8th July 2021 Last week we reported on the future of Telenor, one of the telecom companies in Myanmar. Telenor was wholly owned by Telenor of Norway and was independent of the Myanmar government. It wrote its investment down to zero and was considering selling it off. We forecast that
Good morning kittens. This is your daily disinformation from your friends in government: the Comirnaty [Pfizer]vaccine is safe, do not argue. We assured you via our poodles in the media that adverse reactions may occur, don’t worry. She’ll be right. We told you to expect some pain,
Brooke van Velden ACT Health spokesperson Pacific Peoples Minister Aupito William Sio has echoed the concerns of the ACT Party about the Government’s health reforms and we encourage the rest of his caucus to listen to his concerns. Sio has questioned the place for Pasifika in the reforms which
The National Party has obtained a document showing nearly half of port workers have not had a single Covid-19 vaccine dose, despite the port being a gateway for Covid-19 into New Zealand, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. The Border Worker Testing Register: Vaccination by Employer Group shows
The Government has been told by its own independent expert advisory group that there is a ‘strong case for adopting saliva testing as the main method for testing in New Zealand’, yet it’s still done nothing about it, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. New documents released
In a predictable but disappointing move Labour yesterday blocked an inquiry into the slow roll out of mental health facilities, National’s Mental Health spokesperson Matt Doocey says. “Both Labour and National have criticised how long it’s taking to get a shovel in the ground and build these 15
The Government needs to work out urgently what’s happening with Canterbury’s vaccine roll out, which is looking increasingly shambolic and slow, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Canterbury DHB has only carried 5544 first Covid-19 vaccination doses, well behind much smaller DHBs like Whanganui, Hawke’s
David Seymour ACT Leader The Prime Minister today told parliament that she didn’t know when Janssen vaccines would be on shore in New Zealand because Medsafe has only just approved the vaccine. The European Union and United States’ authorities approved the Janssen vaccine in March and February, respectively. Janssen
David Seymour ACT Leader Now MedSafe has approved the Janssen one shot vaccine, months after the United States and European Union, the Government should be transparent about its plans for using the vaccine. Under questioning in Parliament yesterday, the Prime Minister showed the Government has no plan for getting back
National’s Mental Health spokesperson Matt Doocey will ask the Health Select Committee to open an inquiry into the 15 new inpatient mental health facilities later this morning. “Both the Government and the Opposition have agreed that the pace of building the new mental health facilities needs to increase and
It was revealed on the AM show that Mike King apologized for being rabidly critical of the government last week after it refused to help fund Gumboot Friday counselling sessions. King admitted he had been up the night before the interview supporting a young person in hospital who had attempted
David Seymour ACT Leader Yesterday Jacinda Ardern made it clear in Parliament that she has no plan for New Zealand to move on from COVID-19. Last week Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison outlined a four-phase plan to reopen Australia to the world. Yesterday when I asked Jacinda Ardern where her
The Government’s sheer incompetence on rolling out saliva testing is staggering, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “In September last year the Government’s expert advisors told it to introduce saliva testing as soon as possible. Saliva testing is still a form of PCR testing, but the
Labour MP Kiritapu Allan Returns to Parliament Three Months after Cancer Diagnosis Labour’s Conservation Minister Kiritapu Allan has returned to work at Parliament, three months after a cervical cancer diagnosis. […] “I want to acknowledge in particular the overwhelming amount of support that I’ve received in my time off.
David Seymour ACT Leader Chris Hipkins’ celebration of 150,000 doses of vaccine arriving is like hooting and hollering for a drop goal while the team of five million is 50 points behind on the scoreboard. Most of us are happy to get an email or text notification when a
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government has once again sneakily changed the dates that vaccines will be available. Originally the Government said that Group 4, the last group to be eligible for vaccines were “being vaccinated from July 28.” That language would make anyone think there would be needles in
