Free Press ACT Party The nationwide lockdown has revealed a lot, mainly about the Government’s complacency before it happened. It has also shown how obsessed this Government and much of New Zealand society is with identity politics. Free Press traversed this ground in its review of Cynical Theories several
The epidemic response committee set up during lockdown last year and chaired by National’s (then) leader Simon Bridges had much more power than Parliament’s Q & A led by Speaker Trevor Mallard, and ministers and public servants were petrified of having to front. The reason being they actually
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party yesterday welcomed news that the Government is now wastewater testing in 95 locations, up from 26 at the start of the outbreak. It has softened on saliva testing, and even said it was open to home test kits, a technology it has so
On Friday the residents started transforming face cloths into bunnies. By Tuesday they hadn’t lost any of their enthusiasm and were turning hand towels into teddy bears. NZ Herald Read the article in full here. Comment on it on The BFD.
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Claire Breen University of Waikato Dr Claire Breen holds a BCL from the National University of Ireland (University College Cork). She also holds an LLM (International Law) and a PhD from the University of Nottingham. Her research focuses on international human rights law with a specific interest in children’s
Is Scott Morrison’s new-found determination to push ahead with the “living with covid” strategy a sign o’ the times? “Scotty from Marketing” cuts both ways, I guess. At worst, it means that Morrison can too often, on domestic issues especially, seem weak. Too ready to bend to the
As I wrote yesterday, Australian PM Scott Morrison is finally finding some domestic backbone and is pushing back against the recalcitrant Covid dictators in the state capitals. Morrison has laid out a “roadmap” to re-opening Australia, ending the rolling lockdowns, and learning to live with what is now just
With the Delta variant of Covid-19 having well and truly arrived in New Zealand, the National Party is calling on the Government to supercharge the vaccination rollout throughout the country with a new strategy, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. “New Zealand has been the slowest in the
The Police Minister’s admission to the Justice Select Committee this morning that she did not raise the issue of low vaccination rates among frontline police officers with Cabinet is shameful, says National Party Police spokesperson Simeon Brown. “Poto Williams’ failure to raise the issue of low vaccination rates of
We humans are a funny lot, especially our weird sentimentality towards animals. We may sniff and shake our heads at the worst atrocities committed against our fellow humans but nothing stokes the flames of outrage like enormities committed against animals. Especially our closest animal companions, dogs. There is something about
Nicole McKee ACT Justice spokesperson The Police Minister has today confirmed that Police are not a priority to be vaccinated for COVID-19. When Poto Williams was asked specifically whether she had lobbied Cabinet to prioritise Police for vaccination she would not directly answer the question. Only 38 per cent
David Seymour ACT Leader Today’s Education and Workforce Committee was a perfect example of why we need the Epidemic Response Committee back. Opposition MPs were repeatedly shut down by Labour Party Chair Marja Lubeck, while Workplace Relations Minister Michael Wood was able to repeatedly attack the Opposition without any
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
