Law
Facebook, Google to Be Forced to Pay for News Content
Australia is set to pass world-first laws to force tech giants to pay for the content they’ve so far been scraping for free from media companies, as well as sharing their data-collection methods. Is this the last gasp of a dying legacy media – or the first push-back against the
Protests across Ireland Following Late-Term Abortion Report Release
righttolife.org.uk Pro-life protests have taken place across Ireland in response to the shocking revelations about the nature and extent of the late-term abortions now occurring in Ireland. Published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, September 2020, a report confirmed that babies are being aborted via foeticide,
A Subject Both Left and Right Can Agree on
There are some universal truths and people on both the left and the right know them to be true. The looming threat of hate speech laws is not only upsetting those on the right, against whom they are most likely to be weaponised, but also scaring those on the left
Legal Car-nage All Over a Banged Up Benz – Part Two
The purpose of legal aid is to ensure the right to legal representation for socially and economically disadvantaged people. But is the system being abused in civil cases? In part two of ‘Legal Car-nage All Over a Banged Up Benz’, we seek answers to why an Auckland man has been
Sneaky Mallard Buries Apology in Big News Day
Trevor Mallard has apologised for comments he made last year claiming a rapist was working in parliament. But he sneakily waited until after the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch massacre had delivered their report. He made the remarks on RNZ shortly after the release of a report which
Royal Commission Report – and Yes the Police Let Us down
Michael Dowling Chairman Council of Licenced Firearms Owners The Royal Commission report is now out. The part that covers how the terrorist was able to get a firearms licence and details how we were so badly let down is Part 5. Part 5 the Firearms Licence by Juana Atkins on
It’s Official: The Prime Minister Wants a New “Hate Speech” Crime
Matt Holden Coordinator Free Speech Coalition The Royal Commission’s report on the Christchurch terror attack has just been released. In response, the Government is seizing on the opportunity: Jacinda Ardern has announced she wants to criminalise so-called “hate speech”. Make no mistake, this is a big kahuna – the Government
Legal Car-nage All Over a Banged Up Benz
The battle lines have been drawn in possibly one of the most expensive and protracted legal disputes the New Zealand used car industry has ever seen – and we’re still not even close to the finish line. In part one of this two part investigation we explore the issues and
Pakistan to Introduce Tougher Punishment for Rape—Including Chemical Castration
R Umaima Ahmed globalvoices.org Pakistan’s government approved in-principle on November 24 tougher laws against sexual assault which will include chemical castration for repeat offenders. The laws, called the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Ordinance 2020 and the Penal Code (Amendment) Ordinance 2020, have been approved by Pakistan’s Federal
About time. Pill Testing Goes Legit.
The government has announced that it is legalising pill testing services and it is about time. It should have been done last year. In fact, it should have been done the year before that and the year before that. […] Andrew Little announced on Tuesday that time-limited legislation will give legal
Victorian Labor Makes Prayer a Criminal Offence
Freedom for Faith mercatornet.com The Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Bill 2020 will have a terrible chilling effect on the provision of counselling and support for vulnerable people wrestling with their sexuality In the most aggressive action ever taken by an Australian government to attack freedom of religion,
Who’s Converting Whom?
Barbara Kay mercatornet.com Barbara Kay studied English Literature – undergrad at U of Toronto and graduate studies at McGill. For many years she taught literature and composition part-time at various Quebec Cegeps. She was also… More by Barbara Kay A Canadian bill would ban ‘conversion therapy’ for gays, while parents