Brooke van Velden ACT Health spokesperson Pacific Peoples Minister Aupito William Sio has echoed the concerns of the ACT Party about the Government’s health reforms and we encourage the rest of his caucus to listen to his concerns. Sio has questioned the place for Pasifika in the reforms which
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This Labour Government is creating increasing dependency on the state and setting New Zealanders up for long-term welfare reliance and a poorer quality of life, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “At estimates, I asked Minister Sepuloni how the Government’s employment programmes helped long-
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments If the current government wanted to stir up racial tension in New Zealand it has done a good
Newsroom journalist Marc Daalder appears to celebrate and support Cancel Culture. Deplatforming is a truly despicable act that not only silences citizens exercising their legitimate democratic rights, but often also involves slander and extortion of third parties… threats to business reputations and results in the devastation of peoples lives. Tim
Labour has ploughed tens of millions of dollars into the very slow train from Hamilton to Papakura, and now the initial gloss has worn off it has proven to be a white elephant: New figures reveal the Te Huia Hamilton to Auckland train is only a quarter full on weekdays.
Free Speech Union The Free Speech Union lodged a formal complaint yesterday with the Hutt City Council Chief Executive Jo Miller against Hutt City Mayor Campbell Barry in relation to a Facebook post where he suggested that a feminist group – whose political views he does not agree with – is to
Transport Minister Michael Wood’s defence of a $785 million cycle bridge over a vital transport link for 130,000 East Aucklanders shows how backwards his priorities are, National’s Associate Transport spokesperson Christopher Luxon says. “Instead of the Eastern Busway which would connect 30,000 people a day to
Neville Dodd President Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc. Are our Police fit for purpose asks Neville Dodd president of Sporting Shooters. If the purpose is the administration of the firearms law they themselves wrote then “the answer is clearly a resounding no! Look at their current gross under-
Karen Chhour ACT Social Development spokesperson Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence Minister Marama Davidson’s performance in Question Time yesterday shows she has no idea what’s happening in her portfolio. The number of family harm incidents have increased from 133,000 in 2018 to 171,000 in 2020.
The National Party has obtained a document showing nearly half of port workers have not had a single Covid-19 vaccine dose, despite the port being a gateway for Covid-19 into New Zealand, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. The Border Worker Testing Register: Vaccination by
The NZ Herald reports there are more than 80,000 job listings for the quarter ending June 30, 2021 according to data from TradeMe. Labour shortages across the country have led to fierce competition among employers for staff. TradeMe Jobs Director Matt Tolich described it as a job hunters’ market,
Mark Cameron ACT Primary Industries spokesperson The Government is unwilling and unable to say how many people it’s employing full time in the Jobs for Nature programme. This programme is costing taxpayers $1.2 billion dollars. The intent of the programme is good, but like most things with this
Labour are pursuing an ideological agenda with their so-called Fair Pay Agreements. They are ignoring official advice and putting workplace democracy at risk, National’s Workplace Relations spokesperson Scott Simpson says. “These FPAs – a step towards compulsory unionism – fly in the face of everything that has evolved in the
David Seymour ACT Leader Labour’s plan for compulsory unionism is anti-democratic and anti-freedom and it must be scrapped. Labour has been told by its officials that so-called ‘Fair Pay’ Agreements would wreck the economy and undermine freedom of association. Michael Wood will no doubt ignore this
