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‘Getting the country back on track’ was the National Party’s election slogan: a good one, bearing in mind the perilous economic situation we find ourselves in. Achieving it means some slash and burn is required. This will include promises made prior to the election. The Public Service will be
Transcriber B Transcribing missed information for the historical record since 2021. Hat tip: phillipaltman.substack.com transcriberb.substack.com TRANSCRIPT TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE: Senator Ralph Babet (United Australia Party) represents Victoria in the Australian Senate. ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE: Senator Babet. SENATOR RALPH BABET: Thank you, Acting Deputy
The social media platform X is awash with daily posts claiming Israel is targeting Palestinian civilians in its war on Hamas, despite daily assurances from the IDF that Israel is doing its best to avoid killing and injuring civilians whilst fulfilling its promise to Israeli citizens to annihilate Hamas to
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com A Court of Appeal decision was released last week that will have a profound influence on the future of New Zealand. Poor drafting and a radical application of ‘tikanga’ by the judiciary has delivered the exact opposite outcome from what the public was promised. The
Some sanity seems to have returned to politics in New Zealand after the rejection of the woke and divisive policies of the past six years. Auckland Council (eleven of the councillors, at least), seem to have read the room. Auckland Council has voted to reject Maori seats for the 2025
Join us in standing with Israel at this critical time. An Israel support rally will be held at Aotea Square, Auckland, 3:30 pm, on Sunday 29 October 2023. Juliet Moses has written a powerful piece for The Post, setting the 7 October pogrom in its essential historical context. Dozens
As George Orwell once wrote, far too much obvious nonsense, and worse, is allowed to pass without comment because too many people never bother to examine catchphrases. Consider, for instance, the pro-Hamas catchphrase, “From the River to the Sea”. This catchy little phrase is parroted to thousands of lackwits
Have they installed “Indigenous Only” drinking fountains in Victoria, yet? Because that’s the way Cucktoria is going, as its ruling elite seem determined to hair-shirt themselves for the heinous crime of their deplorable voters rejecting Anthony Albanese’s racially separatist referendum. After even Australia’s wokest state resoundingly
Jess Gill Jess Gill is a fellow with FEE’s Henry Hazlitt Project for Educational Journalism. A resident of Manchester in the United Kingdom, she is the host and director of Reasoned UK where she makes daily videos on British politics from a libertarian perspective. She is also the social
bobmccoskrie.com The leader of the Conservative party in Canada Pierre Poilievre (pull-ee-ev) gave a masterclass on how to handle left-wing journalists recently. The video went viral – for good reason. And he eats an apple while he’s doing it. If you ever have to deal with
Now, if you were a Lycian envoy who had visited the Greek camp to teach them carpentry, King Priam would probably have wanted a word with you when a giant wooden horse subsequently appeared outside the gates. When Greek soldiers came pouring out of it, you can really bet he’
What is wrong with people? What the hell is wrong with people? Just what is going on in the hateful, addled minds of the masses of people across the Western world, people who repeatedly proclaim their own moral self-righteousness, yet whose first, almost instinctive, response to the worst butchery
Rosemary Abbott whakatakitimes.nz SNAIL MAIL The New Zealand Electoral Commission declared that from now on, the “Special Votes” will be officially known as “Annoyingly Slow Votes.” This announcement comes after years of complaints and confusion surrounding the time it takes to tally the “special votes” cast during the NZ
One of the forgotten wars in history is the Spanish Civil War. It occurred in the mid to late 1930s, and was to some extent the Vietnam of its day; then immediately got overshadowed by World War II and more or less forgotten, as nobody could quite recall what it
Peter Martin Crawford School of Public Policy Australian National University theconversation.com Want to keep working after you’ve reached pension age? The Australian government has just made it a little bit easier, increasing the amount you can earn per year from work before losing some of your pension by
