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New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com As a member of parliament, you have a duty to represent all New Zealanders — the true sovereigns of this country. You are answerable to each one of us. No one else. Mary Hobbs On entering parliament this term you face a
H.E Ran Yaakoby israelinstitute.nz The Ambassador of Israel on NZ’s vote in the U.N General assembly on October 28th: “If you wish to help Hamas, pressure Israel”. Hamas’ unprecedented massacre of Israelis on October 7th may have elated its supporters in Gaza and abroad, and it
David Seymour ACT Party Leader The coalition agreement ACT has negotiated with National and NZ First and announced on Friday will deliver the real change so many New Zealanders voted for. The three parties have committed to a policy programme that will make life more affordable, ensure proper consequences for
Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org In November 2021, former US Representative from Georgia Bob Barr wrote a little-noticed political column claiming that buried inside President Joe Biden’s $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure legislation was a
As Thomas Sowell said, “It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong”. It’s even worse when those same people are given license to keep on
Imagine standing up at the opening of a Holocaust museum to announce that you’re fast-tracking visas for fleeing Nazis. That’s effectively what Australian PM Anthony Albanese has just done. Almost 900 Palestinians granted temporary visas since Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel will be subject to security
Sofia Hörder Sofia Hörder writes for ADF International (@ADFIntl), the legal advocacy organisation supporting Räsänen’s legal defence. mercatornet.com Who comes to mind when criminal charges categorised under “war crimes and crimes against humanity” are levied? Likely a dictator, corrupt general, or other terrorist actor. But the world has
Javier Perez-Saavedra fee.org Javier Perez-Saavedra, originally from Guatemala, is a passionate entrepreneur with a bachelor’s degree focused in Business Administration and Management from Kennesaw State University – Michael J. Coles College of Business. He serves FEE as our Product Development Director- Educational Strategic Projects and leads our FEE in
In news that should surprise absolutely no-one, another Labor climate policy is heading for disaster. Just like all the other ones: remember Julia Gillard’s “Cash for Clunkers”, not to mention the carbon tax? Or Kevin Rudd’s dodgy home insulation scheme, which caused house fires and the deaths of
Sarah Williams, Senior Lecturer in Nursing Leon Benade, Associate Professor, School of Education Auckland University of Technology Given the health and education challenges many New Zealand children face, it is surprising (and even depressing) how little crossover and collaboration there is between these two vital sectors. The inequities in health
Puff-piece profiler, writer Michelle Duff (it’s too much of a stretch to call her biographer of Dame Jacinda Ardern) scolds the political centre from her left-wing observation post in an explainer “How Dame Jacinda Ardern’s profile went from saint to witch” on the TVOne page. As equally predictable
Will a new government, an unprecedented three-party coalition, be sufficient to halt the destructive tendencies begun under John Key but thrust into warp speed by the Ardern Government? Will it have the fortitude to unwind the legislation supporting our continued destruction? Jacinda Ardern broke the law during Covid by locking
Late yesterday afternoon we heard that the deals are done and the various parties are now informing their boards and caucuses, ahead of an announcement and signing ceremony later on today. The leaders of National, ACT and NZ First have issued a joint statement, confirming their plan to seal the
Antonio Graceffo mercatornet.com Antonio Graceffo, PhD, China-MBA MBA, is a China economic analyst teaching economics at the American University in Mongolia. He has spent 20 years in Asia and is the author of six books about China. His writing has appeared in The Diplomat, South China Morning Post, Jamestown
They don’t call Anthony Albanese “Each-Way Albo” for nothing. The Australian PM has earned that moniker as much as he has the “Airbus Albo” tag, because if there’s one thing Albanese is addicted to almost as much as buggering off overseas, it’s sitting on the fence on
As the Australian left spirals deeper into the dark night of its own, drawn-out Kristallnacht, a government that’s been playing with matches is finally starting to smell the smoke. It should come as no surprise to anyone that a movement which kicked off by celebrating the worst massacre of
