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Speaking to Q+A, the new finance minister suggested the outgoing Labour Government had left “some nasty surprises” in the form of “pretty significant” fiscal risks. “It’s fair to say that the outgoing government has left us with some nasty surprises. There are some fiscal risks that are pretty
Mark Angelides libertynation.com Close advisers to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are reportedly suggesting that the end to war is on the horizon – but not necessarily in the way the nation’s leader might have hoped. When Russian forces invaded Ukraine almost two years ago, the world rallied to the
Auckland Transport wants shopping centres to proactively manage traffic during Black Friday sales and the Christmas shopping period. Of course they do. The call follows some shoppers waiting more than three hours to leave the Westfield Mall in Newmarket on Saturday. […] AT’s executive general public transport services Stacey van
Bonner Cohen, PhD Bonner R Cohen is a senior fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research, where he concentrates on energy, natural resources, and international relations. He also serves as a senior policy adviser with the Heartland Institute, senior policy analyst with the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow,
Ashley Church israelinstitute.nz Anyone watching the global media coverage of the current conflict between the State of Israel and Hamas could be excused for forming the view that Israel is some sort of ruthless aggressor – totally focused on eliminating Palestinian civilians in an act of revenge. But is this
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com The World Health Organisation (WHO) is behind the implementation of amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR), the seriousness of which was recently ignorantly dismissed by Dr Michael Baker. New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science (NZDSOS) have written extensively about
Viv Forbes Australia’s ALP/Green government and their media mates are using subsidies, taxes and outright propaganda in a suicidal attempt to move the whole country to 82 per cent ‘renewable’ energy by 2030 and ‘Net-Zero Emissions by 2050’. Canny Aussies are buying diesel generators. Here is our pictorial
Joining Newshub Nation on Saturday, ACT leader and incoming Regulation Minister David Seymour admitted coalition partners National and NZ First were sceptical of the [Treaty] referendum. He said the compromise was a law be drafted, debated in Parliament and sent to a Select Committee. That would “allow people to have
Luke Tetley-Jones familyfirst.org.nz Have Kiwis lost their voice? The kiwi has always been a flightless bird, but is it now also mute? We’ve seen an alarming increase in political tension over the past couple years with issues around covid, transgender issues and government etc. that it’s
Poor Boofhead. No matter how hard he tries to toady up to the cool COP kids, they just keep giving him wedgies and shoving his head in the toilet. As reported yesterday by The BFD, Chris Bowen is preparing to strut his stuff at COP28 by trying on the climate
If you needed no other argument against lowering the voting age — in fact, if you want an argument for raising the voting age — you need only look at Melbourne yesterday. It was like a scene out of Triumph of the Will, with keffiyehs in place of brown shirts. Hundreds of
Robert Malone Robert W. Malone is a physician and biochemist. His work focuses on mRNA technology, pharmaceuticals, and drug repurposing research. You can find him at Substack and Gettr brownstone.org “The greatest danger to the State is independent intellectual criticism; there is no better way to stifle that criticism
With hindsight, the Hindmarsh Bridge affair should have been seen at the time for what it was: a test case of Enlightenment rationalism against primitive tribal superstition. Alas, even then, Australia’s media-political chattering classes were all gaga for a bit of oogabooga. So the primitive tribal superstitions won. For
Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz New Zealand’s rules to regulate money in politics can now officially be declared broken. Although, in theory, political parties
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com I’m writing this on the morning of November 23rd, 2023. Because of one of the most famous events in
So the new government is finally formed, and a three-party coalition agreement is signed; done and dusted. One overriding thought I’ve had during the last couple of days is wondering “What have they stuffed us on?” What (ahem) iron-clad promises have been ditched with the relevant party slinking out
