With the latest lockdown, Jacinda Ardern is effectively holding this country and therefore its people to ransom. She is holding businesses and livelihoods to ransom. She is holding the economy to ransom. She is, by her actions, pretty much holding the share market to ransom. None of this bothers Ardern
Let me take you back to August 2020 when Auckland announced 4 new COVID cases. Auckland was put into Level 3 and the rest of the country to Level 2. It was annoying, but manageable, particularly for the rest of the country. People actively used the COVID Tracer app, sanitised
David Thunder mercatornet.com David Thunder is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Navarra’s Institute for Culture and Society. Western societies, at least up to very recently, have distinguished themselves by their commitment to two fundamental principles. The first is the principle that social life is open
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party is once again calling on the Government to bring back the Epidemic Response Committee. Scrutiny of the Government’s response is essential during this pandemic. We have seen how valuable it was when Chris Hipkins made a brief appearance at the Health Select
The Reserve Bank’s decision to hold the Official Cash Rate at 0.25 per cent is the right one given the economic uncertainty New Zealand now faces as a result of the new Covid-19 lockdown, says National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly. “The Bank has done the right
Victoria has become the police state of Australia. Last year the socialist Andrews government placed Melbourne under curfew for the first time in its history. Not even in the darkest days of WWII was such a dramatic stripping-away of basic human rights ever imposed. Now, he’s doing it
It’s a common fallacy to assume that dictators are never elected. In fact, some of the worst dictators were elected to power rather than seizing it by coup. Famously, the Nazis were elected, although, to be fair, it was as a minority party. But Mussolini’s Fascists were swept
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government needs to tell us what it did to prepare for a Delta outbreak, so there is hope of ending this lockdown in days not weeks. At the Health Committee two weeks ago, Chris Hipkins could not give one example of what the Government has
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Dr Martin Lally covidplanb.co.nz Dr Martin Lally Director, Capital Financial Consultants Ltd The government has recently released a report from the Covid-19 Public Health Advisory Group chaired by Prof David Skegg (the “Group”), relating to future Covid-19 policy, and intended to answer various questions. Click to
National supports the Government’s decision to move New Zealand into Level 4 lockdown for three days and Auckland and Coromandel for seven days, following a positive Covid-19 test in the community, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “The evidence from overseas is clear; decisive action to prevent
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government’s announcement that it will hit pause on vaccinations for 48-hours is the most nonsensical decision it could make. We are bottom of the OECD for vaccinations. Our low rates of vaccinations is what has put us most at risk of a Delta
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government’s decision to put New Zealand back into Level 4 lockdown is incredibly disappointing and shows it only has one tool in the toolbox. Delta has been a gamechanger worldwide. We need to know if the Government has strengthened our defences in preparation for
Frank Furedi rt.com Frank Furedi is an author and social commentator. He is an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent in Canterbury. Author of How Fear Works: The Culture of Fear in the 21st Century. The government’s use of scare tactics to convince people to
