In the 1960s, radical activist groups faced a desperate money problem – which they solved by the simple expedient of stealing it. Black power groups pioneered the strategy, robbing pimps and drug dealers, then turning to black-owned nightclubs: all soft targets. White radicals soon cottoned on and bank robberies became the
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The time is long past for a far-reaching inquiry into the administration of justice in the Australian state of Victoria. Victorian police and public officials have been embarrassed and exposed by a series of public scandals and unsavoury revelations. Police and government politicians strenuously denied that the state had a
Press Release: ACT Party “The Government’s decision to ban an estimated 200,000 Kiwis from hunting at Alert Level 3 is illogical and I have written to Jacinda Ardern and Winston Peters to ask them to reconsider this issue”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The move appears to be
Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign I’ve spent the last 24 hours extremely disappointed with the news that the Government is continuing the ban on hunting under Alert Level 3. Based on the anger I’ve seen in my emails and on social media, I’m not alone.
Press Release: ACT Party “New Zealanders deserve to the see the legal basis on which their civil liberties are being severely restricted”, according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “Today at the Epidemic Response Committee, the Attorney-General refused to allow the public to see the Crown Law legal advice on the
Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign I’m writing to update you on our work over the last ten days, despite the lockdown we’ve not stopped our work. Situation on licences and what it tells us about impending fee hikes The Government has announced that all driver licences,
I once worked with a woman my own age, who remarked that her mother would never allow her to have Catholic friends. To say this surprised me is an understatement. Coming from a staunch Labor family I knew that there had once been a strong sectarian prejudice against Catholics in
The trials of Cardinal George Pell are perhaps the most consequential in Australian legal, media and social spheres in decades. But their lessons will almost certainly be ignored. The legal system, especially in Victoria, will engage in assiduous arse-covering. Victorian Police Minister, the unflushable Labor hack Lisa Neville, has already
As one journalist recently noted, Australians in NSW went to bed one night and woke up in the morning in a police state. Overnight, the state’s government, in lockstep with most other Australian states, had passed “emergency laws” restricting citizens to their homes, except for…well, nobody’s exactly
Cardinal George Pell is a free man. The most (in)famous legal case in Australia since the Chamberlain trials in 1982 has likewise ended in vindication for the accused. Cardinal George Pell will walk free after 405 days in jail after the High Court on Tuesday ruled in his favour[
Press Release: ACT Party “While New Zealanders are distracted by the greatest public health emergency of our lives, the Government is sneaking its political agenda through Parliament”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government has given the Justice Committee just two months to consider the Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners)
“The Police are using new guidelines for frontline officers for propaganda instead of being open and transparent with the public about their new powers”, according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “On Thursday, the Epidemic Response Committee requested that Police Commissioner Mike Bush provide it with the operational guidelines under which
New Zealand is in a dangerous place right now. Police Commissioner Mike Bush has come under intense criticism in the media for withholding the police guidelines that are being used to enforce the lockdown. In other words, the rules are secret and the police aren’t going to tell you
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It seems that we’ve heard nothing else but “coronavirus” for the past couple of weeks, which is a pity, because, if you pay attention, there has been at least one rare outbreak of sanity in recent times. A government agency has finally worked up the un-tucked cojones to state
