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Housing the homeless is big business for the motel owners taking the risk of their property being trashed or small goods stolen along with their reputations when the public discover they might be sleeping next door to relatives and friends of gang members. But business savvy motel owners are making
Nash Acting like a Tourist Rather Than the Tourism Minister After 12 months of neglect our tourism sector needs more than a few hints and ‘maybes’ at what support might come from the Government in the future, National’s Tourism spokesperson Todd McClay says. “Tourism Minister Stuart Nash needs to
Alexander Hall papundits.wordpress.com Alexander Hall contributes posts at the NewsBusters site, and he is a staff writer for MRC TechWatch. Facebook executive Benny Thomas was caught by guerrilla journalism outlet Project Veritas explaining how Facebook’s algorithms can be weaponized against conservatives. Thomas, the Global Planning Lead at
Well, you’ve got to hand it to Australia’s secret service – they’re very secretive. Of course, a certain level of discretion goes with the spook territory. We’d hardly expect ASIO to letterbox the neighbours, informing them that they’re surveilling the suspected foreign spy at No. 2
Damian Wilson rt.com Damian Wilson is a UK journalist, ex-Fleet Street editor, financial industry consultant and political communications special advisor in the UK and EU. Aussie spy agency head Mike Burgess risks international confusion as he caves in to the wokelords and dumps universally understood labels for extremists
Sometimes, the heroes you need are the heroes you didn’t know you needed. Whether it’s the anti-vaxxer challenging dictatorial lockdowns in court, or sleazy porn kings defending freedom of speech. Or US states that are usually only remembered as punch-lines. It’s said that when Custer
Michelle Grattan University of Canberra Michelle Grattan is one of Australia’s most respected political journalists. She has been a member of the Canberra parliamentary press gallery for more than 40 years, during which time she has covered all the most significant stories in Australian politics. ASIO is changing the
The Maori wards legislation may have passed in Parliament, but that doesn’t mean councils have to abandon local democracy. Yesterday RNZ reported that five Whangarei District Councillors are challenging their council’s decision to introduce Maori wards. This needs to happen at councils across the country. The nine councils
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ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “When protestors occupied privately owned land where 480 homes were planned at Ihumatao in Auckland the Police did nothing to protect the owner’s property rights and did everything they could to pander to the protestors, so is that how events will play out
The only way we can fix New Zealand’s appalling school attendance levels is by first knowing the full extent of the problem, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. The Ministry of Education told the Education and Workforce Select Committee that schools were submitting attendance data for all four
18th March 2021 The 18th ASEAN Military Intelligence Meeting AMIM-18 took place online yesterday morning. The meeting was attended by Lt-Gen Ye Win Oo, Colonel Haji Mohammad Muluddin Bin Awang Haji Latif of Brunei, Lt-Gen Hun Manith of Cambodia, Maj-Gen Andjar Airatma of Indonesia, Maj-Gen
Bruce Logan Every now and then a significant event along with the reaction to it reveals the character of an entire society. Harry’s and Meghan’s embrace of the victimhood cult on the Oprah Winfrey Show is just that. It is a symptom and portent of Western civilisation in
In the war that gave birth to ANZAC, Australian and New Zealand soldiers enjoyed a reputation as formidable soldiers. But lately, it seems, our militaries are being asked to be less effective fighting forces than Boy (and Girl) Scouts with guns. At best (and honourably) as a kind of militarised
