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T. J. Dunleavy Hon Secretary Submission on Report of New Zealand Climate Change Commission Never before in the history of Earth sciences has so much misrepresentation been concentrated into so long a document advocating such complete overthrow of past progress in human life expectancy and wellbeing, socio-economics and technology,
Once upon a time, in a fairy-tale world, “Democracy” meant something to the people. It was worth fighting for. The sacrifice of those who died in two terrible wars was understood and honoured. Young people were taught to value and respect basic principles, and leaders were elected to serve
It has been obvious pretty much from the outset that we have in power a government in name only. All these people know is their ideology. It doesn’t matter to them whether their ideology is applicable to solving a particular problem or not, they implement it regardless because it
Simon Thornley Ananish Chaudhuri covidplanb.co.nz António Egas Moniz was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1949 for frontal lobotomy, a supposed cure for mental illness. Ultimately, however, Moniz and the Nobel committee were wrong. The operation did irreparable harm to over fifty thousand patients and the results were far
A letter from Olivia and Justine: We’ve set up an email address so you too can submit letters to the Prime Minister. We will format your letter in a suitable child-like font, perhaps make it look like crayon, so she will read it, then we will publish it
Housing: Crisis and government announcements Dave Armstrong (Stuff): Pride and Property, an Austentatious tale Sasha Borissenko (Herald): What property does the PM and our MPs own? (paywalled) Chris Trotter (Interest): Has Labour embraced ‘Muldoonism’? Geof Nightingale (BusinessDesk): Housing: Of loopholes and unwelcome new rules Steven Cowan: Market madness and non
The Prime Minister on the AM show bounced up and down, hands waving madly to distract from her explanations that lacked credibility. You might suspect she suffers from ADHD. What else could it be? Duncan Garner was honoured by her presence after the PM crossed the more annoying media off
Stuff has received an email from the Prime Minister’s chief press secretary, Andrew Campbell. Apparently, it was sent by mistake from a staffer in Megan Woods’s office. Sure it was a mistake…if you believe that then I have a negative Covid test I can sell you: The
It is disappointing that the Government is will be pressing ahead with the minimum wage increase on April 1 given the slowing economy and recent yo-yoing between alert levels. “We all want to see sustained wage growth, but sharply increasing the minimum wage during a period of extreme uncertainty
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “Business owners who’ve battled through COVID and who often struggle to pay themselves the minimum wage will be further disheartened that the Prime Minister has signalled a never ending stream of minimum wage hikes on her watch,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT
The Taxpayers’ Union have noticed that the only way to get the Prime Minister to do anything is to get a child to write to her. We agree and have taken on a new volunteer to help our readers to get their concerns read by the Prime Minister. Send your
ACT Party ACT Climate Change spokesperson Simon Court. “A startling admission from the Climate Commission chair that his group’s draft advice to Government does not recommend the most efficient pathway or policies for emissions reduction brings the whole process into disrepute,” says ACT Climate Change spokesperson Simon Court. “On
In the spirit of bipartisanship, National has helped the Prime Minister prepare for her post-Cabinet press conference today by collating the data she requested on rent increases – although she might want to think carefully before drawing public attention to it, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “Unfortunately for
While the Morrison government is rightly earning praise for its strong, principled stance against the Chinese regime, the fact remains that it is struggling to overcome a “silent invasion” that has spent decades white-anting Australia’s institutions, at every level. Whether it’s political parties taking literal shopping bags
Housing Minister Megan Woods should spend less time making misleading statements to Parliament and more time fronting up to New Zealanders with details on her housing policy, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Last week when I questioned Ms Woods about the $3.8 billion fund and why it
