Any pretence that both the ACT Party and David Seymour had for being classic liberals has been shattered by just one public statement: Act leader David Seymour said waiting that long was unacceptable, given the risk of another community outbreak. He said the Government should use the powers afforded to
Eliora A Taiwan Health Command Centre versus an Election Risk in NZ Taiwan’s politicians gave the responsibility for COVID-19 to a specialised management team. In contrast, the response to COVID-19 in New Zealand was controlled essentially by the PM. Jacinda Ardern took charge in early 2020. She
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “It’s unacceptable the Government won’t play hardball with unions and force those employees unwilling to get a COVID vaccine to vacate MIQ premises for another 18 days,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Stop pussyfooting about and take the necessary steps to protect
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com To the best of my knowledge this Blog alone in New Zealand has in recent months hammered the cold hard, brutal reality that Health Minister Hipkins, not once but twice, gave assurances six months ago, that we’re at the head of the queue for
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com With an economy much more dependant on tourism than ours, Thailand has done superbly on the Covid front. A rigorously enforced prohibition on foreign visitors and many other restraints, has resulted in 95 deaths compared with our 25. But, Thailand’s population is 14 times
I’m really getting sick of hearing from these Karens who are scared of their own shadow, running off to the media to snitch on more sensible people who can think for themselves. A senior healthcare worker, wearing his hospital swipe card, has been photographed flouting mandatory mask rules on
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government is shutting out a standing army of vaccinators like pharmacists and General Practitioners (GPs) in a flawed model that will ensure the continued slowness of our COVID vaccination rollout,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This may be because it has tied its
Information Satire While lockups create far more problems than they solve, there is a silver lining as far as your intrepid eyewitness is concerned, which is that they allow more time for the perfection of the Spyfly device. During the last lockup, for example, I was able to increase the
This is where Jacinda Ardern’s kindness is getting us…all sorts of nasty Karens who are intent on commanding people to comply with nonsensical, illogical and arbitrary rules requiring the wearing of masks on public transport: Most passengers are reaching for a face mask to travel on public transport,
AIJAC staff aijac.org.au Jab! Jab! The accusation that Israel has a legal and moral duty to vaccinate five million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza remained a regular theme in media reports. A news brief in the Australian Financial Review (Feb. 27) noted Israel won’t vaccinate
Back in 1847 gentlemen could settle a dispute with honour using the illegal practice of dueling at dawn, at a time the local constabulary were expected to be safely tucked up in bed when participants were instructed, “Gentleman, choose your weapons!” There is far more than honour at stake here:
The United Nations Human Rights Committee “considers that there are a few, if any, circumstances in which deprivation of the right to enter one’s own country could be reasonable”. Under the Bill of Rights, all Kiwis have a right to come home. But COVID Response Minister Chris Hipkins told
Peter Martin Crawford School of Public Policy Australian National University Peter Martin is Business and Economy Editor of The Conversation and a Visiting Fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. A former Commonwealth Treasury official, he has worked as Economics Correspondent for the ABC,
