Scoop Editorial scoop.me The EU-Parliament passed a law to regulate cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin more strongly. The new regulation will protect consumers from losses, and it will make money laundering and terrorist financing more difficult. In addition, providers are to be held liable in the event of massive losses. With
As reported not long ago on The BFD, social media recently saw a wave of deleting and un-friending by celebrities and institutions which had previously championed “trans” lobby group Mermaids. Media and public figures, as well as public and private institutions rushed to stealthily wipe any mention of Mermaids from
In the journalism business, defo can be an occupational hazard. That’s why the big media companies have in-house lawyers, to “legal” stuff that might otherwise land them in court. With over a billion taxpayer dollars a year in their pockets, Australia’s [taxpayer-funded leftist propaganda outfit] public broadcaster should
Get ready for the spiciest defo case in years. If NSW MP Alex Greenwich goes ahead with his vilification case against Mark Latham, it’ll only escalate what should have been long consigned to the dustbin of the history of silly, nasty Twitter fights. Latham is not exactly known for
When one argues that a significant proportion of the left are currently working hard to normalise paedophilia, it’s hard to avoid feeling like a paranoid. After all, paedophilia is a crime so egregious that even other criminals punish it ruthlessly. Well, the criminals behind bars do. The criminals in
A New Zealand man who caused mass disruption during a UK climate change protest has been sentenced to years in prison in what is reportedly one of the longest sentences for a peaceful protest in British history. Actually, he wasn’t sentenced for protesting, as we’ll see. Morgan Trowland,
Sarah Whitcombe-Dobbs Senior Lecturer in Child and Family Psychology University of Canterbury As the Abuse in Care Royal Commission inquiry has shown, the lifelong and intergenerational consequences of child abuse are devastating. Many children placed in state and religious institutions – often having already experienced harm and hurt – were then abused
A senior Victorian lawyer is highlighting what many of us already knew: an “Indigenous Voice” will be a lawyers’ picnic, and legal supporters are backing it precisely out of such self-interest. Tacitly, as well, the issue is highlighting the problems inherent in accepting the public pronouncements of professional bodies as
Dominic Wilkinson Consultant Neonatologist and Professor of Ethics University of Oxford Ernst Kuipers, the Dutch health minister, recently announced that regulations were being modified to allow doctors to actively end the lives of children aged one to twelve years who were terminally ill and suffering unbearably. Previously, assisted dying was
Lisa Marriott Professor of Taxation Victoria University of Wellington As it stands in New Zealand, beneficiary fraud (fraud by people on benefits) is largely dealt with under the Crimes Act, while tax evasion is prosecuted under the Tax Administration Act. This, among other factors, means beneficiaries engaging in financial fraud
Cranmer Lawyer with over 25 years experience in some of the world’s biggest law firms. I divide my time between the UK and NZ. This Substack explores issues facing NZ at present under my nom du plume, Cranmer. cranmer.substack.com AL AL writes a substack based on OIAs
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com To access the detailed arguments in the NZTSOS appeal directly, click here or scroll down. This series was compiled by members of NZTSOS and NZDSOS in collaboration. Introduction to NZTSOS & NZDSOS Grounds for Appeal This series of six articles looks
Once again, a court in Australia has endorsed magic — and a mining billionaire must be wondering why he’s bothered showering largesse on Aboriginal communities. Billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest is considering his options after losing an appeal to draw water from a river sacred to traditional owners to irrigate his
The “coddling of the American mind” (indeed, the entire Western mind) and the progressive (in every sense of the word) dumbing down of the academy is not without consequences. Not just the rise in violent authoritarianism and constant attacks from ignorant children who’ve been told all their lives that
The Democrat party’s determination to burn down the whole edifice of the rule of American law, so they can rule out of the ashes, is growing more dangerously desperate by the day. The threat of the unelected global elite grows more and more obvious. Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com A plain-language approach to deciding whether mandates were appropriate. The role of a lawyer sometimes seems to be to make something that is simple and straightforward, as convoluted, complicated and unfathomable as possible by wrapping it in complex and deceptive language
