J.R.Bruning Talking Risk
J.R.BruningOn democracy, policy & public-interest stewardship of manmade tech
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An Election Agreement that has locked in a Road User Charging Revolution
Since my RUC article was first published in the Daily Telegraph on June 20, I have found out that other people (actually, approx 40,00 people), including Gabrielle Thompson of Collective Action For Energy Stability (CAFES), are generally cr...
Oops. Do NZ MPs appreciate that the HSNO Bill came from direct consultation with the regulated industries - no wonder it's a deregulatory instrument!
I’ve got a bit cranky about the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Amendment Bill - submissions close June 15, 2026. It’s an exemplary case study in agency capture - not just the regulator itself (in this case, the NZ EPA), but the enti...
Does New Zealand’s Mental Health Commission Understand How Powerful It is?
The Mental Health and Wellbeing (MHW) Commission have enormous powers of enquiry, but the evidence suggests that they are simply resorting to information gathering inside the system, and downplaying their power to conduct wide ranging enqui...
'The Deficit'. The social construction of taxpayer debt in New Zealand & how government money is managed in an 'emergency'.
I've been musing on this for quite a few years, reading quite a few papers and books, but I don’t seem to get time to launch into it, because it is technical and complex. But this doesn’t stop a little on-the-side speculation.
Getting a ha...
Risk & trust: It's all different for everyone.
Risk is such a crunchy, nebulous thing to discuss. It isn’t black and white; it sits in a shifting grey zone, very much a function of knowledge and perspective. A mother with toddler views risk very differently from a 21-year-old male. A yo...
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NZ based sociologist. Primary focus: regulation of manmade tech in the public interest. Relationship between governance, policy & provenance of scientific & technical knowledge. Trustee Physicians & Scientists for Global Responsibility (@PSGRNZ).
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