Bryce Edwards’ Twee Take on Tobacco Lobbying Misses the Mark
This is classic Edwards: cherry-picking facts to fit a narrative while ignoring the messy reality of policy-making and the equally potent influence of his preferred lobbyists.
Health
RNZ’s Hypocrisy on Lobbying: State-Funded Crusaders Get a Free Pass While Industry Gets the Boot
RNZ’s hit piece is less about uncovering truth and more about pushing a narrative. They’re happy to amplify state-funded lobbyists like HCA while vilifying industry players, all under the guise of public interest.
The Deep State Goes Viral: Foreword
You will find herein the most well-documented and coherent presentation of answers to the core questions (what, how, why) that all of us have been asking since this hell was first visited upon us.
Tasmania, the Good Health State?
We have the healthiest environment – but what about the people?
Care for Minors Under Fire
The HHS report is more than a policy review – it is a warning. The report concludes that gender medicine has been practised backwards – treatments were introduced first, and only later did the search for evidence begin.
Face of the Day
It was arguably his philanthropic work and his desire to give back to his homeland and other parts of the Pacific that made him a well-respected figure in the region.
Have They Tried Waving Their Medicare Card?
For all Labor’s blatherskite, the health system is still collapsing.
The New Zealand Royal Commission for Covid-19
We still see people wearing masks in supermarkets and often on the streets. Just a subtle reminder of how, for some, life will never be the same again
The Most Alarming AI Response
This is frightening, not because it signals the threat that AI poses to mankind but because it perhaps hints that somewhere out there, Gemini found a well-structured plan to dissolve the cohesion that binds us all together and that this plan is now well underway.
‘Hīkoi for Health’ Offers Hope
People are going to look for solutions outside of the system because pain and suffering will not wait for change to take place at the snail’s pace of bureaucracy.
Legalised abortion in NZ (Part Five)
And, yes, women do suffer complications, sometimes severe complications, from taking these pills.
UK to Test Mental State of Transgender Kids – Media
Every child referred to a gender clinic will be screened for autism, the Telegraph (UK) has reported.
Claire Bleakley on the Gene Tech Bill
She is asking for the bill to be withdrawn and rewritten or amendments put into existing legislation: the Hazardous Substance and New Organisms Act 1996.
Is It Time to Study SSRIs Properly?
A new law may help establish whether there’s a link to mass shooters and antidepressants.