Neill went and attacked his own country on the front page. Well,
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the-country Government / N-A

blames mass migration for job losses and wage depression

The Country 14/04/26: Shane Jones talks to Jamie Mackay
14 Apr
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