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Melbourne Could Have Been Us

Melbourne Could Have Been Us

David Seymour ACT Leader The lockdown affecting Melbourne right now could just have easily happened to New Zealand. The Government has made us a sitting duck running on luck. We’ve seen multiple failures at MIQ facilities any one of which could have resulted in a community outbreak. Ashley Bloomfield

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CFACT Launches Counter Punch to Big Business’ Leftward Lurch

CFACT Launches Counter Punch to Big Business’ Leftward Lurch

Adam Houser cfact.org Adam Houser coordinates student leaders as National Director of CFACT’s collegians program and writes on issues of climate and energy. For decades, big corporations were the liberals’ favorite boogeymen. They were vilified in the media, by Hollywood, and liberal politicians. How the times have changed!

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Employment Protection Insurance

Employment Protection Insurance

Okay. Let’s take a look at the proposed Employment Protection Insurance, dangled like a carrot at middle New Zealand by the benevolent Grant Robertson while reading the 2021 Budget. On the face of it, such a scheme would have a couple of major benefits. The first is that those

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Other People’s Money

Other People’s Money

It seems that its large majority, won at the last election, has gone to Labour’s head. On election night, Jacinda Ardern promised to govern for all New Zealanders. After all, she was well aware that many people who normally voted National had given her government a resounding second term.

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Here’s the Real Reason Why You Can’t Repair Your Airpods

Patrick Carroll fee.org Patrick Carroll has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and is a Eugene S. Thorpe Writing Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. The Federal Trade Commission recently released a report that details its investigation into the repairability of various tech products.

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Disney’s Embrace of Wokeness Is a Mickey Mouse Move

Disney’s Embrace of Wokeness Is a Mickey Mouse Move

Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young

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Nash Away with the Fairies on Immigration

Nash Away with the Fairies on Immigration

James McDowall ACT’s immigration spokesperson Economic Development Minister Stuart Nash must have been away with the fairies when he insulted employers who take migrant workers. This morning, speaking on Newstalk ZB, Mr Nash said: “We just can’t keep relying on overseas workers without trying to attract Kiwis in

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Enough with Your Bee-Shit Bullshit, New Zealand

Enough with Your Bee-Shit Bullshit, New Zealand

Listen, New Zealand: I know we’re sibling rivals and all, but, jeez, you lot can be precious sometimes. You know, we let you win the rugby because it’s a sport hardly anyone in Australia actually cares about. (Instead of copying the Poms and buggering each other as a

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David Seymour Speech: ACT’s Budget for Middle New Zealand

David Seymour Speech: ACT’s Budget for Middle New Zealand

David Seymour ACT Leader Business. I just wanted to get in early. Grant Robertson almost completely forgot to mention business in both his pre-Budget speeches. I didn’t want to risk the same mistake. Welcome thank you to Price Waterhouse Cooper and the Wellington Chamber of Commerce for hosting us

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What Happened to Governing for All New Zealanders?

What Happened to Governing for All New Zealanders?

David Seymour ACT Leader Jacinda Ardern’s reasoning for forcing undemocratic union contracts on people who don’t want any part of them just doesn’t add up. The Government originally said only one or two industries would be affected by this policy, then in Parliament today Ardern said three

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The Wokest Place on Earth?

rt.com Walt Disney Co. has reportedly joined corporate America’s rush toward critical race theory, teaching staff that America is rooted in “systemic racism” and that white employees must show special deference to their black colleagues. Disney training materials obtained by journalist Christopher Rufo include a program called “Reimagine

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Labour Government Walks the Tightrope

The government last week made two announcements that sent two completely different messages about workers’ rights. Their first announcement was a pay freeze across the public service. It was an announcement that most would expect to come from a conservative government. The only sign that it wasn’t from a

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