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. Henry Cooke from Stuff says: ACT voters are
As a loyal foot soldier of CNN, the NZ Herald continues to print unresearched nonsense about the Trump family who continue to live rent-free in the NZ Herald editor’s head. How much more of this garbage dressed up as fact should we tolerate? Now, apparently, both Ivanka and
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
Parliament’s Speaker Trevor Mallard Henry Cooke (Stuff): National v Mallard: That atrocious late-night debate is the reason people hate politicians Barry Soper (Herald): Trevor Mallard’s outburst this week questions whether he understands what a serious sexual assault is Claire Trevett (Herald): The unedifying spectacle of the Speaker
Jacinda Ardern has finally announced…well…she announced that she’s set a date for her wedding. So, we’ve had an announcement of the announcement of a date…some time in the future. Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford have set a date for their wedding, but don’t worry
The Government has been forced to take drastic action and freeze public sector pay because it’s allowed the number of Wellington bureaucrats to swell up to an unsustainable size, National’s spokesperson for Public Service Mark Mitchell says. “If Labour wants to reduce costs it only has to look
Brooke van Velden ACT Deputy Leader Mr Speaker, I move that this House is gravely concerned about the severe human rights abuses taking place against Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. We call on the Government to work with the United Nations, international
The Deputy Prime Minister appears to be pushing ahead with an implementation unit without any idea of what that unit will actually deliver, Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “It remains unclear what this implementation unit will actually do, other than add another layer of taxpayer-funded bureaucracy to the public
Quick…look over there…it’s a wedding! Desperate times call for desperate measures and today’s face of the day needed something to distract the masses. Jacinda Ardern reveals she and Clarke Gayford have finally set a wedding date NZ Herald Random impertinent questions: * Why did the article fail
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government’s paternalistic approach towards Maori through procurement is a step too far and needs explaining. The Government, in another departure from the idea that all New Zealanders are equal before the law, has set a quota of five percent of Government procurement being spent
News that unemployment has fallen from 4.9 per cent to 4.7 per cent will provide no comfort for the almost 200,000 New Zealanders on the Jobseeker benefit, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “While it’s positive the unemployment figure has decreased, albeit
Eliora Information Satire He Puapua means a place where waves break. Maori should be given a break and given more control over their lives. The Vision 2040 – He Puapua is a document recently made publicly available. It is a plan for the Labour Party of Aotearoa to give Maori self-
It is deeply disappointing that the Government has not agreed to National’s call for a new Covid-19 Select Committee, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. National’s proposal was to establish a committee, based on the Epidemic Response Committee, which successfully held the Government to
Rob Salmond General Secretary Labour Party Kia ora The days are getting shorter and colder, which means it’s once again time for Labour’s Winter Energy Payment. I’m enormously proud that Labour introduced the Winter Energy Payment back in 2018. Since then, the payment has helped around a
Judith Collins delivered the Sledge of the Day after the news that Grant Robertson was going to now be the minister responsible for the delivery or implementation of their slogans. The headline too can be read a different way and is verging on Stuff Up of the Week material. It
