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The latest figures from the Ministry of Social Development show the Government must urgently tackle long-term benefit dependency, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “While the number of people on benefits has decreased slightly, the figures show more than 200,000 New Zealanders are still
The idea of a “Deep State”, a cabal of state employees or other persons to manipulate or control the government outside of the accepted channels of leadership, is nothing new – nor is it conspiracy theory. In modern times, deep states have operated from the Soviet Union to Italy. But it
Dr. Jay Lehr cfact.org CFACT Senior Science Analyst Jay Lehr has authored more than 1,000 magazine and journal articles and 36 books. Jay’s new book A Hitchhikers Journey Through Climate Change written with Teri Ciccone is now available on Kindle and Amazon. As more and more in
As I’ve written, the prosecution in the trial of Derek Chauvin has been so comically inept that some legal commentators are seriously wondering if they’re deliberately throwing the case. Which raises the question: why? Picture the almost certain outcome if Chauvin is acquitted: the stormtroopers of the left
Green Party Green Party spokesperson for Social Development & Employment Ricardo Menéndez March The Green Party is putting a Member’s Bill into the ballot today which will be a significant step towards overhauling the Social Security Act. Green Party spokesperson for Social Development & Employment Ricardo Menéndez March will
ACT Party ACT Social Development and Children spokesperson Karen Chhour. “New Zealand smokers will who can least afford it will spend more on their habit and in turn do harm to those around them if the Government mandates lower nicotine in tobacco,” says ACT Social Development and Children spokesperson Karen
Labour is failing New Zealanders struggling with mental illness, National’s Mental Health spokesperson Matt Doocey says. “This isn’t a matter of the Government failing in just one area of mental health management and services. There are failures and incompetency across the board. “Wait times have ballooned under Labour
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour ACT Leader David Seymour has welcomed the Government’s decision to trial Datamine’s ëlarm with border workers. “We’ve been urging the Government to adopt ëlarm for 314 days now,” says Mr Seymour. “It shouldn’t have taken ten months for the Government
We are all sick of this Government infantilising issues and speaking to us all like children. They’ve gone full retard now in releasing a new update for their snitch app: The NZ COVID Tracer app has a number of new features, including national statistics, a flashlight for scanning, and
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Since the Labour Government rushed through a law change at the beginning of February denying ratepayers the right to call for a referendum before a local government created one or more Maori wards, there has been a sharp increase in the number of local governments intending
Live animal export ban Stuff: Editorial – The tide goes out on animal exports Luke Malpass (Stuff): Government announces an end to livestock sea export industry RNZ: Government announces ban for live cattle exports by sea Esther Taunton (Stuff): Opponents label live export ban ‘immoral, ill-informed’ Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): NZ
A MYOB poll of 401 small to medium businesses has shown that Labour is now the preferred party of SMEs, with 38% favouring Labour and 35% supporting National. A further 5% voted ACT, while 3% supported the Greens. So overall, most businesses favour the left bloc over the right bloc,
Last Friday, at O’Connell Street Bistro, Chris Luxon met Simon Power for lunch. Lengthy discussions were held, but it is widely thought by commentators apprised of the lunch meeting that the real purpose of the lunch was for the official handing over of the FIGJAM title from the old
Former MP Catherine Delahunty says the original plan was based on gender balance – but we now need a non-binary approach. She told Heather du Plessis-Allan it’s also about who will bring a radical edge to issues. […] Delahunty says there is no reason to have a male co-
