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Nobody told me there’d be days like these: strange days, indeed… John Lennon We live in strange times, my friends. Women have penises, men get pregnant and our Australia’s one-time bitterest enemy has become our best friend; while our erstwhile best friend plays Mean Girl and runs
20th April 2021 The abductions continue. Daw Nway Nway Hlaing was abducted from Hpa-An in Karen state today. And still it continues. Shunlei May Shwe a 22-year-old student at Hmawbi Technological University was abducted by the Junta’s security forces. It is thought that the Junta has
Nanaia Mahuta’s cringeworthy “Taniwha and Dragon” speech has been met with disdain amongst our allies, and pompous gloating from China: China has heaped praise on New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs Minister for expressing discomfort with expanding the scope of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network.[…] Chinese state media have
Health reforms: Analysis Luke Malpass (Stuff): Government’s DHB overhaul is the latest salvo in the Wellington vs local control war Stuff: Editorial – Healthcare change needed but crucial staff shortages need to be addressed Audrey Young (Herald): Little’s Cabinet paper shows how Heather Simpson was rolled (paywalled) Herald: Editorial:
So, Labour’s brilliant idea in health is to undo community representation and Helen Clark’s own health reforms that created the DHBs in 2000. This seems to have all the hallmarks of a socialist command and control wet dream. Even if the reforms had merit, and there is some
ACT Party ACT Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The creation of a Maori Health Authority with a veto over national health plans shows Jacinda Ardern’s Government is much more radical than Helen Clark’s was,” says ACT Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The Government’s health review Cabinet paper
Hobson’s Pledge Trust Don Brash Another layer of separatist health delivery offers no rational prescription for Maori sickness and disability, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said yesterday. Today, Health Minister Andrew Little and Maori Health Associate Minister Peeni Henare announced a revamp that replaces 20 district health boards
ACT Party ACT’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Praise for New Zealand’s Foreign Minister from a communist dictatorship is deeply concerning and shows the Government should be more focussed on building stronger ties with our traditional allies,” says ACT’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “New
Brad Polumbo fee.org Brad Polumbo is a libertarian-conservative journalist and Policy Correspondent at the Foundation for Economic Education. Like every new member of Congress, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pledged to uphold the Constitution when she was sworn into office. But the socialist congresswoman’s latest criticism of the
It’s obvious that Australia needs to urgently adopt gender-based employment quotas in order to address the growing gender imbalance in our workforce. As the economy begins to struggle out of the self-inflicted disaster of the Wuhan plague, it’s clear that one half of the population is
Remember when Scott Morrison shocked the green-left by bringing a lump of coal into parliament? Whatever happened to that guy? Coalition voters would gladly trade Scott Morrison the climate warrior for the woeful Scotty from Marketing they ended up with: continually spooked into submission on every woke issue. Especially
As other BFD contributors have noted, the Ardern government is letting New Zealand’s traditional alliances drift away, even as those allies are engaging in region-shaping new partnerships. While New Zealand’s strongest historical partner is in the thick of a, shall we say, robust dialogue with an aggressive,
ACT Party ACT’s Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Today’s health review announcement from the Government has failed to address the real issues facing New Zealanders,” says ACT’s Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Amalgamating the DHBs into one organisation is a positive step forward, but all the Government
