You know it’s an election year when the Government abandons an Ardern-inspired piece of legislation. The proposed new hate speech law is now on ice because it’s divisive, too hard to complete and unpopular; with the added downside of potentially costing Labour mainstream votes if they push it
Jess Gill fee.org Jess Gill is a fellow with FEE’s Henry Hazlitt Project for Educational Journalism. A resident of Manchester in the United Kingdom, she is the host and director of Reasoned UK where she makes daily videos on British politics from a libertarian perspective. She is also
Mike Donnellan “In olden days a glimpse of stocking was something shocking now heaven knows, anything goes.” “Anything Goes” Cole Porter 1934 Do you remember those days, when you couldn’t turn on the radio without hearing a man or a woman declaring their love for a member of the
Michelle Grattan Professorial Fellow University of Canberra Alcohol bans will be reimposed in Northern Territory communities, in a victory for Anthony Albanese over a reluctant territory government. The federal government will also provide $250 million in extra funding for a range of initiatives in employment, health and other areas. The
Kath Murray Research Fellow in Criminology The University of Edinburgh The decision to place double rapist Isla Bryson in the segregation unit at Scotland’s Cornton Vale women’s prison, ahead of sentencing, has sparked a political crisis that looks unlikely to abate soon. Following a backlash, Scotland’s first
Neville Dodd President Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc sportingshooters.nz “Creating a massive empire with hundreds of new staff is not the answer to solving the woes of the police Firearm Safety Authority” says Neville Dodd the president of the Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand. This in
rutherford.org WASHINGTON, DC In the wake of a spate of incidents involving the use of excessive force by police against unarmed individuals, including the brutal killing of Tyre Nichols by members of a Memphis SCORPION police unit, The Rutherford Institute has called on the US Supreme Court to narrow
Andrew Stumpf Assistant Professor of Philosophy University of Waterloo As a philosophy professor and researcher of end-of-life ethics, I ask the students in my ethics class who should be eligible to receive Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). Should it be open only to people actively dying from a terminal illness?
Olivia Boyd familyfirst.org.nz Olivia Boyd is our teenage guest writer who is very passionate about supporting the pro-life movement and ending human trafficking. Upon completion of her High School education, she intends to study law and psychology. She has an interest in human rights and social psychology and
W. Bradford Wilcox W. Bradford Wilcox, professor of sociology at the University of Virginia, is a senior fellow of the Institute for Family Studies and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Riley Peterson Riley Peterson is an undergraduate studying religion and sociology at Baylor University. mercatornet.com Imagine
Michael Cook Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. mercatornet.com Finally, after 40,000 or so deaths, Canadians are having second thoughts about legalised euthanasia. Euthanasia deaths in Canada have shot upwards like a skyrocket. In 2015 there were none; in 2021, the last
Gary Moller garymoller.com I made this video nine months ago, which is as relevant as ever. Just one thing: We thought the fine for making unapproved health claims was to be $50,000. I was wrong. It is $200,000 or five years in jail – This is not punitive
Soon after the Charles II was restored to the throne, the triumphant monarchists exhumed Cromwell’s corpse from Westminster Abbey and subjected it to a posthumous hanging, drawing and quartering. They were rank amateurs, compared to the Australian left. No sooner has any public figure even slightly to the right
familyfirst.org.nz Controversial “hate-speech” laws continue to be proposed by the Labour Government under the pretence of ‘the public good’ Let’s dig deeper into this agenda. You can also Download our Fact Sheet which explains all of this in more detail. Controversial “hate-speech” laws continue to be proposed
In case you hadn’t got the message yet, the left-elite despise you. Deplorable. They certainly don’t trust you: not to raise your children “correctly”, make the “right” medical choices, or even to vote the way they want. And they absolutely don’t trust your judgement or commonsense in
The police are forging on with their arms register, assuring us all that everything will work as planned and it will be safe and secure. No matter that people involved in the project are quietly telling others that the project isn’t fit for purpose and that the software selected
