Shane Drumgold has bowed to the inevitable and quit as Director of Public Prosecutions for the ACT. The extraordinary fall from grace for the top legal official comes in the wake of the Soffronoff Inquiry, which Drumgold himself requested. The inquiry made damning findings of misconduct against him. Drumgold, however,
Steven Tucker Steven Tucker is a UK-based writer with over ten books to his name. His next, Hitler’s & Stalin’s Misuse of Science, comparing the woke pseudoscience of today to the totalitarian pseudoscience of the past, will be published in summer 2023. mercatornet.com Did you know it
As I wrote recently, “a week in Australian politics just can’t go by without a fresh absurdity from Brittany Higgins”. Well, it’s been a banner week, this week. From revelations of Higgins’ claim to be Aboriginal, to the release of the bombshell Sofronoff inquiry into the prosecution of
Graham J Noble Chief Political Correspondent & Satirist at LibertyNation.com. Raised and inspired by his father, a World War II veteran, Graham learned early in life how to laugh and be a gentleman. After attending college, he decided to join the British Army, where he served for several years
dailytelegraph.co.nz Late Friday afternoon Sue Grey received news that the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal has struck out charges against her and found no case to answer as she had not breached professional standards. The charges had stemmed from complaints instigated by pro-government lobby group FACT Aotearoa, who
Dr Muriel Newman 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. nzcpr.com Two separate shootings in Auckland
The long-anticipated Sofronoff inquiry has been released – and it’s as explosive as anticipated. The inquiry into the conduct of ACT chief prosecutor Shane Drumgold during the Brittany Higgins scandal and subsequent rape trial of Bruce Lehrmann has found a laundry list of appalling behaviour by the Canberra Director of
Never have an inquiry, as the saying goes, unless you know in advance what it will find. But when a government commissions an inquiry and then keeps its findings secret for months, you can be certain that it found something they may or may not have expected, but don’t
Kris Gledhill Professor of Law Auckland University of Technology Lawyers are fussy about language because it is their job to argue about its implications. The current trial of Lauren Dickason is a case in point, and the jury has a complex task in front of it. Dickason is charged with
Michael Cook Michael Cook is editor of Mercator mercatornet.com More people are being euthanised in Canada than anywhere else in the world. In the last official report, for 2022, 10,064 people died through what Canadians call “medical assistance in dying” (MAiD). In the Netherlands in the same year,
dailytelegraph.co.nz Proceedings seeking an injunction to stop the use of Pfizer and Moderna mRNA Covid jab products in Australia have been adjourned, as the court timetables the case towards a hearing. The case centres around the failure of the two companies to obtain a GMO licence for their
hobsonspledge.nz With all that has happened this week, and with the focus on the election, I am asking you to take a moment to speak up for equal speech rights. The Department of Internal Affairs released a proposal for a new way to regulate social media and traditional media
Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
Brownstone Institute brownstone.org The Brownstone Institute for Social and Economic Research is a nonprofit organization conceived of in May 2021 in support of a society that minimizes the role of violence in public life. Just how untethered to the rule of law did the United States come during the
Free NZ freenz.substack.com Two weeks ago, we updated New Zealanders on Casey Hodgkinson’s story and current condition. This is FreeNZ’s third interview with Casey, since her devastating jab injury, incurred during the 2021 mandates, here in New Zealand. In case you missed it you can watch
Aaron Ironside Say Nope To Dope Spokesperson commonroomnz.com This article was first published by The Common Room I will never forget the day I was announced as the Say Nope to Dope spokesperson. Within hours of the press release being sent to media, I received an anonymous call from
