Kim Dotcom could have his fate sealed by early next year. 

The tech mogul may soon find himself on trial in the US after Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith confirmed he'd signed his extradition. 

Former Auckland University Professor of Law Bill Hodge told Ryan Bridge Dotcom's penultimate step is a judicial review, but he can't precisely predict how long this would take. 

He says if it's a typical judicial review, it could ideally be done within six months, and wonders if the court will expedite it.

Hodge says his Kiwi family may be his strongest defence.

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Kim Dotcom could have his fate sealed by early next year.  
The tech mogul may soon find himself on trial in the US after Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith confirmed he'd signed his extradition.  
Former Auckland University Professor of Law Bill Hodge told Ryan Bridge Dotcom's penultimate step is a judicial review, but he can't precisely predict how long this would take.  
He says if it's a typical judicial review, it could ideally be done within six months, and wonders if the court will expedite it. 
Hodge says his Kiwi family may be his strongest defence. 
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Bill Hodge: Former Auckland University Law Professor on the extradition of Kim Dotcom and his likely trial in the US

Will the All Blacks redeem themselves after last week’s loss?

This Saturday they’ll be facing Argentina in a rematch at Eden Park, a week on from losing to 30-38 in Wellington.

Scott Robertson has made some major changes to the Kiwi side, including the return of former captain Sam Cane.

Newstalk ZB Rugby Commentator Elliott Smith told Ryan Bridge the All Blacks need to bounce back, which they traditionally do when they lose to Argentina. 

He said that it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s going to happen tomorrow night, but you would hope there’s some form of response from the All Blacks after last week.

Smith said that last week seems to be a bit of a reality check for Robertson.

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Will the All Blacks redeem themselves after last week’s loss? 
This Saturday they’ll be facing Argentina in a rematch at Eden Park, a week on from losing to 30-38 in Wellington. 
Scott Robertson has made some major changes to the Kiwi side, including the return of former captain Sam Cane. 
Newstalk ZB Rugby Commentator Elliott Smith told Ryan Bridge the All Blacks need to bounce back, which they traditionally do when they lose to Argentina.  
He said that it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s going to happen tomorrow night, but you would hope there’s some form of response from the All Blacks after last week. 
Smith said that last week seems to be a bit of a reality check for Robertson. 
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Elliott Smith: ZB Rugby Commentator ahead of this weekend's rematch between the All Blacks and Argentina

501s will be the hot button topic in Christopher Luxon's meeting in Canberra today with the Australian Prime Minister.

Anthony Albanese's government has pulled a recent u-turn on the common-sense approach he'd agreed to with former Prime Minister Jacinda Arden in 2022. 

Australia is no longer considering a person's ties to the country before deporting them, making the safety of Australians the top priority.

Geopolitical analyst Geoffrey Miller told Ryan Bridge Luxon's comments in Sydney yesterday hinted he wasn't expecting to make much headway. 

He says Luxon had said they would agree to disagree on the issue - but he'd continue to voice New Zealand's displeasure. 

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501s will be the hot button topic in Christopher Luxon's meeting in Canberra today with the Australian Prime Minister. 
Anthony Albanese's government has pulled a recent u-turn on the common-sense approach he'd agreed to with former Prime Minister Jacinda Arden in 2022.  
Australia is no longer considering a person's ties to the country before deporting them, making the safety of Australians the top priority. 
Geopolitical analyst Geoffrey Miller told Ryan Bridge Luxon's comments in Sydney yesterday hinted he wasn't expecting to make much headway.  
He says Luxon had said they would agree to disagree on the issue - but he'd continue to voice New Zealand's displeasure.  
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Geoffrey Miller: Geopolitical Analyst on the 501 deportation meeting between Christopher Luxon and Anthony Albanese

There's a reason politicians can't agree on much of anything.

Luxon is in Australia at the moment, he's on an infrastructure whistle stop tour.

The question - why are we so bad, and the Aussies seemingly so much better at it?

There are many reasons like public, private partnerships and user pays. In New South Wales, they've used asset sales to fund this stuff, but it's also crucially bipartisan agreement on what to build.

Luxon says that the Nats and Labour need consensus on what projects will get cash.

"The challenge in New Zealand is you get a change in political cycle or economic cycle, and you get on off, on off, on off and nothing's happening."

So the construction industry, they need to know the pipeline of work that's in front of them or it's not going to be viable. You know, the roads of national significance they were on and then they're off, and they're on and then they're off.

And another example was Energy Resources Aotearoa on this show calling for bipartisan Agreement on Oil and gas exploration.

But here's the thing, it's not going to happen in either case, which sucks because it's us the voters that ultimately pay the price in the form of electricity prices or traffic.

The reason? Well, our political system is based on the Westminster model which is purposely adversarial. We encourage competition. We literally have an opposition party to oppose the government.

It's set up to fail when it comes to agreement.

So I won't be holding my breath for our parliamentarians to suddenly start singing from the same song sheet.

There's a reason politicians can't agree on much of anything. 
Luxon is in Australia at the moment, he's on an infrastructure whistle stop tour. 
The question - why are we so bad, and the Aussies seemingly so much better at it? 
There are many reasons like public, private partnerships and user pays. In New South Wales, they've used asset sales to fund this stuff, but it's also crucially bipartisan agreement on what to build. 
Luxon says that the Nats and Labour need consensus on what projects will get cash. 
"The challenge in New Zealand is you get a change in political cycle or economic cycle, and you get on off, on off, on off and nothing's happening." 
So the construction industry, they need to know the pipeline of work that's in front of them or it's not going to be viable. You know, the roads of national significance they were on and then they're off, and they're on and then they're off. 
And another example was Energy Resources Aotearoa on this show calling for bipartisan Agreement on Oil and gas exploration. 
But here's the thing, it's not going to happen in either case, which sucks because it's us the voters that ultimately pay the price in the form of electricity prices or traffic. 
The reason? Well, our political system is based on the Westminster model which is purposely adversarial. We encourage competition. We literally have an opposition party to oppose the government. 
It's set up to fail when it comes to agreement. 
So I won't be holding my breath for our parliamentarians to suddenly start singing from the same song sheet.

Bill Hodge: Former Auckland University Law Professor on the extradition of Kim Dotcom and his likely trial in the US

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