Brooke van Velden ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson ACT’s petition to stop Labour’s interest deducibility change will be presented to Parliament today. Almost 16,000 people have gone to the ACT website to say they reject Labour’s proposed changes. ACT is listening and we’ll make
The Government has been told by its own independent expert advisory group that there is a ‘strong case for adopting saliva testing as the main method for testing in New Zealand’, yet it’s still done nothing about it, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. New documents
Has Tova O’Brien taken on the character of “Lady Macbeth?” Tall dark and menacing and capable of coming in for the kill? Lady Macbeth was the instigator of the machinations behind the demise of King Duncan in Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth”. An interview with Tova O’Brien is like
Defence Minister Peeni Henare is slow to advocate for our troops, but has been quick to criticise one who has political opinions different to his own, National’s Defence spokesperson Chris Penk says. “The Minister of Defence has consistently failed to champion our Defence Force and national security needs. “Minister
Now for a boring little piece on tax… but bear with me. It will reveal the pettiness of this government, and how they really, really do despise farmers, tradies and almost anyone who actually works for a living. The Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) rules have 2 types of private vehicles:
Bruce Logan familyfirst.org.nz Bruce Logan is a board member of Family First NZ No matter how the government wants to spin it, hate speech legislation is hateful. It is the tool of the totalitarian who thinks he knows what is best for the rest of us. Hate speech
David Parker must be a special kind of stupid. After the Prime Minister passed moral judgement on ute owners by suggesting that many people who drove utes were doing so illegitimately, and after we’ve discovered that the Government’s punitive ute tax will punish over a hundred thousand owners
Dr James McDowall ACT Defence spokesperson The Defence Minister needs to explain whether he’s following the law when he interfered in a staff essay writing competition. “Peeni Henare contacted the Chief of Defence and demanded that an award-winning essay, that he hadn’t even read, be removed from
Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi’s decision to lapse and refund 50,000 temporary visa applications is further evidence his Government has no plan to reopen New Zealand up to the world post-vaccination and isn’t listening to the desperate calls from businesses for international labour, National’s Immigration spokesperson
In a predictable but disappointing move Labour yesterday blocked an inquiry into the slow roll out of mental health facilities, National’s Mental Health spokesperson Matt Doocey says. “Both Labour and National have criticised how long it’s taking to get a shovel in the ground and build these 15
The Government needs to work out urgently what’s happening with Canterbury’s vaccine roll out, which is looking increasingly shambolic and slow, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Canterbury DHB has only carried 5544 first Covid-19 vaccination doses, well behind much smaller DHBs like Whanganui,
Neville Dodd President Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc. Guns are inanimate but the Government seems determined to personify them as evil as more and more pointless restrictions have been passed into law. That is the view of Neville Dodd, president of Sporting Shooters, on the new law that
In the 9th episode of the Right Minds Podcast, Dieuwe de Boer, Origen, and Tare Paurere break down the six “incitement to hatred” proposals from the Ministry of Justice and discuss New Zealand’s transition to an ethno-state. We theorise how both “hate speech” legislation and constitutional changes to
Hobson’s Pledge Trust Consultation on the implementation in New Zealand of the United Nation’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People will start with Maori groups, Maori Development Minister Willie Jackson confirmed on Thursday. See More UNDRIP consultation Although he said the He Puapua plan for two governments
