Remaining ‘Bali Nine’ Members Return Home
The men, who attempted to smuggle 8.3 kg of heroin from Bali in 2005, will now focus on rehabilitation and reintegration in Australia.
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A Tribute to Anna de Buisseret
We need more lawyers like Anna de Buisseret fighting for the future of humanity.
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When It Doesn’t Work
So the game is up. Britain will get tough on illegals as America is about to do.
My Response to the Expert Opinions
The tabling of the Gene Technology Bill at this time speaks volumes about an industry determined to ignore risks and override precautionary voices.
No Hero: Whitlam and Israel
How Gough Whitlam dragged Labor into the anti-Semitic mud.
An Update on Grey Street
Businesses in the street have been experiencing loss of income and residents are angry that nearly a million dollars has been spent after the initial $350,000 budget blew out.
Modern Society
“He turns out to be another one of the kiddie revolutionaries from the upper echelons of our educational establishment.”
NZ Politics Daily: 17 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING Giles Dexter (RNZ): HYEFU preview: Pre-emptive blame game ahead of opening of the books Brian Easton (Pundit): Foreshadowing HYEFU 2024 Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government reveals whether Nicola Willis will ‘shift goalposts’ on surplus target or ditch multi-year capital
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Face of the Day
Despite hardly speaking the language, the New Zealander, who has won dozens of Scrabble tournaments in English, was competing in the Spanish-language Scrabble world championship. He won the title.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… alibi (noun, verb): noun 1: the plea of having been at the time of the commission of an act elsewhere than at the place of commission also : the fact or state of having been elsewhere at the time 2: an excuse usually intended to avert
The Good Oil Daily Proverb
Eloquent words are not fitting for a fool; even less are lies fitting for a ruler.