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Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “Houston, we have a problem!” New Zealand’s Supreme Court – the highest court in our land – has been captured by activist judges. What is heartening, is the emergence of a wide range of eminent legal voices all openly criticising the Court and calling for this

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NZ Muslims Are Yet to Object Publicly

NZ Muslims Are Yet to Object Publicly

It’s one and the same for fringe minorities seeking public affirmation through exploiting great chasms of tolerance embedded in our Christian-based law but the answer is not to adopt law changes instilling intolerance, but to nip the opportunists in the bud. Trannies did it in public libraries up and

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Biden Can’t Beat Trump’s Abortion Law

Biden Can’t Beat Trump’s Abortion Law

Naomi Cahn Professor of Law, University of Virginia Alan Morrison Professor of public interest and public service law, George Washington University Sonia Suter Professor of law, George Washington UniversityNaomi Cahn, Professor of Law, University of Virginia President Joe Biden promised during his State of the Union address on March 7,

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Should Discrimination Always Be Against the Law?

Should Discrimination Always Be Against the Law?

Luke Beck Professor of Constitutional Law, Monash University On March 21, the federal government will release the Australian Law Reform Commission’s report on ensuring religious schools cannot discriminate against LGBTQIA+ students and staff. But the political debate is already well under way – and has been going on since 2017.

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It’s Different When They Do It

It’s Different When They Do It

If you’ve never been to Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art (Mona), well… you’re not missing much. Well, that’s not entirely true: you’re missing an architecturally stunning building — filled with absolute, overpriced tat. I’ll give owner David Walsh credit for giving back to

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Both Courts Should Protect Victims

Both Courts Should Protect Victims

Carrie Leonetti Associate Professor of Law, University of Auckland Victims who experience family violence in New Zealand are treated differently, depending on which part of the justice system they turn to for help. But a new member’s bill before parliament could change all that. Currently, our law guarantees special

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Why Julian Assange Must Be Freed

Why Julian Assange Must Be Freed

Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at FEE. fee.org John Joseph Mearsheimer recently summed up in a single sentence why Julian Assange should go free. “Journalists don’t go to jail for publishing classified information in the United States,” Mr Mearsheimer, a political

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Can We Fight Critical Race Theory?

Can We Fight Critical Race Theory?

Hello, it’s John Porter on Bay FM and today I’m talking about Critical Race Theory (CRT). No, not heard of CRT? Well, it’s a significant issue around the world these days and seems to be becoming embedded in the thinking of certain sectors of our society. Critical

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What Was That Judge Thinking?

What Was That Judge Thinking?

Peter Allan Williams peterallanwilliams.substack.com Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week That Golriz Ghahraman and District Court Judge Maria Pecotic were once lawyer colleagues is incontrovertible. There is published evidence that

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ABC Omits Key Facts to Protect Its Pal

ABC Omits Key Facts to Protect Its Pal

The leftist echo chamber continues to shill for its own. Just last week, The BFD reported that disgraced former Canberra top prosecutor Shane Drumgold is now teaching law students at Canberra University. Even more galling, the lawyer who was found by two inquiries to have withheld evidence, and knowingly lied

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A British Media Cover Up

A British Media Cover Up

Steven Tucker Steven Tucker is a UK-based writer with over ten books to his name. His latest is Hitler’s and Stalin’s Misuse of Science, comparing the woke pseudoscience of today to the totalitarian pseudoscience of the past. mercatornet.com Scarlet Blake is a 26-year-old female British murderer who

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Free to Believe What They Let You

Free to Believe What They Let You

Many years ago, I found myself “between jobs”, as they say. Mrs Brady, diligently scanning the job ads, found a position open in a health food store. “Must have a commitment to sharing organic and vegan lifestyles”, the ad specified. I pointed out that I was, if anything, diametrically opposed

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How Low Can Canada Go?

How Low Can Canada Go?

Maria Kulp Associate Professor of Philosophy, Gonzaga University Imagine that you have lived with an illness for years. The suffering this illness has caused is devastating – so much that you wish to die. You no longer feel like the person you were before. You have been to see specialists, have

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What Will Canada’s Online Harms Bill Do?

What Will Canada’s Online Harms Bill Do?

Kurt Mahlburg Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young adult pastor.

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Our Justice System Failed Her

Simon O’Connor Husband, step-father, and longtime student of philosophy and history. Also happen to be a former politician, including chairing New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Committee. onpointnz.substack.com The recent decision to let a violent activist go free and with name suppression after repeatedly attacking

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