Chris Baillie ACT Small Business spokesperson Michael Wood’s assertions that ‘Fair Pay Agreements’ are the solution to the dire driver shortages across New Zealand are out of touch with reality. Workplace Relations and Immigration Minister Michael Wood’s comments came in response to a letter from industry heads highlighting
PA Pundits – International Dr. Jay Lehr papundits.wordpress.com Dr Jay Lehr is a Senior Science Analyst at the CFACT site, and he is the author of more than 1,000 magazine and journal articles and 36 books. One of Australia’s richest men, Andrew Forrest, chairman of Fortescue Metals
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
project44 Supply Chain Data Insights www.project44.com. About project44 project44 is on a mission to make supply chains work. As the supply chain connective tissue, project44 operates the world’s most trusted end-to-end visibility platform that tracks more than 1 billion shipments annually for over 1,200 of the
The economic wizards of the Labour Party have launched their farms emissions scam, where it is their stated goal to start taxing cow and sheep farts, burps and wees, as well as to reduce herds by 16-20%. Apparently, this will have minimal impact on prices and lead to the world
Autumn Johnson newsbusters.org Autumn is a practicing attorney licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia. When not working, Autumn enjoys reading, writing, playing video games, and spending time with her cats. PayPal says a clause in its user agreement listing a fine for promoting so-called
PA Pundits – International P.J. Gladnick papundits.wordpress.com P.J. Gladnick is a contributing writer at NewsBusters. Nowadays when you hear that a reporter covers “misinformation and content moderation” you know they support censorship, although they absolutely hate that ugly but accurate description. And among the reporters with such
familyfirst.org.nz Surely Diversity & Inclusion can’t co-exist with Cancel Culture? The two must be mutually exclusive, right? Well unfortunately the Diversity & Inclusion agenda doesn’t roll out the welcome mat for Christians, they’re definitely not included. There’s been a growing trend to cancel Christian
Espiner: Well, it wasn’t a great weekend for Labour Party candidates in the local body elections and presumably not a wonderful weekend either for their most high-profile backer, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. She gave ringing endorsements for Labour-aligned Wellington candidate Paul Eagle and to Auckland mayoral hopeful Efeso Collins
Recently PayPal updated its terms and conditions. So what? you ask. Well, about that. On the heels of its censorship spree in the UK – that received backlash so great it got the attention of lawmakers – PayPal is rolling out a new agreement that gives itself more censorship powers and the
Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Probably the most corrupt and broken part of the New Zealand political system is the role of corporate
Conor English Chelsea Rapp, Chair, New Zealand Game Developers Association Information Opinion Australia is setting out to steal one of New Zealand’s most promising and innovative sectors – interactive media. Video games and apps are one of our biggest digital exports, earning over $300m each year, putting the sector up
This is about one thing: whether an employer should be able to dismiss an employee for a personal opinion expressed outside of work. This isn’t about Evelyn’s particular speech, it’s about the fact that she has the right to express her opinion on this issue, or any
Craig Bannister newsbusters.org Craig Bannister is an blog editor for CNSNews.com. Following Tuesday’s news that billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s original offer to buy Twitter had been accepted by both parties to the deal, prominent conservatives began tweeting complaints that they had suddenly lost thousands of followers
A Government website telling tourists not to book flights to New Zealand is appalling and must be fixed, National’s Tourism spokesperson Todd McClay says. “The Immigration NZ website is informing tourists that the delay in issuing visas is so bad that they should not book their flights to New
Mark Freeman The closure of the Marsden Point oil refinery in April this year is a serious security threat to New Zealanders, according to an independent report into the closure. Operation Good Oil is a summary report and public awareness campaign by three citizen researchers. The closure poses “a very
