David Tuffley Griffith University David is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity at Griffith University’s School of Information & Communication Technology in Brisbane/Gold Coast. When English statesman Sir Francis Bacon famously said “knowledge is power”, he could hardly have foreseen the rise of ubiquitous social media
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Information Opinion Queen’s Birthday 1998 was an interesting three-day experience which opened my eyes to all manner of things. I realise this may sound a bit odd, but that weekend was the first time I had ever experienced how “ordinary people” (around 90% of the population) live; their
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Have you ever felt you don’t have anywhere to go? Where would you go if you or your family got sick? Who do you trust for medical advice? Is the care you are getting determined by industry-controlled national and
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Dr Saad Al-Harran Email: drsaadalharran@yahoo.com Dr Saad Al-Harran is a social scientist who specialises in social ills in New Zealand. When we came back to New Zealand from Brunei Darussalam (House of Peace in the Arabic language) in May 2012 after six wonderful years spent there
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments When I was Minister of Health in the 1980s I warmed to a suggestion from a Maori colleague
Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Are our ethical standards in politics dropping? Recently there have been several appointments made by Government and related
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No one likes a liar, especially one who has claimed she never tells lies. Yet that is precisely what she did as she gracelessly attacked former Aussie Prime Minister Scott Morrison seeking to ingratiate herself with the new one, Anthony Albanese. It was a whopper of a lie too. Prime
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Across the road from my Parisian home lies a famous French patisserie. It provides wonderful spectator entertainment throughout the day, from our first floor windows. I estimate 90% of its customers are women, mainly early middle-aged. The few male customers bound in with gusto
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New Zealand is quickly turning into a country we no longer recognise. The Labour govt has had absolute power, with no handbrake, for the past 18 months and in that short time has implemented an unprecedented, calculated, and systematic paradigm shift of who we are as a nation. — Winston Peters
