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David Seymour ACT Party Leader If shareholders wanted out of Kiwibank it should have been floated on the open market, instead, the Government is making it a taxpayers’ problem. I get that ACC and NZ Super don’t want to own it, but why is the taxpayer on the hook?
Information Opinion Events of the last couple of weeks in politics have certainly been a bit bizarre; allegations of bullying made against MPs in both major parties and the subsequent fallout have dominated the news, giving the rest of us hours of entertainment as chickens come home to roost. At
Information Opinion Dieuwe de Boer rightminds.nz You can follow Dieuwe de Boer on Telegram or Twitter. Dr Sharma’s revelations that he was trained on how to hide communications from the OIA comes as no shock to me. One was obviously, shut up, don’t talk about anything. Not
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Below is Stuart Smith’s response. The work that our frontline providers do to keep us safe is extraordinary. The men and women who contribute to our police force, fire and emergency response and first aid response often put their own livelihoods and families on
Henry Cooke was one of this Labour Government’s handmaidens, dutifully regurgitating lines from the ‘Pulpit of Truth’ in order to keep his bosses’ paymasters happy. He, like many in the press gallery, had become a real life experiment akin to Pavlov’s dog experiments. But then he decided he
Labour’s U-turn on interest deductibility rules for corporate investors should be extended to all rental property owners, National’s Housing Spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Labour campaigned on not introducing any taxes but broke their promise straight after the 2020 election by imposing a new tax on tenants, through
New Zealand First Media Rt. Hon Winston Peters Leader NZ First Public Meeting Warkworth Town Hall 3 pm, Sunday 21st August 2022 Good afternoon, and thank you for the invitation to speak to you this afternoon. And thank you for taking time out in your busy lives to be here.
PA Pundits – International Grumpy Old Man papundits.wordpress.com You have to ask yourself: Whose side is Joe on? Just kidding. That’s not a question; it never has been. Roger Helle Joe Biden has been in politics for over 50 years. He’s amassed an incredible record of accomplishing
If this doesn’t send shivers down your spine then nothing will. Right-leaning political commentator Matthew Hooton says New Zealand’s opposition and governing parties shouldn’t rule out a grand coalition to keep extremist fringe parties out of power as they gain public support. […] Now, with the emergence
Joana Osei-Tutu lens.monash.edu Joana Osei-Tutu is a PhD student, Monash Gender, Peace and Security Centre joana.osei-tutu@monash.edu When the Taliban stormed Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on 15 August last year and swept to power, they promised to protect women and girls’ rights to
PA Pundits – International Douglas Blair papundits.wordpress.com Douglas Blair is a news producer for The Daily Signal. He is the co-host of The Daily Signal Podcast at The Heritage Foundation. http://www.heritage.org/ The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is suffering from a legitimacy crisis. With
In October 1893 a teenaged boy, Calogero Sciara, arrived in New York city from Sicily. He found a room in a ‘Little Italy’ slum tenement and employment with the Department of Sanitation shoveling horse manure off the streets at a wage of 10 cents per hour. Like most Sicilians at
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com Information Opinion On the week of 25 July 2022, a series of anonymous bomb threats were made to a number of New Zealand schools. This occurred coincidentally around the time that some had been practising lockdown procedures. We have been warned
Steve Templeton brownstone.org Steve Templeton is an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Indiana University School of Medicine – Terre Haute. Formerly CDC/NIOSH. Immunology of Infectious Disease. “The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either – but right through
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura The Emissions Trading Scheme or ETS was introduced by the Labour Government in 2008 and is widely regarded as the primary tool for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in New Zealand. The ETS is essentially a market for greenhouse gas emissions in our economy, not including
PA Pundits – International Douglas Blair papundits.wordpress.com Douglas Blair is a news producer for The Daily Signal. He is the co-host of The Daily Signal Podcast at The Heritage Foundation . http://www.heritage.org/ A teachers union in Minneapolis recently struck a deal with the city’s school
