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The actions of the Human Rights Commission and its Commissioner Paul Hunt are completely unacceptable. Instead of standing up for freedom of speech, the Human Rights Commission in 2017 sought a form of ‘hate speech’ laws for New Zealand in a submission to the United Nations. To make matters even

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Tasmania 2021: Back to the Future

Tasmania 2021: Back to the Future

Well, this weekend’s Tasmanian election seems to have been much ado about nothing. The result has left Peter Gutwein’s Liberal government exactly where they started: with a one-seat majority. Still, that’s quite an achievement in itself for Gutwein. Tasmania has long been a Labor-dominated state,

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He Puapua Needs Some Sunlight

David Seymour ACT Leader The Prime Minister is patronising New Zealanders when she says the He Puapua report shouldn’t have been released in case taxpayers didn’t understand it. ACT has revealed that a Cabinet Paper has been drafted about the next steps on He Puapua, a Cabinet-commissioned

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Michael Woodhouse – Reallocating COVID Fund Irresponsible

Michael Woodhouse – Reallocating COVID Fund Irresponsible

Plans by the Government to reallocate $926 million of money unspent from the Covid Response and Recovery Fund is irresponsible and burdens future generations with even more debt than is necessary, National’s Finance spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. Finance Minister Grant Robertson told a Wellington Chamber of Commerce audience this

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Implementation Unit an Admission of Failure
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Implementation Unit an Admission of Failure

David Seymour ACT Leader It turns out the Government has been announcing policies for four years and had nobody to implement them. It’s been revealed that after four years of failure to deliver the Government is setting up an ‘Implementation Unit’ within the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.

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Louise Upston – Labour’s Jobs Plan Is Falling Apart
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Louise Upston – Labour’s Jobs Plan Is Falling Apart

The many thousands of jobs Jacinda Ardern’s Government promised New Zealanders its initiatives would create looks more like a pipedream than reality, National’s Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “The Government promised 20,000 jobs would be created as a result of its shovel-ready projects. But through Written

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What’s Got into the ‘Herald on Sunday’?

What’s Got into the ‘Herald on Sunday’?

There was actually a negative headline in the editorial of May 2, 2021, about Joe Biden in the Herald on Sunday. It said, “President nobody is watching”. Then a bit of sarcasm was added. “In case you missed it President Joe Biden held his first address to Congress on Thursday”

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Where to for Journalism?

Where to for Journalism?

3rd May 2021 The above picture shows who is controlling the shots at the Global New Light of Myanmar. (No pun intended). Information on detained Myanmar Journalists: 1. Detained Journalists – 73 2. Released Journalists – 30 3. Arrested Journalists- 43 4. Prosecuted Journalists – 42 5. Arrest Warrants – 22 6. Prosecuted Media

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Glad to See Collins, Seymour Oppose Two-Govt Plan
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Glad to See Collins, Seymour Oppose Two-Govt Plan

Hobson’s Pledge Trust There is a glimmer of hope that two political leaders may be listening to voter concern about arrogance by successive administrations on the Treaty, racial preference, and the latest plan for two governments under tribal control. On Saturday, National Party leader Judith Collins used her keynote

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How Biased Is The BFD?

How Biased Is The BFD?

There is a New Zealand website that measures media bias. I thought it would be interesting to see how The BFD compares to other media, so I visited it to find out. When I first visited it in the early days of our launch I felt that we had room

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Graham Adams: Ardern in the Gun over He Puapua

Graham Adams: Ardern in the Gun over He Puapua

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 Judith Collins made no effort to hide the cat-with-the-cream

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