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Labor Wants to Change the Rules

Labor Wants to Change the Rules

Nothing tells me more that Labor are losing confidence in their “Indigenous Voice” referendum than the fact that they’re trying to change the rules ahead of the vote. Australia’s founding fathers wisely set a very high bar for referendums. Because Constitutional change should never be taken lightly. Australians

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Meng Foon Asleep at the Wheel
NZ

Meng Foon Asleep at the Wheel

David Seymour ACT Party Leader Te Pati Maori has been engaging in racial discrimination on its website with claims of genetic superiority, but when notified, New Zealand’s Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon refused to publicly stand up to it. Te Pati Maori’s sports policy on its website makes

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Dr Dooley and the Smoking Gunn

Dr Dooley and the Smoking Gunn

NZDSOS Medical practitioner Dr Bruce Dooley has shone a light on simmering concerns over international interference in New Zealand’s medical regulatory processes. Dr Dooley sat down with FreeNZ’s Liz Gunn in an explosive interview released on 24 September, where he discussed connections between the Medical Council of New

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If Thorpe Is Like This in Public, What Is She like in Private?

If Thorpe Is Like This in Public, What Is She like in Private?

I recently wrote about how toxic New Zealand’s political class have become. Especially in directly inverse proportion to their self-serving witterings about “kindness”. Australia’s aren’t any better, of course. And, just like New Zealand’s, the more self-righteous they are, the bigger bullies they are.

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China Popular Culture Makes Perfect Propaganda

China Popular Culture Makes Perfect Propaganda

Dan Chen Gengsong Gao University of Richmond Dan Chen is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Richmond. Her current research examines the versatile role of the media in authoritarian politics and governance. Gengsong Gao is an Associate Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Richmond.

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Not the Blackshirts They’re Telling You

Not the Blackshirts They’re Telling You

Jacinda Ardern was, well into her first term as a List MP, president of the International Union of Socialist Youth, founded by the Communist International. Anthony Albanese was aligned with Labor’s Hard Left faction, linked to the Communist Party of Australia. Would legacy media describe Ardern’s government as

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Immigration NZ Like a Security Guard at the Border

Immigration NZ Like a Security Guard at the Border

Dr James McDowall ACT Immigration spokesperson Two recent surveys, NZ Herald’s Mood of the Boardroom and BusinessNZ’s Survey of Business Opinion, show that the biggest issue facing New Zealand businesses is skill shortages and immigration. The Government should adopt ACT’s proposals to make it easier for businesses

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Dan Goes Missing from the Big Game

Dan Goes Missing from the Big Game

It’s a bit of a silly season in Australian politics, right now. Spring marks when the nation’s rival football codes, Australian Rules and Rugby League (oh, come on: the only time anyone even pretends to be interested in soccer is when the World Cup is on) both have

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Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
NZ

Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

STEPHEN BERRY’S GUIDE TO THE 2022 AUCKLAND LOCAL ELECTION VOTING GUIDES “They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and, following the Absolutely Biased Guide to the Auckland Local Elections 2019, there are plenty of imitations popping up on the internet in 2022,” says political commentator and 2013

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yellow bottoms
NZ

Don’t Vote without the Absolutely Biased Guide

Stephen Berry Voting papers have started to be issued in Auckland and across the country for the 2022 local body elections. Former Auckland Mayoral candidate and political commentator Stephen Berry is encouraging people to have as much information available as possible before casting their vote and recommends they use the

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The Global Trend is a New Breed of Women Leaders
NZ

The Global Trend is a New Breed of Women Leaders

Vision NZ Following a steady result in the latest 1 News Kantar Public Poll, Vision New Zealand believes they have the RIGHT woman leader for New Zealand. The leader of Vision New Zealand political party, Hannah Tamaki, is a part of an exceptional group of women worldwide leading Political Reform

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Why the Press Peddle Hate

Why the Press Peddle Hate

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com Information Opinion Paula Penfold’s publicly-funded mistreatment of earnest and politically savvy people protesting extreme government overreach has had a few positives. The parliamentary protest hit piece itself was actually a while coming but its timing was perfect – for freedom-

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NZ’s Vaping Regime Attracts Malaysian Delegation
NZ

NZ’s Vaping Regime Attracts Malaysian Delegation

Aotearoa Vapers Community Advocacy (AVCA) Malaysia has sent a parliamentary delegation to New Zealand to see what policies are required to achieve smokefree. Their visit reflects that Kiwis are getting the mix right when it comes to tobacco control, legalising and regulating vaping,” says Nancy Loucas co-founder of the

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Government Spending More than RNZ and TVNZ Are Worth

Government Spending More than RNZ and TVNZ Are Worth

Melissa Lee asked a good question in Parliament about the more than $300 million spending on the merger of Radio New Zealand and TVNZ. It turns out that the Government is planning on spending more on the merger than the combined value of what both companies are worth. Worse still,

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