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ACT Provides Certainty around Vaccine Certificates in the Workplace

David Seymour ACT Leader Uncertainty about whether workplaces can require vaccination certificates under the status quo is creating great anxiety in workplaces. Government needs to deal with this uncertainty by giving clarity on how health and safety, privacy, and discrimination laws interact. ACT has a plan that would deliver certainty

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No Mask No Food Says Countdown

No Mask No Food Says Countdown

Charles Wright I have an anxiety disorder, and I can’t breathe while wearing a mask (I start to panic). I know it’s irrational, but at the same time, I can’t help it. Many months ago now, I asked the Ministry of Health what to do, and they

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Alfresco Dining for Auckland

David Seymour ACT Leader If we’re allowed to have picnics in parks with food bought from the supermarket duopolies, then we should also allow restaurants to have alfresco dining. Jacinda Ardern and her Government’s great plan for Auckland was to stay locked down but with picnics. Before lockdown

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Zuckerberg’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

Zuckerberg’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

Damning whistleblower testimony followed by an epic outage, all along with a multibillion-dollar loss: it’s almost enough to make me feel a bit sorry for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Almost. First the outage: outages are the spectre that haunts every online company. Internet downtime is effectively a “closed” sign

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Industry Warns: Global Supply Chains under Threat

In his novel Night Watch, one of Terry Pratchett’s characters pauses to reflect on the delicate instrument that is even a moderately complex society. “When the machinery of city life faltered, the wheels stopped turning and all the little rules broke down,”: the life that every citizen takes for

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Why You Can’t Afford a Rise in Minimum Wage

Why You Can’t Afford a Rise in Minimum Wage

Harry Hunt Numbers in this article are based on approximations. John is the average person: he earns $49,600 – $57,300 per annum. Bob is the above-average person: he earns $91,600 – $119,200 per annum. Sally is the below-average person: she earns $29,400 – $35,000 per annum. A

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Air New Zealand Must Wait for Government Vaccination ICT

Air New Zealand Must Wait for Government Vaccination ICT

David Seymour ACT Leader The real story behind Air New Zealand waiting four months to make vaccination mandatory is that the Government’s ICT is not ready. As Greg Foran told Q+A “In terms of customers, we’re got some operational things still to work through, you know, staying

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Vax Discrimination Spreads Faster Than Delta

Vax Discrimination Spreads Faster Than Delta

Reclaim the Net reports on the unvaccinated being banned from business premises. Australia’s often draconian measures in response to the epidemic continue to intensify, with reports now saying that one of its states, New South Wales (NSW) is threatening to jail unvaccinated people who try to enter business premises

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Discrimination of the Day

Discrimination of the Day

It is only a short hop, skip and a jump from preventing people from working because they are unvaccinated to preventing them from entering a supermarket to purchase the essentials of life if they are not vaccinated. We don’t discriminate against people for being HIV positive in the workplace

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Self Appointed Guardians of the Vax

Self Appointed Guardians of the Vax

Devotees of the vaccination cult are enthusiastically dragging the unvaccinated over barrels until they succumb to the jabs: for the tardy recalcitrants it’s not a personal choice, it is imperative; they are ordered out of sight and told not to come back until they have been jabbed. “Leaning heavily

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Vaxhole of the Day

Vaxhole of the Day

“There needs to be consequences, for those who make a personal choice to not get vaccinated. It’s around PPE and testing, or it’s around excluding them from the workplace.” Fyfe argues that domestic use of vaccine passports should be part of enforcing those consequences, denying those who choose

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The Construction Materials Shortage: The Story So Far

conexboxes.com Due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic, more people want to build a new home, move somewhere larger, or renovate than ever before. As a result, there is a huge demand for homes and building materials. However, there is also a shortage of various construction materials, as you

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Discrimination of the Day

Discrimination of the Day

If you think that the below ad is okay try substituting the following words for “fully vaccinated” * Had an abortion * Had a vasectomy * On the pill * Lost 10 kilos * White * A Man * Have a University degree Have you “had an abortion?” Buy one and get one pizza free. Have you

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Together You Are Stronger

Together You Are Stronger

Voices for Freedom voicesforfreedom.co.nz Have you found yourself navigating awkward conversations about your vaccination status at work? Are these discussions becoming a recurring theme? Has there been chatter about No Jab, No Job mandates in your industry? Perhaps your job is safe for now, but you’re concerned

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