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National leader Judith Collins is accusing the Government of flat out lying to New Zealanders about the extension of the bright-line test. “They have lied to New Zealanders – New Zealanders just can’t trust what they are told by the Government,” she told media this morning. […] When asked by
Jordan Williams Taxpayers’ Union Hamilton City Council staff members have been visiting classrooms and harvesting submissions from children on the Council’s Maori partnership strategy, the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union can reveal. We have been contacted by a Hamilton ratepayer who was perplexed to discover the name of his 13-
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “It takes a whole new level of arrogance for the Labour Government to undermine Parliament with the sudden imposition of new tax rules previously explicitly ruled out by Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Instead of introducing a new Bill
Graham J Noble libertynation.com Chief Political Correspondent & Satirist at LibertyNation.com. Raised and inspired by his father, a World War II veteran, Graham learned early in life how to laugh and be a gentleman. After attending college, he decided to join the British Army, where he served for
The Government clearly had no back-up plan when engaging in the interminable discussions with Australia over opening a trans-Tasman bubble because if it did we would have a date for travel by now, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “If the Government was as serious about
When Australia’s intelligence chief, ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess announced that ASIO would no longer use such “stigmatising” terms as “Islamist extremism”, it provoked a storm of disbelief and derision. This announcement came just a week after it was revealed that ABC management had instructed reporters not to refer
Bruce Wilds brucewilds.blogspot.com Bruce Wilds is the author of the book “Advancing Time.” Both the book and his blog focuses on how the ever-quickening pace of change impacts today’s society and the massive challenges it creates. He feels that it is crucial we understand that we
Mark Milke theorca.ca Mark Milke, Ph.D. is an author, columnist, policy analyst, and keynote speaker with six books and dozens of studies published across Canada and internationally in the last two decades. His newest book is The Victim Cult: How the culture of blame hurts everyone and wrecks
ACT Party ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Today’s housing package is all about blaming Mum and Dad investors without properly acknowledging why they’ve invested in housing – lack of supply has driven up houses prices,” says ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “This is a Government failure, plain
22nd March 2021 We start today with a T-shirt that has been designed to be worn, initially in private, but in public once the protestors win. Optimistic I know, but it makes its point. Below are some of the weapons employed against the civilians involved in the protest movement.
What a difference some bad economic news makes. Earlier last week Scott Morrison was blaming our government for holding up the trans-Tasman bubble, saying if they don’t want Aussie tourists in Queenstown then Cairns will happily have them. This, as it was designed to do, raised the hackles
David Wojick cfact.org David Wojick, Ph.D. is an independent analyst working at the intersection of science, technology and policy. Power system design can be extremely complex but there is one simple number that is painfully obvious. At least it is painful to the advocates of wind and solar
I’m disappointed to announce that Professor Shaun ‘80,000-dead’ Hendy’s self-penned, self-congratulatory screed published Wednesday last at Newsroom, left me feeling bitter. That’s not a nice emotion to have. Nevertheless the good professor’s column, in spite of the hubris on display, is enlightening
