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
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Trump is an appalling abomination but he’s still entitled to the same rights as everyone else. The proposed Stormy Daniels prosecution has not so far eventuated suggesting the prosecutors are possibly having second thoughts, perhaps motivated by the worldwide criticism they’ve copped from
William Spruance brownstone.org William Spruance is a practicing attorney and a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center. The ideas expressed in the article are entirely his own and not necessarily those of his employer. Rare episodes can symbolize the entire madness of an era. President Bush’s “Mission Accomplished”
Who would have thought that we’d be depending on the Deep South to stand up for sanity and science? This being 2023, that’s exactly where we are, though. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday signed a law prohibiting transgender people at public schools from using the restroom
Michael Cook Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Voluntary assisted dying in the Australian state of Victoria was legalised in 2017 and the first legal euthanasia took place on July 15, 2019. The legislation had succeeded despite bitter opposition. Perhaps MPs believed assurances from
Not being an avid watcher of MSM news (to avoid verbally assaulting my TV), I accidentally stumbled on the following online interview. This is a pity because New Zealanders are motivated to curtail youth crime and the dialogue is hard to find being buried under an inappropriate title. The interview
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com First Applicant = NZDSOS (New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science) Second Applicant = NZTSOS (New Zealand Teachers Speaking Out with Science) First Respondent = Minister for Covid-19 Response Second Respondent = Director-General of Health Third Respondent = Attorney-General NZTSOS Appeal Vaccine Mandate
Despite rebuke and threat of prosecution given for his less serious first offence, Crown Law has been silent on the second, more severe, offence by Nash. In 2020 Stuart Nash breached the cabinet manual in a radio interview when commenting on a case before the courts, intimating there should be
Bob McCoskrie CEO / Founder – Family First NZ familyfirst.org.nz Here is Bob McCoskrie’s speech at the Call for Justice Vigil, held on the steps of Parliament on 15th Mar 2023. On the 23rd March 2020, Jacinda Ardern made a speech that the whole nation stopped to listen to.
The first legal fallout of Tucker Carlson’s bombshell series of revelations about the January 6 riots has begun. A Proud Boys member, currently on trial over the unrest, has moved to dismiss the case. Dominic Pezzola’s lawyers are arguing that the footage aired by Carlson — and kept from
