Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
Information Opinion It is hard to oust incumbents (Tim Shadbolt’s mental decline being an exception) but the three-term mayor of Waipa, Jim Mylchreest, lost by 1900 dog-loving votes after the BFD published my article Council to Ban Dogs from Park in June. Jim had an opportunity to
If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Stephen Berry. Support Racial Division? You Are Just What They Are Looking For. The poison of identity politics is
The farming consultation strategy document, He waka eke noa, announced by Jacinda Ardern in yet another dress-up photo-op, this time with puffer jacket and red bands at a podium of hay bales, will see the destruction of the farming industry as we know it. Farming is our largest
Chris Finlayson used the co-governance model that he put up when he was National’s Treaty Negotiations Minister as the model for how wonderful co-governance could and would be. Like Chris Finlayson, Jacinda Ardern is planning on having the whole country run this way Just so we are
Toni Severin ACT Correction spokesperson The horrific case of a repeat child sex offender cutting off his ankle bracelet and sexually assaulting a toddler shows the urgent need for a review of electronic monitoring. A review of ankle bracelets was one of the policies ACT released in August in our
Rising food prices are continuing to slam Kiwi budgets, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Data released by Statistics New Zealand today show that food prices have increased by an average of 8.3 per cent in the last 12 months, which included a 16 per cent increase in
The equality found in death is final, but there is no promise of equality in life or the journey to your final destination. It might be smooth and peaceful or fraught and contentious. Eventually, unless we are lost at sea or vaporised by a terrorist or nuclear bomb, we end
Robin Grieve Owen Jennings Facts About Ruminant Methane F.A.R.M Newsletter You will undoubtedly have been shocked Tuesday to learn of the Government’s proposals for dealing with agriculture‘s Greenhouse Gas emissions. After 30 years of demands, discussions, Parliament’s failure to create a sensible framework, months
Geoffrey Miller Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is the Democracy Project’s international analyst and writes on current New Zealand foreign policy and related geopolitical issues. He has lived in Germany and the Middle East and is a learner of Arabic and Russian. New
A proposal is an offer for consideration, with the power of acceptance or rejection. But not according to this government! Hello, it’s All things Political with John Porter on Bay FM and today I’m talking about a subject a very large number of people are labelling “a fraudulent
The economic wizards of the Labour Party have launched their farms emissions scam, where it is their stated goal to start taxing cow and sheep farts, burps and wees, as well as to reduce herds by 16-20%. Apparently, this will have minimal impact on prices and lead to the
Cobwebs is among seven foreign companies accused in late 2021 by tech giant Meta of setting up fake accounts to spy on almost 50,000 people, including journalists, human rights activists, politicians and others in more than 100 countries. Meta, formerly Facebook, reported it had identified “customers” of Cobwebs in
NZDSOS A report produced by New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science (NZDSOS) on the Coroner’s Amendment Bill has brought up serious questions about investigations into deaths in New Zealand. A spokesperson for NZDSOS said, “it is clear on glancing through the submissions, New Zealanders see this amendment as
