Is This the ‘Indigenous Law’ They Want?
Spears and pack-rape make ‘settler law’ look pretty good.
Law
Te Pāti Māori’s Ongoing Financial Accountability Issues
If Te Pāti Māori continues down its current path of delays, omissions, and nonchalant defiance, it risks far more than a warning – it risks legal penalties and, more importantly, a tarnished reputation in the eyes of the public.
UK Supreme Court Rules on ‘Woman’
Now, at least in the UK, “woman” means sex not gender. That sign above the women’s bathroom? It means only those whose sex is female can go in, not those who gender-identify as a woman.
Integrity Briefing: Banking lobbyists 1, Justice 0
Let’s call this what it is: a rule-of-law rollback for the sake of two banks’ bottom lines. If a well-connected litigant can get the legislature to retroactively rewrite the law in their favour, how can the public have confidence in the independence of justice?
The Hypocrisy of the Green Party
Calling to abolish the police one week, running to them the next.
Big Law Firms Face Legal Reckoning Over Race Preferences
Title VII makes it unlawful to discriminate on the basis of race. But many firms’ efforts to ‘increase diversity’ did exactly that.
Industry Welcomes New Roadside Drug Testing Law
The law will empower police to carry out 50,000 random roadside drug tests per year – a move seen as critical to improving road safety.
New Legislation and Tougher Consequences Pass
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said the reforms deliver on the government’s promise to restore real consequences for crime.
Government Loses Fight to Keep Advice Hidden
More than 115 briefs supporting the Dan Andrews government’s public health orders should now be released, reportedly averaging 40 to 60 pages each.
Slippery Slopes and When to Be Concerned
Policies that are subjective, undefined and leave room for interpretation or constant expansion deserve greater scrutiny as these are the ones that become slippery slopes.
Who Will Be the Reserve Bank Governor?
Let’s trust Finance Minister Willis will not continue the disgracefully invalid past appointments process.
