Everything about politics
The government looks set to decriminalise all drug possession and use. Except they’re not. According to the government. The Government says its bill to make drug use a health issue is not default decriminalisation, even though a select committee was told today that prosecutions for drug use or possession
By Dieuwe de Boer Rightminds This is the third episode of the Right Minds Podcast, hosted by Dieuwe de Boer and Origen, recorded on the evening of Tuesday 30th April, 2019. Your usual co-host Jesse Anderson was ill, but he sends his regards to his dozens of doting fans.
“When you see it, you know it” Jacinda Ardern said in response to the question “how do you define hate speech that leads to violence?”. She says the Human Rights Act has a gap and fails to protect us from “religious hate speech”. As a Christian of many years, I’
The terror attack on Christchurch has ignited the debate about hate speech and censorship. Quote. The terrorist attacks on two Christchurch mosques, in which 50 people were killed, have brought questions of whether New Zealand is doing enough to legislate against racial and religiously-motivated attacks to the fore. For
By Juliet Moses, an Auckland-based lawyer First published on Shalom.Kiwi April 28, 2019 Republished with permission For a first-time list MP who made it into parliament by the skin of her teeth, and is in a minor party that maybe is or isn?t in government (depending
Lindsay Perigo believes that New Zealand has become an Orwellian Police state. I don’t think that we are there yet, but we are certainly well on our way. We are following in the footsteps of countries like the UK who now criminalise little old ladies for liking or sharing
Both leaders signalled their virtues in the lead up to possible re-election in 2020. If you’ve watched Donald Trump in front of a crowd, he invariably describes those close to him as friends. He?s a friend of fellow politicians, colleagues, staff and other world leaders. Important people
The Phony War is over, the Easter/Anzac break is behind us, and the Australian federal election 2019 is on for real. Labor have had a shocking campaign so far, especially with Bill Shorten?s fumbling, dodging performance, which has drawn unfavourable comparisons (not just from me) with the hapless
The New Zealand police have made an astonishing request. They have asked the gun owning public to delay handing in their guns. Their request is clearly an acknowledgement that right now, guns are safer in the hands of their current owners than in the custody of the police. This is
Guyon: And it’s Morning Report. Corrections spent just over a million dollars on 193 ice slushy machines for its staff in prisons to help them combat the heat over summer, National’s leader Simon Bridges says it’s wasteful and extravagant spending, he’s with me in the Auckland
Well worth a listen and/or read. Clever lyrics from the Parody Project LYRICS TO THE DAY COLLUSION DIED? Two long years ago the probe began and many thought that someday it would make them smile. And those who said it had no chance were scowled upon and seen askance
Does the New Zealand media think that we are dimwits? They most certainly do, because they freely slur and lie about Donald Trump. For more than two years we’ve heard about Trump?s impending impeachment. It was a forgone conclusion (and still is for some sad Dems). When impeachment
Take equal parts “tolerance, respect and understanding”, throw in a bit of “illumination” and voila! You have created the left’s updated version of Fawlty Towers ‘Don’t mention the war’ episode. Last week the luvvies have been conflicted, severely, and, not knowing what to do in fear of breaching
Matthew Hooton?s article in a newspaper entitled Jacinda Ardern on track for triumph in 2020 makes for interesting reading. While his numerical facts cannot be argued some of his other comments are open to debate. Matthew makes the point that Jacinda’s absolute rejection of a Capital Gains Tax
Too Right A regular column by John Black The Black Sheep Blog Rightminds The essence of the conservative attitude is perhaps best illustrated by G.K Chesterton?s metaphor of the fence. Imagine a fence across a road. A progressive (or ?reformer? as Chesterton has it) says ?I don?t
