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Chris Trotter democracyproject.substack.com THE INTENSIFYING POLITICAL CONTROVERSY over the Coalition Government’s policy on gangs promises to be one of those sheep-from-goats moments. While the Left will veer instinctively towards the sociological, the Right will opt to (paraphrasing one of the best lines from Pulp Fiction)
Jan Dewar Head of Nursing Denise Wilson Associate Dean Maori Advancement | Professor Maori Health Gail Pacheco Professor of Economics, Director of the NZ Work Research Institute Lisa Meehan Deputy Director, NZ Work Research Institute Auckland University of Technology During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, policy was being made
Political journalists and commentators are often prone to examples of exaggeration. Tova O’Brien is one of the worst, but it is understandable when you work for a niche publication that is so close to failing that its staff resort to calamitous exaggerated headlines to attract readers to their dross.
Hon David Seymour Associate Minister of Health Pharmac is changing its process so it can assess a funding application at the same time Medsafe is assessing the application for regulatory approval. This means that medicines will be able to be considered for funding sooner in New Zealand. Access to medicines
Well, I’ll give this to Anthony Albanese: he’s got more guts than I’d have credited him for. As I speculated recently, it would be telling to see if the PM personally campaigned for the critical Dunkley by-election this week. After all, it’s fast getting to
There are political leaders who make their valedictory addresses a fitting sign-off for greatness. Eisenhower’s prophetic warning of a “scientific-technological elite”, for instance. Others make an apparent valedictory address as the keystone of a mere interregnum in a long and storied career, such as John Howard’s
Jas Kalra Associate Professor of Operations & Project Management Manchester Metropolitan University British people are known around the world for their love of tea. This is borne out by the statistics: a staggering 50 billion cups of tea are consumed on average in the UK every year. Most of this
Yet again, Margaret Thatcher’s pointed condemnation of socialism, “eventually you run out of other people’s money”, is being proved true. Even when it’s “socialism with Chinese characteristics”. I’ve always taken breathless media reports of China’s “economic miracle” with a grain of salt. Every time some
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com In today’s Post newspaper correspondence Michael Barnett, has come up with a brilliant idea re funding the City Council. Specifically, he suggests imposing taxes on city commercial sites. I’ll chip in my contribution and suggest we call this new tax “rates”. Reading these
Remember when Barack Obama gave the green light (and a literal billion dollars cash, on a secretive plane flight) to Iran’s nuclear program? With his usual teleprompter sincerity, Obama promised that it would never be used by Iran to manufacture nuclear weapons. But, then, this is the guy who
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Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Half a century back newspapers were everyone’s principal news source. But in the face of the new digital option with its immediacy, they’ve gone over like ninepins and the handful surviving, knowing the game is up, are all actively trying to build a
Dr Bryce Edwards democracyproject.substack.com Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Elections in the United States are dominated by big money. But what isn’t commonly understood is that most of it is raised and spent, not by the
Doctors from New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science (NZDSOS) will be on the Parliament steps on Thursday 29 February at 1 pm, and will speak and hand over a letter demanding that the covid injections be ceased due to the overwhelming danger signals. A spokesperson for NZDSOS, Dr Alison
Normally after an electoral drubbing such as the Labour Government received last year one can safely assume that in another two or three election cycles there will be a path back to power. Voters will simply tire of the current lot and therefore there will be an appetite for change.
lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Question: Do you understand how the child poverty statistics are derived? Clearly some people do not. Last week the latest child poverty statistics were all over the media. But there are a number of misunderstandings that need addressing. Like this one from NewstalkZB’s John MacDonald who
