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Watch the Prime Minister smile and grin when asked about Rael Kwasnik’s case, where he has spent almost a week battling to get home from Sydney to see his 87-year-old father Sam, after finding out he had just two days to live: Disgusting. A litany of failures
Magic is increasingly replacing logic in Australia’s legal system. Proponents of an Aboriginal “Voice” argue that one’s ancestry somehow imparts a magical “spiritual bond” with the land that no other race can attain. Worse, Australia’s highest court endorsed at law the Aboriginal mythology of “Dreamtime”. Now we’
The Government’s lack of urgency around the trans-Tasman bubble means many companies that deserve to survive are being forced to close, National’s Tourism spokesperson Todd McClay says. “To avoid more tourism businesses closing and more Kiwis out of work, the Government must open a trans-Tasman bubble
Free Press ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden The Government’s housing announcements have been a shock. In this special edition of Free Press, ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden makes sense out of the madness, and sets out what ACT will do about it in the next Government. Today
Kerry Packer famously told Australia’s parliament that, “Anybody in this country who does not minimise his tax wants his head read. I can tell you as a government that you are not spending it so well that we should be donating extra”. New revelations about the antics of some
ACT Party ACT Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “I’m so pleased to welcome another Australian state passing voluntary assisted dying legislation, with last night’s victory for the new law in the Tasmanian Parliament,” says ACT Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Voluntary assisted dying is now legal in Victoria,
23rd March 2021 Below is the latest tally of deaths recorded in Myanmar. The real death toll is actually much more than this due to the new tactics employed by the police and the Tatmadaw. Where possible, they are dragging the bodies away and disposing of them, not reporting back
Jordan Williams Executive Director New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union This morning, there was an extraordinary development in the Trevor Mallard false rape allegation matter – enough, we think, to justify his resignation as Speaker, and possibly an MP. Here’s Mike Hosking speaking to Judith Collins on the new revelations a few
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foolish Foon must by a country mile be the worst such office-holder since the position was established. His latest idiotic outburst against the Police as racist for allegedly picking on maoris saw him put firmly in his place by Former
For reasons I have never been able to figure out, this government is determined to destroy private landlords, even though the outcome will be to make life even harder for renters. The latest measures for property investors are the most far-reaching ever. First of all, Grant Robertson has increased
Information Satire Nanaia Mahuta Explainer Editor: Recently a discussion document about the underlying reasons for using Aotearoa instead of New Zealand was slipped under the door of The Woke Examiner. As it is Minister Mahuta’s policy to work only in Maori it needed to be translated. Mahuta conducts all
I am writing this a few hours after Labour’s big announcement on measures to make houses more affordable. Jacinda naturally led the press conference before handing over to Megan Woods to talk about measures to dampen demand from evil investors. Grant finished off with the handouts to boost supply.
Housing announcement Bryce Edwards (The Guardian): Targeting New Zealand’s property speculators is popular, but won’t fix the housing crisis Henry Cooke (Stuff): The bets the Government is making with its sprawling housing package Luke Malpass (Stuff): Labour takes its first big majority gambles on housing changes Bernard Hickey:
Tova O’Brien has been the Prime Minister’s cheerleader for quite some time. That was until yesterday. Now she is accusing Jacinda Ardern of breaking promises, and has turned into a scold: Jacinda Ardern effectively introduced a capital gains tax (CGT) today, breaking one of the biggest promises of
