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Back in the early 2000s, Australia was looking down the barrel of what the AMA called “arguably the biggest potential disaster the medical community has ever faced”. Skyrocketing medical indemnity costs were forcing more and more doctors out of practice. A meeting of 5000 doctors in Sydney threatened to pull
Lisa Marriott Professor of Taxation, Victoria University of Wellington Jonathan Barrett Associate Professor in Commercial Law and Taxation, Victoria University of Wellington Ahead of the 2023 election, it was clear there was not a lot in National’s tax policies to benefit the least well off. Nothing has happened over
Rosemary Abbott whakatakitimes.nz BODY ON THE LINE David Seymour has put his money where his mouth is. The ACT leader has been outspoken about the Hurricanes Poua’s team haka, saying the team should focus less on politics and more on training. To demonstrate his commitment to the cause,
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The Wellington mayor and Council are the most criticised of any in New Zealand, and not without cause. Wellington last had a decent mayor twelve years back with Kerry Prendergast, now deservedly a Dame. She remains one of the busiest people I know, notwithstanding being
Tani Newton Well, it’s that time – time to have our say to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into I-can’t-bear-to-say-what. I’ve only got as far as commenting on expanding the terms of reference, but I thought I’d share what I’ve written in case it can inspire
J M White There is no New Zealand left for anyone to aspire to. Most NZ citizens couldn’t even tell you now what a New Zealander is since the very definition of the nation was destroyed by replacing identity with ideology. Once a government starts distributing national resources to
As delightful as the demise of the media has been, there seems to be a narrative building, especially from those same media people who failed to read the room, that somehow democracy is dying in the dark because media companies are failing. It is as histrionic as it is false.
Dear Editor Watching ‘The Chaser’ on TV, I was exposed yet again to the Pacific Island bowel screening advert. The one with the big group singing and cheering, and the kid finishing with “You can Poo it” to his grandfather. It was clearly designed by someone with a very low
David Bell David Bell, Senior Scholar at Brownstone Institute, is a public health physician and biotech consultant in global health. He is a former medical officer and scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), Programme Head for malaria and febrile diseases at the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) in
Diana Furchtgott-Roth Diana Furchtgott-Roth is the director of the Center for Energy, Climate and Environment and the Herbert and Joyce Morgan Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. http://www.heritage.org/ Alexander Frei Alexander Frei is a member of the Young Leaders Program at the Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment
Dave Patterson libertynation.com Despite the US and its allies attempting to provide safe passage in the Red Sea, the international waterway simply is not safe. In fact, it’s quite deadly – as the crew of the Barbados-flagged True Confidence unfortunately discovered Wednesday, March 6. The merchant vessel was set
Michael Cook Michael Cook is editor of Mercator mercatornet.com Amongst the dozens of themes covered by President Joe Biden in his State of the Union address was a big shout-out for the transgender lobby: “my message to transgender Americans: I have your back!” No doubt about that, none whatsoever.
Dr Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
Harry Palmer Though people from Britain’s colonies have always been welcomed to the heart of the Empire, the trickle became a stream following WWII when a number of shiploads of immigrants from the Caribbean, notably Jamaica, arrived, many of them on board the HMT Empire Windrush, which was in
Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Years 11–13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1–13. alwynpoole.substack.
