While I was defending the “right to silence” the other day, I also thought about the “right to life” around the attempted murder of this boy. Beth Houlbrooke of the ACT Party, which openly supports partial-birth abortions, ran a press release to “protect our children” and argued that the
Concerned Firearms Owner Brett Hudson proudly shows how National has not really listened to firearms owners. Here are the changes National proudly trumpets that they will push! National’s changes include: * Requiring Police notification of a club or range’s existence and allowing Police to proactively seek and receive information
Michael Dowling Chairman Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (on behalf of the Fair and Reasonable Campaign) The latest letter from our lawyers to Police Minister Stuart Nash is well worth a read. The formatted PDF copy of the letter is available below, but I have copied the text below FYI.
It has been rather disturbing to see National and ACT promise to remove the right to silence in cases of child abuse. Yes, this particular case in the news is horrible, as all child abuse cases are, but hard cases make for terrible law. National and ACT are both jumping
Press Release: National Party Opposition Leader Simon Bridges has today announced a National Government would introduce a new offence to criminalise the non-disclosure of information relating to child abuse cases. “As a former Crown Prosecutor and father of three children I know something needs to be done about the
Press Release: ACT Party “The Justice Minister has got it completely wrong when it comes to the silence of child abusers”, according to ACT Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke. “Andrew Little says New Zealanders wouldn’t accept ending the right to silence and that he won’t compel child abusers to
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. Following the terror attack in
Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign Last night I met with the lawyers again to discuss what Parliament is doing on the Arms Legislation Bill and our court case against Stuart Nash and the Government. This Court case is our one chance to have Stuart Nash and Jacinda Ardern’
Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign Since our last post, our lawyers have now been through the detail of the proposed changes. You can read their report here: Arms Legislation Bill – Analysis of the Select Committee Report There are many areas where the Select Committee’s report suggest they
Radix Jacqui’s Story – ‘I was conceived in rape. I value life.’ Jacqui has a powerful story to tell – a story which politicians should hear BEFORE they pass a radical and extreme abortion law in New Zealand. But the politicians on the Select Committee denied her the opportunity to make
The Abortion Legislation Committee has delivered its much anticipated report on the Abortion Legislation Bill. […] The Select Committee received more than 25,000 submissions on the often divisive bill, which will remove the medical procedure from the Crimes Act. In the report, the committee explicitly wanted to note that the
As already reported on The BFD, a slim majority of activist judges on Australia’s High Court have handed down a shocking decision that threatens to impose a new regime of magic-inspired “progressive” racism in Australian law. By virtue of just four judges, Australia is now in the situation
L. Ron Hubbard famously said, if you want to make a million dollars, start a religion. These days, it seems, if you’re a man and you want a Get Out of Jail Free card, put on a dress and call yourself “Josie”. A convicted sex offender is being let
A “shameful”, “paternalistic”, “absurd” and “radical” decision by Australia’s High Court has exposed, for all to see, the danger of the current push for “constitutional recognition” of Aborigines, and of unelected judges taking it upon themselves to usurp the power of parliament and the people who elect it. Especially
Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign As foreshadowed in my earlier post it’s been an eventful 24 hours! The Select Committee report on the Arms Legislation Bill has just been released – and at first review, it’s bad news (see the second half of this post.) Confirmation of
