Dr David Cumin Spokesperson Free Speech Union What I have to say is rather urgent. In short, we have only a few weeks to ensure New Zealanders say ‘No’ to the Government’s proposals to pass UK-style anti-speech laws, and I’m writing this to ask for your
Guyon Espiner has an article about John Key and his boot-licking relationship with the CCP and Xi Jinping. I’ll warn you now, you’ll need a bucket as it is extremely vomit-inducing: Many politicians in the West see China’s President Xi Jinping as a dangerous dictator
Labour Campaigns Team **UPDATE: I have had to remove the links as they were unique to the person who received the below e-mail from the Labour Party. I didn’t realise that only people on the e-mail database can submit a response. Kia ora This week, we’ve
ACT Party In the News Mark’s luck of the draw This week Mark Cameron had his Member’s Bill drawn from the ballot. Each MP, who is not a Minister, can have one Bill that goes into a Ballot, with a draw every few weeks. Mark’s Bill – the
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz This week I am focused on our democratic right to free speech and our need for this government to take action on a number of other fronts and not just promise a budget for something that won’t happen like rolling out better
The Government must cancel its new procurement rules which could see contracts awarded based on ethnicity rather than the best person to do the job, National’s Economic Development spokesperson Todd McClay says. The Government is rolling out a new procurement policy which means up to 5 per cent of
Dr David Cumin Free Speech Union Given recent confusion about what the proposed ‘hate speech’ laws mean, which appeared to even stump the Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, the Free Speech Union has launched a vital tool for Kiwis to ‘check their speech’ at www.HateSpeechDetector.com The Union’
Councils should be worried by Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta refusing to guarantee they won’t be forced into the new water entities, National’s Local Government spokesperson Christopher Luxon says. “Despite saying from the start that the Three Waters reforms would be voluntary for councils, the Minister has repeatedly
Dear Editor It’s easy to see that this Labour Government is in charge of the Covid vaccinations as the easy way to organise them was ignored and, as per usual, a complete mess has emerged. Like Jacinda ‘I will fix child poverty’ Ardern and Megan ‘I will fix the
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
The below video seems to have been missed when it came out back in April this year. Probably because it was of John Campbell slavishly fawning over our three ‘award winning scientists’ and nobody with half a brain or any shred of dignity watches Campbell anymore, or indeed, could even
Geoffrey Miller Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is an international analyst at the Democracy Project. This weekend’s Otago Foreign Policy School will be another chance for foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta to explain the Labour Government’s foreign policy agenda. The Dunedin conference has
Don't you know They're talkin' 'bout a revolution It sounds like a whisper Don't you know They're talkin' about a revolution It sounds like a whisper It’s now official, and it turns out that Judith Collins and David
Elizabeth Rata Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz This article is a version of a speech first given at the NZ Skeptics Annual Conference in 2006. It has been significantly updated to respond to the He Puapua Report. With the sudden emergence into our political life of
