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Obviously, when you are a barrister you have to be able to argue both sides of any situation depending on who your client is. The same lawyer employed by Nicky Hager, who published for personal gain private and personal information hacked from Whaleoil, yesterday declared that National’s budget leaks
As I wrote back in April, Indonesia’s neighbours would be keeping a nervous eye on that nation’s presidential elections. Indonesia is threatened by the same kind of violent polarisation that is dividing democracies around the world. The world’s largest Islamic nation is also under threat from the
ACT leader David Seymour has summed up PM Jacinda Ardern as someone whose Bachelor of Communication Studies degree taught her to change people’s perception of reality rather than reality itself It is hard to disagree with him given that she led Labour to victory on the exact same policies
Joe Ascroft Economist New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union Our team has just returned from the Beehive, where we attended the media and analysts’ lock-up event for the government’s new “Wellbeing Budget”. This year’s Budget was accompanied by some level of turmoil, with leaks, alleged hacks, and a (very
Well, it has arrived. The world’s first Wellbeing Budget. The groundbreaking budget format that was supposed to have the world sit up and take notice. I am reeling with the uniqueness and diversity of it all. No, I’m not. I’m completely underwhelmed. First, the basics. * $1.9
Budget 2019 will be read from 2pm in Parliament by Finance Minister Grant Robertson. The Wellbeing Budget is about tackling New Zealand’s long term challenges by focusing our attention on the things which matter most, says Labour. This is the current Government’s second budget since assuming power. This
David Cumin Free Speech Coalition Is calling a politician the name of a fairy tale character worthy of Police action? Over the weekend, the head of a Rotorua ratepayers’ association was accused of “age, gender, and race-based hate speech” after he published a Facebook post stating: “Beware the charismatic
Audrey Young’s article in A Newspaper is spot on about the leak and Simon Bridges. The minute the “leak” came across his desk he should have: 1. Called Grant Robertson and told him that they had a leak or had been hacked; 2. Referred what they found immediately to
Was it the Russians? Was it Rawshark? Was it Bridges? Was it simply stupidity? Will the most open and transparent government ever actually ever tell us the truth? From the information published in A Newspaper, it seems that incompetence could be the leading contender. Reflecting on this, it is utterly
The man who was stood down last week for alleged sexual assaults has taken his story to the media after the prime minister refused to comment and Speaker Trevor Mallard refused to release details of the charges. The government is not obliged to release details under the Official Information Act.
Newstalk ZB transcript starts at 9:05, Kerre McIvor commentary. The prime minister refused to comment when Mike Hosking asked her about Mallard’s accusation, Jacinda Ardern told Mike: “There’s a lot to the Francis Report and she and the media are not privy to it.” Kerre plays recording
Democracy gives us the chance, every three years, of voting into government the people we believe will best represent our interests. List MPs ride into parliament on party coat-tails, and their opportunity to prove themselves to voters is by pushing through legislation that benefits the majority. I’d prefer
We have been waiting impatiently for the Wellbeing Budget, the one that is going to make us world leaders. The one that will make the rest of the world follow in our footsteps. The one that puts a value not on productivity, but on talking to a neighbour over going
Newstalk ZB recording starts at 0.40 – Mike Hosking comments: Let me just precis this for you. So, this bloke who’s been stood down – here’s what Mallard said: Quote. “We are talking about serious sexual assault.” End of quote. Trevor Mallard Well, that for me – that’s rape,
Chris Bowen played no small part in Labor’s devastating election loss, but he is also one of the few Labor politicians who seem capable of taking a long, hard look that the party’s lurch to the far-left. Labor’s policy platform was Corbynism-lite, tax’n’spend,
