Politicians forget that swords have two edges at their peril. Victorian premier Daniel Andrews is already at risk of being cut cruelly by his own sword once. The “industrial manslaughter” laws he created are being used to force an investigation into his bungled hotel quarantine scheme which unleashed Victoria’s
The man behind a court challenge to Otago University’s medical school admissions scheme is getting support from other parents whose children missed out. The medical school’s Mirror on Society policy, introduced in 2012, means domestic students fitting into special categories get preferential entry into Otago medical school. The
The National Party has done it. Judith Collins has done it. The Greens have made it pretty clear how they’re going to vote. Of course, I’m talking about the Cannabis referendum. Unfortunately though Jacinda Ardern still hasn’t let us know which way she’s voting: Jacinda Ardern
Stew The government recently passed a law that allows the police to enter my home without a search warrant. My question for all political parties is this: If your political party is part of the government after the election will your party remove this law and promise never to introduce
Lindsay Perigo solopassion.com Here is a speech by a man who nearly became Prime Minister, and who should have. Don Brash made his speech this week to 10 people at Victoria University, Wellington. A mere 10 people, not because only 10 people wished to be present, but because 10
Many of our most long-standing legal rights are being slowly and steadily eroded in the name of “victim’s rights”. For instance, a man charged with rape is forbidden from telling the court that his accuser is a serial false accuser. A father cleared by every court of abusing
Napier City Council hit the national news by fining Whangarei’s Ross Salter $200 for “freedom camping”. It is a trivial story, but it shows the endemic problems we face with councils across the country. Salter had driven 600km to pick up a newly-purchased second-hand caravan, and rightly
If the Green school of crystals was not evidence enough of the crazy world the Greens think we should all be living in, then the latest bit of madness from local councils should have us all really worried. It seems that councils all across New Zealand are now required to
righttolife.org.uk Over 1,000 people took part in a pro-life demonstration in New Zealand against the extreme abortion legislation passed by the Labour Government earlier this year. Campaigners participating in the Christchurch March for Life carried signs reading “Both Lives Matter” and “Love them Both”. Earlier this
righttolife.org.uk Temporary measures allowing ‘DIY’ home abortions are to be reviewed as part of a public consultation that will be run by the UK Government, following mounting safety concerns – including a murder investigation and the death of two women. In the biggest change to abortion law since 1967,
Last week I wrote a post in regard to a recent announcement from Acting Superintendent Gini Welch that the NZ Police would now be operating a zero-tolerance speed limit breach policy permanently. In that post, I looked at some of the thinking behind the Police’s sudden urge to
Campbell Markham mercatornet.com Campbell Markham lives in Hobart, Tasmania, and has been a Presbyterian pastor for over 20 years. He is married to Amanda-Sue, with grownup children, and teaches a weekly online theology class. A Tasmanian man is being persecuted over his views on ‘conversion therapy. In June,
Recently The BFD published an article in three parts by James Farmer QC titled “Cannabis Legal Reform – Arguments for and Against”. The following is my reply. I have consistently believed that cannabis is a harmful substance and that people who use it for “recreational purposes” would be more sensible to
Twitter may be about to join a very exclusive club: leftist oligarchs hit with multimillion-dollar lawsuits by Lin Wood. Wood is the lawyer who helped “Covington Kid” Nick Sandmann win undisclosed settlements – believe to be as much as several hundred million – from CNN and the Washington Post. At the
You’ve got to hand it to Victorian premier Daniel Andrews, he’s really putting his state on the global map – for the wrong reasons. I’ve reported for months that Victoria’s state bureaucracy, especially its police, have gotten rolling drunk on the unelected power they’ve seized using
Victoria became the first state in Australia to legalise state-sanctioned suicide – or, to use the preferred bland euphemism, “Voluntary Assisted Dying” – last year. It’s also taking its first steps on the slippery slope that death-fanciers insist doesn’t exist. More than 300 people have applied to end
