Australia is set to pass world-first laws to force tech giants to pay for the content they’ve so far been scraping for free from media companies, as well as sharing their data-collection methods. Is this the last gasp of a dying legacy media – or the first push-back against the
The purpose of legal aid is to ensure the right to legal representation for socially and economically disadvantaged people. But is the system being abused in civil cases? In part two of ‘Legal Car-nage All Over a Banged Up Benz’, we seek answers to why an Auckland man has been
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Every morning for half a century, receiving my natural human right of breakfast in bed, a morning ritual wherever we are, my partner lays everything out on the side table, and hands me the morning paper. And as always in Wellington, I first glance at
The battle lines have been drawn in possibly one of the most expensive and protracted legal disputes the New Zealand used car industry has ever seen – and we’re still not even close to the finish line. In part one of this two part investigation we explore the issues and
Micha Gartz aier.org The Covid pandemic and precautions has undoubtedly been stressful for everyone — albeit in different ways. Fortunately, our brave leaders have been there to guide us through. And we now see the light at the end of our dark, unpredictably windy tunnel: the heralded end to all
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ACT Party “New Zealanders should be incredibly frustrated that the only travel bubble Jacinda Ardern’s Government has been able to establish is a fictional one, with the North Pole,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Why are so many people prepared to play along with propaganda devices like the Prime
The profitable Wilson Parking is the latest corporate welfare bludger to steal from the taxpayers, claiming $3.1 million in the wage subsidy despite increasing their profit by 43%: Car-park business Wilson Parking, which is chaired by billionaire Hong Kong property developer Raymond Kwok, received $3.1 million in government
Pandemics, as we all know, are nothing new. What is new is the way we deal with them, but even that is true only to a point. Shakespeare wrote some of his best work while in isolation from the plague. People who were able fled the cities and moved to
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk says we’ll need more electricity to power cars like his. A lot more. Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday that electricity consumption will double if the world’s car fleets are electrified, increasing the need to expand nuclear, solar, geothermal and wind energy
This Government has signalled that they aren’t on the side of employers. They have announced a doubling of sick leave which will cost employers nearly $1 billion per annum. As businesses are still reeling from the enforced shut down because of the Chinese plague, this is the last thing
Abas Mirzaei Macquarie University The makers of Coon cheese will no doubt have paid close attention to the publicity surrounding Nestle’s rebadging of its Red Skins and Chicos confectionary brands. While the change of Chicos to Cheekies was uncontroversial, the change of Red Skins to Red Ripper – a name
We heard this week that the Labour government is going to sort out the problem of New Zealand having no labourers to pick the fruit and veg this upcoming season. Their response is too little and too late, unfortunately, and fully intertwined with their urgent desire to control businesses by
ACT Party “Labour has gone ‘hard and early’ to support local growers, which means it’s allowing them access to Pacific workers two months into the horticultural season,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Today’s move should be welcomed, but it’s too late for some businesses. “Labour is willing
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