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The Review into the Future for Local Government has published its draft report which outlines recommendations to, as they say, “shape a more community-focused, citizen-centred local governance system”. Submissions and feedback are invited to assist with the final report (due June 2023) and must be in before 28
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, TV and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
New Zealanders are no longer able to hate the government. Or so it seems. You could get reported to the NZSIS (New Zealand Security Intelligence Service) or the police if someone hears you saying you detest this government. You feel strongly that this Labour Government is the worst New Zealand
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Below is Stuart Smith’s response. The core role of the public service is to provide New Zealanders with essential services focused on achieving better outcomes and delivering for all Kiwis. Whether it be healthcare, education, transport or infrastructure, New Zealanders should get value for
Is the World Economic Forum’s Klaus Schwab the Puppet Master to the Jacinda Ardern puppet? The BFD can reveal that the two are very close and working hand in hand to ensure New Zealand leads the world in implementing the World Economic Forum’s master plan, The Great Reset.
The latest Newshub-Reid Research poll was released yesterday. Jacinda Ardern’s preferred prime minister rating has dropped to 29.9%. Christopher Luxon’s rating has also fallen: he’s at only 21.5%. For party preference, Labour has fallen to 32.3% – its lowest since Ardern became leader – and
Speech by Kate Hannah, director, The Disinformation Project, delivered at New Zealand International Science Festival 2022: [Introduction, in Maori of course] At the conclusion of the 23-day occupation of Parliament Grounds in Aotearoa New Zealand, the Prime Minister stated: “One day it will be our job to try and
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
Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Sunday’s announcement by Justice Minister Kiri Allan about forthcoming legislation on hate speech has sparked concerns that
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Over the last few years, we have seen a series of policies creep in which seek to establish co-governance roles for iwi organisations, and just when you think you had heard it all Nanaia Mahuta releases the ‘Future for Local Government Report’ (FFLGR), which
It’s the Labour Party Conference this weekend and one has to wonder if Jacinda Ardern is deluded, bluffing or trying to brainwash us. In an interview with Newshub, she says, “we are not asking New Zealanders to vote just on what we say but on what they have seen”
The Victorian state election is on in earnest, now — and things are getting personal for premier Daniel Andrews. A 2013 crash involving the Andrews family and a teenage cyclist is back in the news. The cloud of suspicion over the incident, and Andrews’ and Vic Police’s handling of it,
Axel Weber Dan Sanchez fee.org Axel Weber is a fellow with FEE’s Henry Hazlitt Project for Educational Journalism and member of the PolicyEd team at the Hoover Institution. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Connecticut. Dan Sanchez is the Director of Content
Michael Senger brownstone.org Michael P Senger is an attorney and author of Snake Oil: How Xi Jinping Shut Down the World. He has been researching the influence of the Chinese Communist Party on the world’s response to COVID-19 since March 2020 and previously authored China’s Global
Remember when Germany was bullying Italy and Greece over their unsustainable state pensions? Mainly at the behest of Germany, the EU imposed harsh austerity measures on Greece and Italy. To make sure they complied, Brussels strong-armed both countries to install EU technocrats as prime ministers. All the while, the
It takes a certain degree of taxpayer-funded chutzpah to do a story on people dubiously claiming “Aboriginal” status in order to further their careers and/or access race-based welfare — and feature none other than Bruce Pascoe, pontificating about the damage done by fake Aborigines. But that’s SBS
