ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “The Prime Minister yesterday told her weekly press conference she was “disheartened” the ACT Party doesn’t want to engage with the Government over its proposed Hate Speech Laws, despite ACT writing to the Justice Minister and agreeing for the caucus to meet with
Michael Dowling Chairman Council of Licenced Firearms Owners Submissions on the proposed new regulations for firearms close in 6 days. If these proposals go ahead, there will be significantly more regulation for dealers, security arrangements for LFOs and increased cost. You can read our final draft submission here. We have
Hayden Crosby University of Auckland Hayden Crosby is a PhD candidate in criminology at the University of Auckland. His research focuses on the far right, primarily in New Zealand and Australia. He is former far right extremist which has given him a great deal of insight, knowledge, and experience that
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “The Government’s proposed Hate Speech Laws mean someone could spend longer in jail for having an unpopular opinion than assaulting a child, male assaults female, participating in a riot and common assault,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “A cabinet paper released last week
Geoffrey Churchman Waikanae watcher waikanaewatch.org On Friday the Newsroom website on this page said it had obtained the Cabinet Paper put forward by Justice Minister Chris Faafoi showing what the Government has in store to “protect” us from so-called ‘hate speech’ and gives some of the intentions. It shifts
Strap yourselves in folks and don’t adjust your tin foil hats. David Fisher over at the NZ Herald has let his imagination run wild. According to Fisher (gasp), there is a major security threat in New Zealand. The danger is not Covid-19 or vaccinations to prevent Covid-19. No, the
Banning “hate” against religion is a return to our recently vaporised blasphemy laws, but with more teeth. While many liberals, libertarians, and even some conservatives cheered on Andrew Little’s repeal of our old (unused) blasphemy laws in 2019, I urged caution. Nature abhors a vacuum. A society must have
Dr David Cumin Spokesperson Free Speech Coalition This is rather urgent. What the Government is proposing on hate speech laws is, frankly, scary. I’m writing to ask for your urgent support so we can stop it. The Newsroom website (for Newsroom subscribers only) has obtained the Cabinet Paper put
Reports of the Government’s proposed new hate speech laws go a step too far and risk sacrificing the freedoms New Zealanders enjoy, National’s Justice spokesperson Simon Bridges says. “The reforms are supposedly including protections to every ground listed in Section 21 of the Human Rights Act. That includes
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “Introducing hate speech laws, as described in a Cabinet Paper reported by Newsroom, would take human rights and our ability to problem solve as a country backwards,” says ACT Leader David Seymour After saying the laws are not currently a priority on Tuesday, the
Carolyn Moynihan mercatornet.com Carolyn Moynihan is the former deputy editor of MercatorNet In a rare display of like-mindedness, the New Zealand Parliament a couple of weeks ago unanimously passed a bill adding three days to a working woman’s bereavement leave to cover the miscarriage or still-birth of a
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “It’s disheartening to see the Government changing the law in response to the March 15 murders in a way the Justice Minister readily admits wouldn’t have prevented the events of March 15,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT thinks it’s important
Labour have stated that they will not be supporting my straightforward member’s bill to increase the maximum prison term for killing a police dog from 2 years to 5 years in a move that will baffle most New Zealanders, National MP Matt Doocey says. The Ministry of Justice has
