Graham Adams democracyproject.nz Graham Adams is a journalist, columnist and reviewer who has written for many of the country’s media outlets including Metro, North & South, Noted, The Spinoff and Newsroom Despite widespread cynicism about the Government’s ability to fulfil its promises — whether it is KiwiBuild, light
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet Can animals be victims of hate speech? Yes, according to a recent article in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. Two academics from Sheffield University, in England, invoke heavy-hitting hate-speech theorists to argue that arguments which apply
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust A petition has been presented at parliament demanding an end to a court’s ability to amend and censor Victim Impact Statements. “Victim Impact Statements should give an ability for victims to speak about the considerable damage the offender’s crimes have
Rodney Hide bassettbrashandhide.com Rodney Hide is former ACT Party leader, and Minister in the National-ACT Government from 2008 to 2011 The denunciations are coming so thick and so fast it’s impossible to keep up. Making the movie “They Are Us” dramatising saintly Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern should
Finn Andreen mises.org Recently, Joe Rogan, one of the largest podcast hosts in the United States (10.6 million YouTube subscribers), expressed the following opinion about the vaccination of young adults: If you are 21 and ask me if you should get the vaccine, I would say “no”. If
rt.com The UK government has criticised students at Oxford University’s Magdalen College as “simply absurd” for voting to remove a portrait of the Queen over concerns that it’s a symbol of Britain’s “recent colonial history.” Speaking after the vote, which was taken at the college’s
Readers of the The BFD will certainly be more familiar with left-wing blogger Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury than I. Still, his reputation precedes him – and I’m grimly familiar with his type on the Australian left. Yes, we have them, too: the sad old gits who never grew out of
It is with great concern that I write this but I feel compelled to do so, before the subsequent change in hate speech laws. These laws will basically curtail any and all debate over such issues as a report that will, without any consultation with the majority of the voting
rt.com Twitter is very concerned about its recent blocking in Nigeria, calling the free and open internet an “essential human right.” Back in the US, commentators pointed out, Twitter doesn’t care as much about this “right.” Nigeria’s government “indefinitely” banned Twitter on Friday, after the US tech
Amanda Vickers voicesforfreedom.co.nz On pink shirt day, Stuff published a long-form piece dedicated to ridiculing and denigrating one of NZ’s leading epidemiologists, Dr. Simon Thornley. Pink shirt day aims to create communities where people feel valued and respected. Stuff’s language includes phrases such as: “feverishly
Julie Kelly amgreatness.com Julie Kelly is a political commentator and senior contributor to American Greatness. She is the author of Disloyal Opposition: How the NeverTrump Right Tried-And Failed-To Take Down the President. Her past work can be found at The Federalist and National Review. She also has
Golriz Ghahraman Green Party spokesperson for Electoral Reform. The Green Party is calling on the Government to hold Facebook accountable for its role in enabling behaviour which threatens democracy, by strongly regulating data privacy and the spread of dangerous disinformation. “Facebook has admitted it enables a range of harmful practices
Free Speech Union Because the issues are so important, Professor Philip Joseph, the author of New Zealand’s leading textbook on Constitutional and Administrative Law, has volunteered to support the Free Speech Union’s lead barrister Jack Hodder QC before the Supreme Court in its appeal relating to the banning
The Free Speech Union is announcing its support of an appeal to the Supreme Court, of parts of last month’s Court of Appeal decision in the Goff “divisive speaker ban” case. Last month, the Court of Appeal told Auckland Council it could not hide from human rights law behind
