We Must Break the Taboo
The right to welfare became a pathway to welfare dependency which has contributed significantly to the scale of the child protection crisis confronting Australia today.
Crime
Hundreds of Homeowners Left With Uncertainty
In May 2022, Mike Wilton was fined and ordered to undergo supervised professional development after providing a consulting report containing misleading statements and misusing another engineer’s signature.
Human Trafficking – A Schoolgirl’s Speech
Twelve-year-old Gracie recently took the opportunity to bring awareness to the darkest of topics during class speeches.
Inquest Finds a Lack of Urgency
The inquest continues to probe whether regulatory bodies acted sufficiently and will assess the role of political inertia in delaying necessary legislative reforms to restrict firearm modifications and sales.
And Yet Another Bus Attack
This in principle is what New York City did back in the ’90s. They implemented a “broken windows” policy
Get the Crims off the Streets
Those known to put people at risk cannot remain in a position to do so, and that relies on the judiciary imposing sentences to ensure that is the case.
RefuGeeGee Loses Appeal
The forlorn hope of her appeal has failed: her convictions stand. Justice Venning was having none of her womble excuses.
Republicans Are the Ones Who Unleashed Lawfare
While Republicans today rightly decry the political lawfare that Democrats have waged against Trump and others, they should not protest too loudly.
Why Does She Still Have a Job?
In a classic case of a tone-deaf civil servant who thinks she knows best, Solicitor-General Una Jagose issued and then retracted a sentencing guidance document that gave Māori a literal get-out-of-jail-free card based entirely on ethnicity.
Plagiarism: Is History on Repeat?
The past and the present in a potentially campaign-killing reflection.
Give It up Sweetie, Now You’re Just Taking the Proverbial
Golriz Ghahraman is just taking the proverbial in appealing her sentencing after she was busted during a one-woman crime spree amongst high-end fashion boutiques. She says the cost of the convictions are a bit hurty and wants them gone.
Goodness, Who Would’ve Thought?
Latest gun crime statistics show, unsurprisingly, that criminals are committing gun crime and not licensed firearms owners.
Face of the Day
Jovan Aroha Zachariah Pora, 22, was initially charged with the manslaughter of Katelyn Rua-Tuhou in the early hours of Boxing Day 2022.