I’m not a huge fan of racial vilification laws (as distinct from incitement laws), such as Australia’s notorious Section 18C, but, if we must have them, then surely they must be equally applied to everyone? Yet, to date, there’s been a notable slant in the few prosecutions
John & Nisha Whitehead Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute. “The biggest mistake I see is people waiting for A Big Sign that’ll tell them that things have gone too far. One Big Thing that police or lawmakers or the
Chris North, University of Canterbury The Conversation Most of us will remember a school trip – that sense of excitement and anticipation of days spent outside the classroom, away from school and home, making new friends [and] appreciating teachers and parents in a new light. Indeed, what is known as “education
As I’ve written many times, the Brittany Higgins saga is the circus that just won’t quit. And now we’re getting the high divin’ act riding bareback on a pony. When the whole affair erupted into public view, it was hard not to suspect that there was a
Chris Lynch Chris Lynch is a journalist, videographer and content producer, broadcasting from his independent news and production company in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Northern Territory police commissioner has announced a curfew in Alice Springs for the next three nights due to a series of violent incidents in the town.
Is Australia the only country mad enough to use taxpayer’s money to fund people whose sole purpose appears to be trying to wreck the country’s prosperity? Perhaps not the only one, but certainly the most determinedly demented. Australia is the environmental lawfare “capital of the world”, according to
The sleepy, leafy suburbs of quaint conservative Cambridge were torn apart by the Waipa District Council’s infamous BLUE BLOB. Residents awoke to the local newspaper’s report about a new bridge location and the shifting of the town’s main arterial route through their back streets. There was no
Tani Newton The State of Louisiana has passed a law requiring all public school classrooms to display a copy of the Ten Commandments, sparking the predictable fury and the usual claims that the state legislature is violating the First Amendment to the Constitution and the principle of the separation of
The circus that keeps on giving just keeps rolling on. I’m referring, of course, to the Lehrmann-Higgins saga. If you thought it was all over with the defamation trial which sensationally ended with a judge just totally reckoning that Bruce Lehrmann probably did rape Brittany Higgins. That despite,
Will Sellers Before joining the Court, Justice Sellers was in private practice for 28 years in the areas of taxation, business organizations and corporate and campaign finance. He was a member of Electoral College in 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016. Bloodless revolutions are the exception, not the norm. Indeed, history
I note several social-media political commenters have expressed concern at the appointment of Ms Pania Gray as one of two investigators into the hot-button issue of the voting and census shenanigans surrounding Manurewa Marae. This disquiet is based on a perceived conflict of professional interest between Ms Gray
Former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman will have to wait until Thursday to find out her sentencing decision after pleading guilty to charges of shoplifting. Ghahraman was charged in January following a shoplifting investigation which found she had stolen around $8367 worth of clothing from three shops. She pleaded guilty to
A transgender woman has lost a bid for home detention after attacking her partner with a claw hammer, stating prison was unsuitable for her given her sexual identification. Jazz ‘Ra’ Rima-Samuels, named as David Rima-Samuels in court […] [Counsel Kerry Tustin] urged the judge not to send her client
More than 26 years ago, friends Ben Smart and Olivia Hope celebrated New Year’s Eve at Furneaux Lodge in the Marlborough Sounds. […] There’s been no trace of Ben and Olivia since the early hours of New Year’s Day. Their bodies and possessions have never been found. On
brownstone.org The Supreme Court handed down a victory for political freedom last week in National Rifle Association v. Vullo that may lay the groundwork for lawsuits featuring dissidents against the Covid regime, including Berenson v. Biden and Murthy v. Missouri. In Vullo, the Court considered whether the New York
Simon O’Connor onpointnz.substack.com Like many with an interest in politics and foreign affairs, I have been following the recent Trump court case in New York. I am now following what I suggest is a ‘counter case’, this time against Hunter Biden. For me, both cases highlight a
