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The India Deal We Never Voted For

The India Deal We Never Voted For

Trade should benefit NZ first. Immigration policy should serve the long-term stability of the nation, not the short-term political vanity of ministers. If we keep pretending those two things are unrelated, we should not be surprised when the NZ we wake up to feels less and less like home.

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The Ministry of Don’t Ask, Won’t Tell

The Ministry of Don’t Ask, Won’t Tell

The state can either measure the relationship properly, or it can keep pretending that refusing to measure it is ‘responsible’. One of those choices builds trust. The other builds resentment. And resentment, unlike spreadsheets, does not stay missing for long.

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Heroic Muslims Are Not the ‘Antidote’

Heroic Muslims Are Not the ‘Antidote’

I know Ahmed is a genuine hero. But please, let’s not treat him as one, at least not in the way Albanese and McEvoy are: the ultimate cost will just be too great. I know this column makes me sound like a heartless piece of shit. But empathy has got us absolutely nowhere.

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