Labour has had to use urgency, yet again, to fix up a legislation cock-up of their own making. They seem to really have tits for hands: MPs have been forced back to the House to correct an error which may have seen hundreds of Australians incorrectly charged for staying
A recent NZ Herald headline gives the impression that Grant Robertson has ruled out the government enforcing rent control on already long-suffering landlords. If you look closely at what he actually said, his statement isn’t worth anything at all. Finance Minister Grant Robertson has this afternoon moved to
Brooke van Velden ACT Health Spokesperson Health Minister Andrew Little owes an apology to Patient Voice Aotearoa for accusing them of using “extremist rhetoric. Patient Voice Aotearoa is a group that is advocating for medicines for people who are sick or dying. For a Minister to accuse them of extremism
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust In the wake of the coward punch attack on Fau Vake over the weekend, a petition set up by the Sensible Sentencing Trust to bring in harsher sentences for these attacks has already reached well over eleven thousand signatures in less than
Ted Johnston Party Secretary New Conservative The Electoral Commission has impartially recommended a reduction of the 5% MMP threshold to 4%, to improve NZ’s voting system. Justice Minister Fa’afoi’s comment that it would have “significant implications,” amounts to tossing it away for another decade, much to the
Jordan Williams Executive Director New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union Your humble taxpayer advocates and analysts spent Thursday morning working through the Budget 2021 papers. I’m afraid to tell you that from a taxpayer perspective there are no redeeming features of this Budget. It represents a major shift of the economic
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com If organisers can collect sufficient valid signatures, California’s Governor, Gavin Newsom, faces the possibility of being removed from office by electors in the middle of his four-year term – through a “recall election”. Introduced in 1911, recall elections give voters a right of veto
Karen Chhour Social Development spokesperson David Seymour ACT Leader Jacinda Ardern says Kiwis aren’t work shy, but they’re about to get a hell of a lot more shy now she’s more than doubled the budget for the dole. The budget has gone from $1.8 billion in
Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister of New Zealand Kia ora Yesterday, our Government released this year’s Budget, focused on securing our COVID recovery. I’ll go into more detail about what’s in the Budget and why it’s important below, but if you’re short on time, here are
A major calamity is certain to embolden screaming idealists to springboard off whatever unlikely explanation provides the opportunity to vent their horror at images of dead and mutilated children in the latest Middle Eastern conflict. “I cannot endorse this cruel war.” they piously warble, flapping around bleeding heart disinformation. In
Graham Adams Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Graham Adams is a journalist, columnist and reviewer who has written for many of the country’s media outlets including Metro, North & South, Noted, The Spinoff and Newsroom Amid the chorus of media voices crowing that the latest
