Mark Cameron ACT Rural Affairs spokesperson A new Bill from the ACT Party drawn today will ensure the baton of environmental regulations is given to regional councils and taken out of the hands of Wellington bureaucrats. In recent years farmers have been hammered by regulations put in place by Government
Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis has not been shy about his aim to rapidly reduce the prison population by 30 per cent and it is perhaps the only target this Government is actually going to meet. However, Labour’s ‘Hate-Speech’ law changes might put a spanner in the works, National’s
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. There are several news reports that attempt to explain the proposals on hate speech, but these have tended to add to the confusion, rather than
Dark Jester The new hate speech legislation is up for debate with public consultation over the proposal. My concern is how this particular legislation could potentially be weaponised by the Chinese Communist Party to suppress criticism and dissent, because the ambiguity of the ‘incitement to hatred’ clauses means the definition
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Whenever governments attempt to regulate political speech and activity, the results often end up being problematic and potentially harmful to democracy and debate. Regardless of
Karen Chhour I’m calling on Jacinda Ardern to explain whether she is “stirring up, maintaining or normalising hatred by insulting, threatening or abusive communication” which would be captured under the Government’s hate speech laws. My question is whether the nation’s Karens will be deemed a protected group?
Rachael Wong mercatornet.com Rachael is a barrister, Managing Director at Women’s Forum Australia, and an Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Notre Dame Australia. She previously worked with the Law Reform Commission in Samoa to bring about legislative reform to improve the lives
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Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 1984 is the scariest book I’ve ever read. When it was published in 1949, I was far too young to read it, let alone understand it. I
If that prince of essayists Charles Dickens were alive in New Zealand today, he might well have written “A Tale of Three Estates”, as a 21st century update of his peerless Tale of Two Cities. In that novel he wrote of a French nobleman escaping from Paris on the brink
Hate speech is back on the menu — Tova O’Brien’s interview with Justice Minister Kris Faafoi was eyebrow raising. If I write an opinion piece ‘Jacinda Ardern is a communist or a dictator’, could I be stung for hate speech? Instead of just saying “no”, we’re given a
Peter Joyce lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Peter Joyce is a retired teacher. He campaigns for the victims of false sexual accusations through his website, Blackstone’s Drum. He also wrote a book, Dry Ice, about the false accusation against him. He may be contacted at ppainless@gmail.com. The Sexual Violence
David Seymour ACT Leader Jacinda Ardern admitted in Parliament yesterday that she hasn’t ruled out including political opinion in her proposed hate speech laws. Ardern is twisting and turning her position on hate speech so much she could almost qualify to represent New Zealand in gymnastics at the Olympics.
The Prime Minister did not rule out yesterday that potential hate speech crimes will have a more severe maximum prison sentence than the crime of ‘assault on a child’, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “This is consistent with her Government’s ongoing trend of poor prioritisation and complete
You know that when even the Prime Minister’s biggest cheerleader Tova O’Brien turns on her, that the wheels may be falling off this government. Is the honeymoon over? The PM is being accused of misleading New Zealanders over the new hate speech legislation being proposed by making inaccurate
