Greens take command-economy route to cheaper groceries
The bill would require regulators and judges to decide what profit margin is reasonable and therefore what prices supermarkets may legally charge.
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Adding to the CO2 footprint: Taxpayers foot huge bill for climate officials' business-class flights
“The irony of six highly paid foreign affairs officials flying business class to this ‘green’ gathering won’t be lost on anyone.”
$106m spent and still no decision on Auckland harbour crossing
The latest study will not be completed until next year, pushing any decision beyond the election.
Thousands of homeowners now selling at a loss as housing slump drags on
More than 13% of properties resold in the June quarter changed hands for less than their owners had paid.
Overhang arms race as left and right eye split-vote paths to power
“You get three, and so on and so forth, and that’s how you work it out."
The Trump-Class Battleship Will Be Pricey
More powerful than any US Navy warship ever built, but can America afford it?
Now This Changes Everything
The Unity Nuclear Battery is a small reactor not “a battery” but it has the convenience of working like one, except that instead of being a two-, four- or eight-hour battery, it’s a five year one.
The Wolves in White Coats Report
HHS releases report exposing fraudulent insurance coding for sex-rejecting procedures on minors.
A Digital First Dystopia
We must ensure the right to paper, the right to conduct business in cash, and freedom of choice. Digital systems should be an option, not a mandate.
More Than 300,000 Teens Received 2nd Shot After Officials Advised of Risk
On 9 December, CV TAG again raised concerns that its earlier advice supporting a single-dose approach for 12- to 15-year-olds had not been reflected in the government’s definition of ‘fully vaccinated’. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of teenagers had been receiving second doses.
Helen Clark Calls Interview a ‘Train Wreck’
The criticism followed a bruising interview in which Wong conceded the party board, which includes a member linked to more than $221,000 in donations this year, could overrule decisions made by any future elected MPs.
Show Me a Starving Parent
By outsourcing parenting to the taxpayer, we aren’t curing hardship – we are subsidising a lifestyle of zero accountability.
Why Are We Importing Such Savages?
If it’s too dangerous to go there, there is too dangerous to bring here.