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Coronavirus: A Weekly Update from the Conversation’s Global Network of Academics
Clint Witchalls The Conversation The year had barely begun when stories started to emerge of a worrying number of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China, caused by a mysterious new “coronavirus”. The Conversation published its first story on the outbreak on January 13. At that point, it was spreading in China,
Was Tracey Martin at Cabinet on Monday?
As we all know Tracey Martin is in self-isolation and being tested after being at a meeting last week with Peter Dutton, who is confirmed as having Covid-19. On Monday night, she was at a debate at Auckland University with several hundred people, including Jack Tame and David
Let’s Let the Government Create a Gun Register, What Could Go Wrong?
There has been another data breach of firearms owners’ information, and it looks like there has been a cover-up as well. Newshub reports: Newshub can reveal firearms licences were among the personal data breached in the massive Tuia250 digital security failure and the Government kept it secret. The Opposition
Louisa Wall About to Get Deselected by Labour
A few weeks back David Farrar revealed that there was a move against Manurewa MP Louisa Wall. Presumably because she has the same problem as Stuart Nash and Damien O’Connor: she drinks beer, plays rugby and roots sheilas. He was right about the move but wrong about what is
Abuse of Trust: NZ Police
Editor’s Note: I can understand why the document referred to in this article has been leaked to social media. It reveals how the NZ Police are abusing powers given to them for another purpose to spy on ordinary New Zealanders doing ordinary, completely legal things. It gives me no
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Fake News of the Day
Today’s example of FAKE news is not only Fake it is malicious and downright disgusting. The British Media are so intent on pushing their “evil right-wing extremist” narrative about Tommy Robinson that they are prepared to step over the body of his 8-year-old daughter in order
FAKE News of the Day
Welcome to the Dominion Post whose motto is ‘Facts don’t matter’: Fact Check: “Trump referred to “politicizing” of the coronavirus by Democrats as “their new hoax.” He did not refer to the coronavirus itself as a hoax. Throughout his speech, Trump reiterated that his administration is taking the threat
The BFD Faces of the Day
Press Release: Embassy of Israel in New Zealand Wellington, 5 March 2020 An Agreement on Cooperation in Technological Innovation, Research and Development was signed today (5 March 2020) between the Government of the State of Israel and the Government of New Zealand resulting to pursue a sustained effort to promote
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