John Daley Chief Executive Officer Grattan Institute This is longer than the usual Conversation article, so allow some time to take it in. Nobody likes talking about the COVID-19 endgame, but we need to choose one. The appropriate interventions – public health, government spending, and freedom of movement – all depend
Flying somewhat, and so far, under the radar following the anniversary of the alleged-murderer Tarrant’s despicable deeds are the proposed follow-up of controls on so-called “hate speech.” They have been subject to considerable speculation in the year since, this despite zero evidence produced or alleged so
If you don’t have a Silver level subscription yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by Olivia Pierson that was first published 13 February 2020. Observe Labour’s New-Found Silence on Hate Speech Laws Has
I have been working with a few local business people, helping them to put together an application for funds from the government from their stimulus package, announced last Tuesday. While I spent some time preparing figures to demonstrate the 30% downturn in income from last year, it seems it was
According to Jo Moir, Peeni Henare supports Maori communities breaking the law. What Peeni Henare is actually saying is that he disagrees with his Prime Minister and the Ministry of Health both of whom are saying that we are at Level Two in our response to COVID-19. He is
Cruise Ships as Floating Isolation Wards? Right now there are four cruise ships in Auckland. They are all empty – no passengers. They are the La Laperouse, Silver Muse, Bremen and Noordam. Noordam has been moored off Whangaparaoa since Wednesday last week. La Laperouse also; until Saturday night when it moored
The Free Speech Coalition No doubt you saw Andrew Little’s comments about forging ahead with hate speech legislation to get it passed before this year’s general election. He told Stuff.co.nz that “The review of our hate speech laws are in the final stages. I expect there
Orange NZ Here are some of my observations regarding Trump Derangement Syndrome and the COVID-19 virus. The timeline so far for TDS and the virus * Nov 28 – Possible patient zero (undetected phase of new disease begins) * Dec 31 – Wuhan officials say something is up * Jan 8 – Centers for Disease
Lindsay Perigo solopassion.com Here’s a Wokestuff article about the imminence of new hate speech laws. I have said all along that the main object of these laws is to criminalise criticism of Islam. Watch the video in this link, where a “New Zealand citizen” with a barely intelligible
BFD Political corner: Election 2020 is a new series that will feature political speeches, political ads and political campaigns on Social media from a range of different political parties in the lead up to the New Zealand election. Today we have the NZ First Party: Please send us links to
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George There appears to be consensus within the media and amongst political commentators that there are many ‘armchair experts’, who through their personal comment, are spreading misinformation about the virus. This is generally followed up by some rationale to get in behind the Government, to support their decisions and to
Information Satire. Your intrepid eyewitness is pleased to advise that he was able to retrieve, quite intact, the spyfly which, as advised in a previous report, had the misfortune to crash into a sausage roll on Grunt Robbingson’s (the Minister of Sausage Rolls and Finance) desk. Due to my
We all watched the exact same announcement yesterday at 12 by the Prime Minister. Most BFD readers felt that they were being talked down to and that the PM’s delivery was just like that of someone talking to an audience of kindergarten or primary aged children. However, her fan
California is now on lockdown with the Governor issuing a stay at home order for residents. California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide order for all of the state’s residents to “stay at home” during the coronavirus pandemic. “We need to bend the curve in the state of California,
