Budget 2021 Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Budget 2021: Newshub-Reid Research poll shows Kiwis are on board with expected benefit increase Jane Patterson (RNZ): Budget 2021 set to deliver more money to NZ’s poorest and those hardest hit by Covid-19 Rachel Sadler (Newshub): Budget 2021: Benefit increases, rent
Jacinda Ardern must feel that she needs the distraction, so she is throwing out more titbits about her wedding. This time the weapon of mass distraction is telling another radio station that she’s got an idea of what her wedding dress will look like. Ever since Prime Minister Jacinda
Chris Baillie ACT Education spokesperson and former teacher The Government’s New Zealand history curriculum threatens to indoctrinate students in left-wing ideas and requires a radical overhaul. The draft New Zealand history curriculum, which is out for consultation until 31 May, requires students to learn a narrow set of
Green list MP Golriz Ghahraman has managed to offend even more people with her latest round of Hamas Hugging. It was during those Iranian protests that a woman who removed her hijab on top of a pillar was ‘disappeared’ to be either executed or suffer a re-education. Back then
In a letter to the Prime Minister and other Ministers, Mayor of Auckland Phil Goff has expressed serious concerns over the proposed three waters service delivery reforms. “I have made it clear in Parliament that I am very concerned about the Government’s water reform plans. The Mayor of Auckland
In news that should surprise no one, Labour’s $100 million redeployment scheme has failed to deliver the jobs it promised, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “The Government claimed the scheme would help over 300 people in Gisborne, yet it supported just half this number
David Seymour ACT Leader and Epsom MP The Laura Fergusson Trust which provides critical services to young disabled people has broken its silence and agreed to meet with the Minister of Health. This is fantastic news which follows my questions to the Health Minister in Parliament yesterday and a rally
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
Nathalie Collins Edith Cowan University Nathalie has qualifications in areas ranging from Philosophy, Ethics, Information Management, Marketing and Communications. She has worked in fields such as retail, resources, biotech, manufacturing, professional services, tourism, hospitality and entertainment. New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern has called for “ethical algorithms” to help
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Nicole McKee ACT’s Fair Firearms Law Reform spokesperson A privacy breach of dozens of people applying for firearms licences shows exactly why a firearms register is a terrible idea and why ACT has opposed it from the start. A gun register, if leaked, will become a steal-to-order
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The National Party will not support a motion proposed by the Green Party regarding the current violence between Israel and the Palestine Authority (Hamas), National’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Gerry Brownlee says. The Green Party is proposing a motion for Parliament to recognise and support the right of Palestine to
Eliora Stepping out of line as a Speaker of the House could land you in hot water. It could even get you murdered or executed. Some were imprisoned and even beheaded. No, I am not writing about Iran. Seven Speakers between 1394 and 1535 in Britain were executed, killed in
Judith Collins managed to anger the Prime Minister by catching her out with sharp questioning using facts and actual documents. The Hansard shows just how slippery the Prime Minister is in not actually answering valid questions. You just know how much pressure she is under when Grant Robertson, Nanaia Mahuta
Recently I received an email from the Antique Arms National President, Andrew Edgecombe. In the email, he has a crack at me (Note to Andrew: I don’t use minions) and my messages about the failures of COLFO. I will address his email in this article on the points that
