It’s an understatement to say that I’m no fan of blowhard billionaire Clive Palmer. Palmer is a braggadocious, shonky used-car salesman incarnate as a resource billionaire. And he foisted Jacqui Lambie on we long-suffering Tasmanians. That said, the West Australian government’s treatment of Palmer is a shocking
Pretty sure I’m preaching to the converted on this subject and on this site but a word of warning: if you rely on the MSM (or Chloe Swarbrick) for accurate information on the overseas experience of legalizing commercially grown cannabis you are being misled. John Lord is an ex-New
Jeremy Harris Jeremy Harris is a businessman and investor from Auckland, New Zealand. Last Tuesday morning I had a very difficult conversation with my staff. With tears in my eyes, I told them that due to the likely renewed lockdown there was a good likelihood I would eventually have to
Information Satire Broadcasting from her Facebook bunker, the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, announced today that as a protective measure due to the recent lockdown, tinfoil hats are to be compulsory. A tinfoil hat manufacturing complex has been set up. A grave and concerned Jacinda said, “Fellow covid hysterions, the other
Long after Jacinda Ardern and her on-again, off-again lockdowns are consigned to the dustbin of electoral history, New Zealanders will be paying off the debt of her policies. But, that is, as we say in Australia, on the never-never. Which means that something has been bought on credit, with little-to-no
Roger Partridge nzinitiative.org.nz With the number of Auckland’s COVID cases increasing exponentially, there is every chance the Government will extend the city’s Alert Level 3 lockdown for several weeks. How we got here and the lessons we can learn are questions for another day. For now,
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Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com A Greg Harford, described as the Chief Executive of Retail NZ which is apparently a shopkeepers association, had an article published on the Stuff website. Specifically, he called for building owners to subsidise his members for their decline in sales and losses due to the
Jeremy Harris Jeremy Harris is a businessman and investor from Auckland, New Zealand. Dear Prime Minister, I supported the initial national lockdown and move to quarantined borders. Over the last 5 months the situation has changed markedly in four respects: * Firstly, the Infection Fatality Ratio can now be calculated to
This was going to be a boring little article about the government’s new rules about provisional tax penalties. I was going to recommend you read it after 11.00 tonight, particularly if you are having trouble sleeping. But I am going to have to leave that for another day
Taking time off from writing my letters from the North I managed to do some work for my day job. During my busy week, I had some interesting face time with managers of second-level funding institutions. These are participating in and advising on the Government protection devices attempting to keep
Julian Wood maxim.org.nz Nations around the world are expecting low or negative growth and higher unemployment rates as a result of fighting COVID-19. The supply side shock means that parts of the economy are in hibernation or struggling with a lack of demand, while other parts of the
