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Police Hit the Snooze Button Before Bondi
Security agencies asleep at the wheel while jihadis mustered.
Is He Sniffing the Winds?
The joke at the moment across the Western democracies is that you’re often seeing coalitions in all but name via the so-called “uni-party” where parties simply exchange power but maintain the same overall policies. People have had a gutsful of their votes changing nothing in their lives.
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Ancestor Annihilation: Our Own Cultural Revolution
Call it what it is: a cultural revolution by other means.
TPM Is Failing Its People
The people walking out are the ones who tried to challenge that axis and lost.
The Rules for Predicting the NZ Election
Most of the normal voter behaviours in general elections suggest a centre-right victory, and, though the margins may be tight, a Labour victory depends upon too many abnormal events to occur.
IAN WISHART: An open letter to political leaders on climate extremes
New OIA material says NIWA did no historic storm research on Hawke’s Bay as Cyclone Gabrielle approached, raising fresh questions about missed warnings, flawed risk assessment, and what ministers were told afterwards.
Elite Panic: The Basket of Deplorables Just Got a Whole Lot Bigger
Yet another poll confirms: One Nation are cementing their poll gains.
The Sting in the India Trade Deal
That is the real issue raised by this agreement: not trade, but whether constitutional change in New Zealand will occur by democratic choice or by political stealth.
National Flat-Lining at 29 Per Cent as Winston Closes on Luxon
National has run out of time. They cannot keep hoping the polls will turn.
Quick Hit FTA: Dairy Demands Nearly Blew Up Talks, NZ Official Admits
New Zealand went into these talks wanting dairy and came out with crumbs and a migration side-door.
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Face of the Day
Reflecting on the six-word sentence, which gained viral attention, Collins said she and her husband were “disgusted” by the response it received.