Summarised by Centrist
Starting 1 January 2025, first-time tertiary learners can access up to $12,000 in Fees Free funding for their final year of study or last two years of work-based training, Tertiary Education Minister Penny Simmonds announced. “This rewards hard work and motivates students to finish their qualifications,” Simmonds said. Replacing the first-year scheme, the policy incentivises success and streamlines payments via Inland Revenue starting in 2026.
“A comprehensive and consistent view of the flood risks across the country.”
“Serious and repeated failures...”
“Some children as young as 12 were commenced on puberty blockers, with others on testosterone, without adequate documentation of assessments or monitoring.
“The next move looks more likely to be up than down.”
This is what I’d call the government spending spiral – a self-reinforcing doom loop where each dollar spent justifies even more spending. PepsiCo alone spent $2.8 million last year lobbying to keep their highly processed junk food eligible for food stamps.
We can’t recapture the $16 trillion wasted on a false crisis. Sunk costs are, alas, sunk. The one sliver of good news is that it appears the climate change neuroses have finally started to subside.
There’s nothing stopping the government banning ‘ISIS brides’ – except the will to do it.
Can we stop pretending there is no correlation between transgenderism and dangerous mental instability?
