Goodness Another Very Important Promotion
Helen Clark’s appointment as chair of the Gavi board is much more meaningful than most people realise.
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The Ideological Capture of Our Health Sector
The Nursing and Medical councils make political views compulsory.
Get Rid of the Sole Parent Benefit
Get rid of the sole parent benefit. Lift aspirations for those mothers and better outcomes for their children will follow.
Dollars, Cents and Trade-Offs of Drug Legalization
What would happen if all class one narcotics were legalized?
Waste From ‘Clean Energy’ Piles Up
The environmental impact of industrial-scale wind facilities extends far beyond the operational lifespan of turbine blades and related equipment.
Hey Australia, Can We Have Pauline Hanson?
The era of halo politics is over. The appetite now is for grit, clarity and leaders who are not afraid of being unpopular if it means being honest.
Questioning ACOG After They Exit From Panel
Urato says restoring trust requires transparency, not a cover up. “One key step to restore public trust is to emphasise transparency – to let the public see what’s going on, to let the sun shine in,” he said. Removing the vaccine mandate statement does not strengthen ACOG’s credibility.
Shutting Out the Noise
Our task is to help the genuinely curious – not enable the haters.
And I Ran, Iran So Far Away
The world just got a little lighter, though I predict it may get a bit messy for a time. Let right be done.
The 92% Tax That Nobody Ever Paid
If they spent as much energy making it easier to build a business as they do dreaming up new ways to ‘soak the rich,’ the tax base would take care of itself.
The Real Story Is Empty Ballot Boxes
No culture, however proud its monuments and history, endures for long once the people who built it withdraw from defending it.
The Autopsy of a Canary
What the Bondi Beach Chanukah massacre reveals about antisemitism today.
Hey Australia, You Can Have Jacinda, We Don’t Want Her
We are told she represents the best of us. For a large and growing number of Kiwis, she represents a period they would rather never repeat.