bobmccoskrie.com Research published in the BJPsych Open Journal has revealed that people with autism and intellectual disabilities have been legally euthanised in the Netherlands as part of that country’s assisted-dying program. This is setting a very dangerous precedent, not only within the Netherlands but for other countries
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Chris Trotter bassettbrashandhide.com LIKE THE WAR in Ukraine, the war in Gaza is serving as a remarkable litmus test for the Left. It is testing its moral compass, its understanding of international law, its grasp of geopolitical realities and, not least, its awareness of what the PR mavens call
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Without the necessary analysis of government ownership of media, the answer is probably ‘yes and no’. There are pros and cons. How they play out very much depends on the guidelines put in place by the government of the day. Other questions come into play. Should there be a level
Adrian Beaumont The University of Melbourne theconversation.com This Friday at 2 pm (12pm AEDT), New Zealanders will find out the final results of the October 14 election. This tally will include the estimated 567,000 special votes not reported in the preliminary results on election night. Special votes tend
There is a saying, “The devil is in the detail”, and so it is with the email sent to Jacinda Ardern’s office prior to the Christchurch massacre. In her first statement following the massacre, the queen of spin misled us (lied) and the information that she withheld we only
Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com A couple of days ago, K Gurunathan – described as a former mayor of Kapiti – had an article in Stuff under the heading “ACT’s Treaty referendum: a bad
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