The only reason leftist activists keep gluing themselves to roads and defacing great artworks and war memorials is because they almost never face consequences for their appalling, often criminal, behaviour. In contrast to the show trials of the J6 protesters, nearly all of the violent Antifa rioters who turned Washington
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lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com One of reasons Oranga Tamariki exists is to prevent child neglect. But could the organisation itself be guilty of the same? Oranga Tamariki’s statistics show a decrease in the number and age of children in care. “There are less children in care now than as at
Laura Higson-Bliss Lecturer in Law, Keele University Scotland’s new hate crime law came into force on April 1, sparking immediate controversy over its potential effects on freedom of speech and expression, especially online. The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act expands on current laws about crimes that have
Family First NZ Family First is welcoming the reintroduction of the Three Strikes Law, saying that it will protect families from repeat violent offenders who have already been given two chances. A 2023 poll found that just 16% of New Zealanders oppose bringing back the ‘Three Strikes’ law which was
Chris Lynch Chris Lynch is a journalist, videographer and content producer, broadcasting from his independent news and production company in Christchurch, New Zealand. chrislynchmedia.com David Hawken and Rebecca Wright-Meldrum have received “life sentences” for their roles in the almost 30-year-old murder of Angela Blackmoore. Detective Sergeant Todd Hamilton said
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com In November 2020 a Pfizer employee posted the following tweet, which was retweeted by a number of senior Pfizer employees, including the Medical Director of Pfizer UK, Dr Berkeley Phillips. Our vaccine candidate is 95% effective in preventing COVID-19 and 94%
Former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was an MP for twenty-six years for Werriwa. Successive boundary changes, which always move Australian electorate boundaries slightly westward, means the current electorate of Fowler, rather than Werriwa itself, more closely resembles the area he represented back in the day. The incumbent MP for
When an Assyrian Orthodox congregation in Sydney rioted after the stabbing attack on their bishop by a Muslim, there was much tutting and finger-wagging from police and politicians. But should they have really been surprised? They might want to consider that people are only going to put up with so
What’s going on in Sydney, all of a sudden? Two stabbing attacks in just days, and a riot to boot? The first attack, in a Bondi shopping mall, seems, despite early speculation, to not have been a terror attack, but a “de-institutionalised” nutter with a hate-boner for women. The
Chris Lynch Chris Lynch is a journalist, videographer and content producer, broadcasting from his independent news and production company in Christchurch, New Zealand. chrislynchmedia.com A major police operation is underway in western Sydney after four people were stabbed at a church, including a Christian preacher, with the disturbing attack
Frankie Bailey Professor of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, State University of New York With the death of O.J. Simpson, I can’t help but wonder whether the media has learned any lessons from its coverage of his trial, in which the ex-football star was acquitted of murdering his
Chris Lynch Chris Lynch is a journalist, videographer and content producer, broadcasting from his independent news and production company in Christchurch, New Zealand. chrislynchmedia.com A man who carried out a deadly stabbing rampage at Westfield in Bondi, Sydney, has been identified as a 40-year-old from Queensland. Joel Cauchi killed
Terry Goldsworthy Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University There are few scenes more shocking than random acts of extreme violence against people simply going about their daily lives. Yet this is what Australians are coming to terms with after a man went on a rampage through a
Infamous NZ tabloid journalist Derryn Hinch once said that con men only prosper because people are greedy. But Hinch was writing in a pre-internet time, about a get-rich-quick scam. Today, many scammers rely on people’s tech naivete and gullibility. How on earth, you might wonder, would anyone be taken
