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Colin Parkinson I recently wrote an article in response to the Prime Minister’s botched attempt at answering this question. I had put the same question to a few other MPs to see what their responses would be. At the time that I had sent the article for publishing, the
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Yesterday the IRD released its landmark report on the ultra-rich in New Zealand and the tax they pay. It starkly illustrates the extent
The @NZGreens continuing to self destruct. Greens have called an urgent online meeting Thursday night. Strap in. Bring popcorn This is going be shambolic pic.twitter.com/u6x98EWSGO — The Consultant (@TheConsultant18) April 27, 2023 Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just
A senior Victorian lawyer is highlighting what many of us already knew: an “Indigenous Voice” will be a lawyers’ picnic, and legal supporters are backing it precisely out of such self-interest. Tacitly, as well, the issue is highlighting the problems inherent in accepting the public pronouncements of professional bodies
Food bills soaring, electricity prices going through the roof at the same time as blackouts increase, housing crisis getting worse, nearly a million more migrants imported for cheap labour, stoking racial division, government spending surging, debt ballooning… … and now, a push to boost bennies by over a third. Tell me
Lawrence W. Reed fee.org Lawrence W. Reed is FEE’s President Emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow, and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty, having served for nearly 11 years as FEE’s president (2008-2019). He is author of the 2020 book, Was Jesus a Socialist? as well as
Ron Paul ronpaulinstitute.org Move over Watergate. On or around Oct. 17, 2020, then-senior Biden campaign official Antony Blinken called up former acting CIA director Mike Morell to ask a favour: he needed high-ranking former US intelligence community officials to lie to the American people to save Biden’
Corina Shields corinashields.substack.com If you think you know me you’re wrong. I don’t fit any of your stereotypes. Note: This is the original but was edited and stats updated for publishing on the Plainsight website. What was I to do if I ever saw a man
So here we go again. University of Auckland Taxation Law Professor Craig Elliffe says we need a capital gains tax… just as the final touches are being put to the 2023 Budget. Are we being softened up? Actually, I do think we need a capital gains tax in some form,
AI nzcovidresponse.substack.com I write a substack based on OIAs and proactive releases called NZ Covid response – a short history. Click on my name or use this link to check it out: nzcovidresponse.substack.com Masks in schools have been a contentious issue in several countries. The UK WhatsApp
Compare and contrast. Our government and media have brazenly condoned the abuse of UK women’s rights activist Posie Parker by transgender protesters. But UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has ramped up his support for women’s rights, speaking out against the trans extremism movement where words like ‘pregnant woman’
Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
The IRD and the Government have released a report that shows the wealthy in New Zealand pay an effective tax rate of half that which ordinary wage and salary earners pay. Missing from the media and the report is the fact that this is all entirely legal and that none
When Lidia Thorpe went on a raging, racist rampage of abuse outside a Melbourne strip joint, some commented that it was a preview of what the “Voice” in action would look like. They were more right than they knew. Lidia Thorpe’s mother, cousins and political allies are angling for
Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
