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Daily News Roundup – 4 December 2020

Daily News Roundup – 4 December 2020

Climate change Peter Dunne: It is now stand and deliver time for Labour on climate change Rachel Thomas (RNZ): Carbon neutrality by 2050 requires taking a financial hit – economist 1News: ACT calls on MPs to give up unlimited domestic flights in bid to cut carbon emissions 1News: ‘The next step

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Daily News Roundup – 3 December 2020

Daily News Roundup – 3 December 2020

Climate change Stuff: Editorial – Declaration’s value will be measured by action Yvette McCullough (RNZ): Climate Change declaration: ‘It’s not just symbolic declaration’ Richard Harman: Climate Change Emergency; is it more than a PR stunt? Melanie Carroll (Stuff): Aspirational goal but nothing concrete: Business reaction to climate emergency Dan

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Woke Owner Returns Stuff to Maori

Woke Owner Returns Stuff to Maori

Information Satire During a heartfelt tearful apology, the owner of Stuff Ltd confirmed that historically, the news organisation was full of systemic lies, exaggerations and unmitigated nonsense. “We have been lying and smearing for centuries,” she said. Sinead Boucher also used the apology to announce she was returning her media

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Daily News Roundup – 2 December 2020

Daily News Roundup – 2 December 2020

Climate change Richard Harman: Now the hard part on climate change is about to begin Jamie Morton (Stuff): What does declaring a ‘climate emergency’ actually do? Robert McLachlan (The Conversation): Climate emergency or not, New Zealand needs to start doing its fair share of climate action David Farrar: If Labour

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Daily News Roundup – 1 December 2020

Daily News Roundup – 1 December 2020

Housing 1News: Jacinda Ardern says public bears some responsibility for housing crisis after failed taxation attempts Scott Palmer (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern partly blames New Zealand public for housing crisis, Chlöe Swarbrick reacts with scathing emoji Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): If we can’t change the supply or demand for housing, some

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Abortion Doctor Study Reveals Reality of Late-Term Abortion ‘Feticide’ under Ireland’s New Law
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Abortion Doctor Study Reveals Reality of Late-Term Abortion ‘Feticide’ under Ireland’s New Law

righttolife.org.uk Abortion doctors in Ireland have described late-term abortion as “‘brutal’, ‘awful’ and ‘emotionally difficult’, referring to it as ‘stabbing the baby in the heart’, and held themselves responsible for the death of the baby”. A recent study based on interviews with ten doctors who perform abortions in

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Are You a Retired Journalist?

Are You a Retired Journalist?

The BFD is seeking journalists to write news articles for us in a voluntary capacity. We are looking for News stories without spin, just the facts. The BFD is a Conservative site opinion wise but real news shouldn’t have a political view, its job is to inform not to

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And the Emmy Goes to…

And the Emmy Goes to…

Simon Black Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile sovereignman.com Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Monday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. And the Emmy Goes

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Daily News Roundup – 30 November 2020

Daily News Roundup – 30 November 2020

Housing Bernard Hickey (Stuff): Here’s why you shouldn’t believe what you’re told about the housing market Rob Stock (Stuff): Which prime ministers oversaw the biggest house price increases? Luke Malpass (Stuff): Why this Government must finally grasp the nettle on housing Miriam Bell (Stuff): House price expectations

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Kurt Stewart is hailing former “gang dog” Missy a hero for raising the alarm when a large blaze erupted in a building just metres from where he lives. The military man turned builder moved from Whanganui to a flat on Heathcote St in Christchurch in February for a change of

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Withholding Evidence an Alarming Development

ACT Party “It is disturbing to learn that evidence from senior public servants to the Royal Commission into the Christchurch mosque attacks will be withheld in full,” says ACT Justice and Firearms Law Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Firstly, this was not the impression given in statements from the Commission in

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