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Muzzling Free Speech

Muzzling Free Speech

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Last Friday the Minister of Justice Kris Faafoi announced that the next step in the Government’s plan to introduce hate speech laws would be two public consultation processes – the first seeking feedback on their legislative proposals, and the second asking how to build a

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Today’s face of the day Martyn Bradbury has been speaking a lot of sense lately on the topic of Free Speech and Labour’s proposed Hate Speech law. No one can be watching the Free Speech vs Hate Speech culture war and not be scared shitless by the most

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What Goes Around

What Goes Around

Saul Alinsky was an American commie who thought nothing of using and manipulating others for his own ends. To paraphrase his own words, “the ends always justified the means.” Anyway, he wrote a little book called “Rules for Radicals.” Two of the rules are of particular relevance today. The first

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Who Is Driving the Proposed Law Making Hate Speech a Crime?

Who Is Driving the Proposed Law Making Hate Speech a Crime?

When Jacinda Ardern and Kris Faafoi fronted media to explain their new hate speech laws they demonstrated a very sketchy understanding of their own recommendations. They were so bad that the bought and paid for (normally adoring) media were uncharacteristically critical. “Not only is the Prime Minister wrong about the

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DOJ Is Suing Georgia Over Voting Law

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Labour’s Shameful U-Turn Devastating for Victims

Labour’s Shameful U-Turn Devastating for Victims

Labour’s underhand last-minute move to shut down debate on my members Bill (Rights for Victims of Insane Offenders Bill) is a disaster for victims’ rights, Louise Upston MP for Taupo says. “Victims of insane offenders have had their suffering diminished for too long in our criminal justice system when

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Farmers Need Better Environmental Law-Making Standards

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

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Making Room for Speech Criminals in Prison

Making Room for Speech Criminals in Prison

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

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How China Could Use the New Hate Speech Legislation

How China Could Use the New Hate Speech Legislation

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

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