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The Morrison government is facing multiple challenges, both domestic and foreign. Some are “events”, as Harold MacMillan might put it, such as responding to the Wuhan plague and mostly state government actions like lockdowns. But many others are direct attacks from left-wing enemies. But while the Chinese communist regime
When is the Morrison government going to learn the lesson that repeatedly has beaten it over the head? Turning teal is not a vote-winner. Coalition voters want a party that offers a clear alternative to the Labor-Green watermelon monster. Nothing should have hammered home that lesson more brutally
Questions to Ministers 1. Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime Minister: Does she consider a $195,000 increase in the price of the median house since October 2017 a sign of a Government that is “absolutely committed to resolving the housing crisis and taking a multitude of steps and levers
As China escalates its war of trade and words against Australia, the Morrison government has won the unequivocal support of its key ally, the United States. For now, anyway. Another key ally, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is taking a rare risk of angering the communist giant by raising
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Climate change Richard Harman: Now the hard part on climate change is about to begin Jamie Morton (Stuff): What does declaring a ‘climate emergency’ actually do? Robert McLachlan (The Conversation): Climate emergency or not, New Zealand needs to start doing its fair share of climate action David Farrar: If Labour
The novel and film starring Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, is a study of the psychiatric institutions of the mid-twentieth century and the human mind. Nicholson’s character, the inmate McMurphy, attempts to take control of the asylum through cunning manipulation. He fails. In New
This Government has signalled that they aren’t on the side of employers. They have announced a doubling of sick leave which will cost employers nearly $1 billion per annum. As businesses are still reeling from the enforced shut down because of the Chinese plague, this is the last thing
Phil Goff proposes ‘one-off’ 5 percent rates increase after ‘unprecedented’ $1b loss Mayor Phil Goff is proposing a “one-off” 5 percent rates increase to help Auckland Council deal with an “unprecedented” $1 billion loss in revenue caused by COVID-19. Releasing the mayoral proposal for Auckland’s 10-
Please help Tommy if you can. Go to www.stopthelawfare.com Tommy goes into some detail about his recent farcical arrests and how an Islamist supporting law firm have taken steps to break him financially for covering the other side of a story. The story of a Syrian schoolboy who
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Beijing is clearly feeling under pressure, as it ramps up its trade and diplomatic attacks on Australia to near-hysterical levels. China has apparently singled out Australia as its post-COVID whipping-boy, not least for Australian PM Scott Morrison’s determination to force an international investigation to get behind
As media outlets have steadily bled viewers and money over the last decade, one success story stood out from the pack: Fox News. If anything, the Trump presidency threw an unexpected lifeline to the mainstream US media. The left tuned into CNN and MSNBC for their Daily Two Minutes of
ACT Party “Labour’s decision to double sick leave shows it is using COVID-19 as an excuse to advance a left-wing agenda and help its union mates,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “So far, only 2,000 people in New Zealand have had COVID-19. Labour believes that
