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The Royal Family’s Association With Mike Bloomberg
The Royal Family is failing in its duty to uphold political neutrality. Prince William would do well to shed the Earthshot Prize, Mike Bloomberg and avoid the environmental activism of his father.
Socialism, All the Way Down
Canberra copies Victoria: Labor’s tax-and-spend mutually-assured destruction.
Nepean: Not Much to Grin About for Winner
One Nation surges in Victoria as Labor buys votes with Victorians’ grandkids’ future.
Can Police Search Every Phone in a Crowd?
Rutherford urges Supreme Court to block police uses of dragnet cell phone surveillance.
This Disturbing Reaction to a Would-Be Assassin
As Voltaire observed, a few decades before the bloody French Revolution, “Certainly anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.”
This MSD Treatment Is Revealing
On the face of it, MSD has no empathy for Covid fraudsters but no end of empathy for beneficiary fraudsters. So much for a neutral public service.
Police visit over ‘New India’ post raises free speech concerns
Schwenke says police told her the post was “unkind,” “racist” and “unwelcoming to the Indian community.”
Maersk lifts freight charges 27% as Iran war drives fuel costs
“Unprecedented cost environment.”
Luxon signs Singapore fuel deal as diesel and jet fuel stocks climb
“With a third of New Zealand’s fuel refined in Singapore, this agreement turns trust into action, and right now, that’s keeping fuel flowing to New Zealand when it matters most.”
Chris Hipkins defends Labour Party NZ plan for free doctors visits
Labour leader Chris Hipkins is defending a central Labour election promise to fund three free...