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lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Appointed by new Labour PM Jacinda Ardern in 2018, Cindy Kiro headed the Welfare Expert Advisory Group (WEAG) tasked with reviewing and recommending reforms to the welfare system. Kiro had been Children’s Commissioner during Helen Clark’s Labour government but returned to academia subsequently. In 2019
As the Mark Steyn/Michael Mann lawsuit (eleven years and counting) shows, the wheels of justice in Washington grind excruciatingly slow. At least, when they’re not powering show trials against an ex-president and his supporters. On the other hand, when it comes to getting to the bottom of the
Less than a week ago the Prime Minister for the Commonwealth of Australia rose in Parliament House, Canberra and said ‘sorry’ twelve times. That’s quite sorry, by any scale of sorriness. He was apologising for the hurt, not just the physical hurt, but the emotional harm, described by one
Michael Bassett Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments bassettbrashandhide.com Many of the comments about the Coalition’s determination to wind back the dramatic Maorification of New Zealand of
The Maori Party MPs are once again showing their petulance, contempt and childish behaviour for anything that they don’t like. They’re throwing their taonga takaros (toys) out of the moenga (cot). They have made it very clear that they are going to try and make the Guinness Book
hobsonspledge.nz It was sadly predictable. Less than two weeks ago, I wrote to you celebrating the strong commitment which the three parties which form our new Government have made to restore our democracy, where every citizen has the same rights before the law. I particularly liked their commitment to
Todd Stephenson ACT MP The Human Rights Commission’s appointment of a second Chief Executive is just the latest example of a taxpayer-funded bureaucracy serving itself at the expense of delivery for New Zealanders. Julia Amua Whaipooti comes direct from left-wing criminal justice reform group JustSpeak, where she has promoted
Hon Erica Stanford Minister of Education The Government is committed to lifting school achievement in the basics and that starts with removing distractions so young people can focus on their learning, Education Minister Erica Stanford says. The 2022 PISA results released this week found that Kiwi kids ranked 5th in
Labour has developed a habit of making grandiose election promises with almost no ability to deliver on any of them. Think Kiwibuild and Light Rail to the Airport as examples. During the election Labour attacked National over their transport policies while they were sitting on a Treasury report that lambasted
Dear Editor Seeing Debbie Ngarewa-Packer of Te Pati Maori claim, across various news channels, that “We have a government that has insulted and upset at least 20 per cent of the population…” and her party has a “large mandate of Maori” to speak on their behalf against the new Government,
The Australian High Court’s decision to order the release of foreign-born criminals in detention lurches from farcical to frightful. As previously reported by The BFD, one of the bad wogs disappeared after refusing to wear an ankle bracelet. Within days, two more were re-arrested, including a violent serial sex
Kurt Mahlburg Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young adult pastor.
Australian PM Anthony Albanese must be looking forward to the summer break with more anxiety than a schoolkid dreading the end-of-year report. Not because of the chance to goof off all summer, because, let’s face it, who’d notice the difference, with this government? Frankly, the country might be
In one of their more astonishing bouts of idiocy, cheerleading media told American voters to ignore their lyin’ bank balances: the economy was going great. There is no inflation… once you take out food, energy, and housing. Which is a bit like saying that, if you ignore his constant crapping
