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
It’s a sign of how far post-Marxist ideology has subsumed every aspect of the academy that even science has succumbed. Science was once, theoretically at least, about the fearless pursuit of truth. If that were ever true, it certainly isn’t any more. The assault on science is multi-pronged:
Mark Komrad mercatornet.com Dr Mark S. Komrad is a psychiatrist on the clinical and teaching staff of Sheppard Pratt Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland; clinical assistant professor of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland; and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Tulane University in New Orleans.
Another day, another story of staggering COVID incompetence in Victoria. No matter what the “IStandWithDan” fanatics might say, there’re damn good reasons why Victoria is far and away the COVID capital of Australia – and they all lead straight to the government and the state bureaucracy. Hiring quarantine staff over
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz This week I am focused on our democratic right to free speech and our need for this government to take action on a number of other fronts and not just promise a budget for something that won’t happen like rolling out better
