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NZ Courts Declare the Blockers Are Reversible
New Zealand's activist judiciary strikes again.
This Is a Step Forward, but There Are Still Some Concerns
While there are good things about these new bills – and the current RMA most certainly needs to be replaced – we do want to loudly and clearly sound the alarm that what is being proposed will leave New Zealand divided by ancestry.
Has Orwell’s 1984 Become Reality?
The more the process is ramped up, the louder critical voices become (and protests are likely to occur) and, correlatively, the more anxious the neo-fascists become, to close the net around citizens of the world.
This Is Only Going To Get Worse
Once in a while, you can find a customer service representative in one of these call centers that can communicate effectively and that has been properly trained. But that is the exception to the rule.
A Major Blow To Press Freedom
Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher convicted of sedition.
What Is Hanukkah and How Is It Celebrated?
As we grieve for the victims of the Bondi shooting, Hanukkah calls on us to insist on light nonetheless – and, in doing so, to ensure Jewish life is never extinguished.
Digital ID, Free Speech and Our Children
Today, we are wrapping our children up in digital cotton wool! What are the implications? I ask you.
Heroic Muslims Are Not the ‘Antidote’
I know Ahmed is a genuine hero. But please, let’s not treat him as one, at least not in the way Albanese and McEvoy are: the ultimate cost will just be too great. I know this column makes me sound like a heartless piece of shit. But empathy has got us absolutely nowhere.
An Open Letter to Simeon Brown
Is not the real problem, who, if truth be told, is actually neglecting Māori?
Are They Bad or Just Bonkers?
The Bondi Barbarians. The role of bad ideas in abominable behaviour.
Privacy for the Powerful, Surveillance for the Rest
Protecting kids is a weak pretext for total digital surveillance. What’s worse, the EU’s monitoring exempted its own politicians from scrutiny. Their privacy matters, but not yours.
Labour Has Gone Beyond Lying To Bullshitting
At some point over the last 18 months, I suspect the government moved from lying to bullshitting without giving fair warning. We thought we were playing football then it began to play rugby, and since it has the ball on loan until 2029 there isn’t much we can do about it.
New Years Massacre Plot Foiled
The members are said to have self-identified as part of a radical offshoot of the Turtle Island Liberation Front (TILF), an extremist group driven by pro-Palestinian, anti-law-enforcement, and anti-government ideology.
This Debt, Borrow and Bust Cycle
The debt on the interest the Victorian government has racked up over the past decade is over $100,000 per hour, though it may be as much as $791,000 per hour based on ABC calculations (if the Australians Broadcasting Communism can’t even hide how bad it is, it must be absolutely catastrophic).
