National Party suspicions around Govt response, conspiracy theories Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): National Party not constructive with conspiracy theories Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Government has well and truly stuffed this up Zane Small (Newshub): 50 New Zealand health experts urge political leaders to ‘resist temptation to scaremonger’ over COVID-19
Election date, parliament Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Judith Collins’ dangerous constitutional game Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern holds all the cards in Covid election (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Let’s delay the election Andrew Geddis (The Conversation): By delaying the dissolution of parliament Jacinda Ardern buys time on the
Community transmission Ben Thomas (Spinoff): What the Covid resurgence means for the election campaign Luke Malpass (Stuff): In this new lockdown, Labour competence will be key Jason Walls (Herald): ‘Extremely disappointed’: National Party leader Judith Collins blasts Govt; says it let Covid-19 back into NZ Richard Harman (Politik): Covid’s
Auckland Central Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Senior National Party figure accused of using secret alter ego ‘Merv’ to derail Auckland Central candidate RIchard Harman (Politik): “Merv” upsets Nats’ Auckland Central selection Luke Kirkness (Herald): National Party’s Roger Bridge accused of using ‘Merv’ alter ego to derail candidate Nuwanthie Samarakone
Labour Party Henry Cooke (Stuff): Labour launch an extremely centrist campaign Audrey Young (Herald) Labour launch is a deliberately understated affair from Jacinda Ardern (paywalled) Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern’s decision to ditch Labour manifesto carries risk (paywalled) Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Labour planning to revisit coalition Government policy casualties
Right To Life UK Forced abortions and infanticide – the purposeful causing of a baby’s death – are among the human rights atrocities experienced by women who have attempted to flee North Korea, according to a United Nations Human Rights report. 100 women have shared ‘heartbreaking’ first-hand accounts of the suffering
Election Tim Watkin (RNZ): This election is brought to you by the letter C Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Political Roundup – Where is the contest of ideas in the election campaign? Brent Edwards (NBR): Covid-19 policy debate will dominate election campaign (paywalled) Bob Jones: The coming election ————— Patrick O’Sullivan (Herald)
Election John Armstrong (1News): To win, Judith Collins needs to pull off NZ’s biggest upset since politics began Claire Trevett (Herald): The light at the end of National’s tunnel moves further away (paywalled) Taroi Black (Maori TV): Race Relation Commissioner backs Maori Party over TVNZ exclusion 1News: Maori
The BFD covered the important news story of Dr Li Meng-Yan, the Chinese Scientist from Wuhan, on July the 14th yet it has taken the NZ Herald till the 3rd of August to finally tell the tale. I know this because a reader sent me a link to the article
Election Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): What can we do to get more good policy? Stuff Editorial: No big policy announcements – arrogance or devotion to duty? Newstalk ZB: Robertson: Now is not the time to be making grand promises on policy Audrey Young (Herald): Judith Collins tells Jacinda Ardern to stop hiding
Adrian Esterman University of South Australia Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced that metropolitan Melbourne will move to “stage 4” restrictions from 6pm Sunday, as new cases of COVID-19 continue to rise. The state recorded another 671 cases and 7 deaths on Sunday. Andrews has declared a state of disaster
Green private school Chris Trotter: A Sorry Excuse For A Green Party Matthew Hooton (Herald): James Shaw dives straight into the Metiria Turei trap (paywalled) Malcolm Bell (Stuff): Green School should be celebrated and supported Jane Patterson (RNZ): James Shaw contradicts Chris Hipkins on implicit approval in leaked video Catherine
