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A New Opportunity for Demagogues to Destroy Freedoms
Jose Nino mises.org Jose Nino is a freelance writer based in Austin, Texas. Politicians thoroughly enjoy times of war. Periods of bellicosity are when the most power-hungry members of the political class indulge in their most depraved political fantasies. The Russo-Ukrainian War has been no exception to
Living in a Clown World
A recession is a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters. Talking to journalists a short while later [Robertson] conceded that the Budget financial figures would show a deterioration relative to the last
Health Minister Needs a Health Check
The Weekend Herald deserves congratulations for their investigative journalism on the subject of mental health. What is being unearthed shows just what a parlous state our health system is in overall. Covid over the last couple of years has exacerbated an already dire situation. That, however, should not be used
HRC is Worse than Useless
Fred Too I have had some experience dealing with the Human Rights Commission (HRC) in my time in the public service. I’ve had to spend many hours crafting careful replies and traversing various provisions in the legislation to respond to totally bogus complaints they have forwarded to my department.
Is it Good Management… Or Destruction?
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura On Monday the government released their first three emissions budgets, which take us out to 2035. These budgets are based on the Climate Change Commission’s advice to get New Zealand to net zero by 2050. Next week the government will release their Emissions Reduction
The Flow-on Effects of Gloriavale Ruling
Last week, it was announced that the Employment Court has ruled that three former members of the Gloriavale community were actually employees rather than volunteers, and that they should be considered as employees from the age of six until they left the religious group. As someone involved in the business
Provide Police with Resources and Support to Fight Gangs
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Below is Stuart Smith’s response. Members of Parliament are elected to make critical decisions on behalf of the constituents they represent, along with the wider New Zealand electorate. But from time to time, substantial issues need to be put to the public, like changing
The News Site You Can’t Trust
Stuff is one of the biggest troughers when it comes to availing itself of large quantities of taxpayers’ cash to prop up its ailing edifice. At Stuff they constantly push how grand and independent they are. What they’ve never realised is that if you need to state it, you
Psst Want a Free Taste of Silver Membership
If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Chris Trotter. The Facts Don’t Matter Explaining the loss of public trust and confidence in the mainstream news
Public Meeting of Minor Parties: Tauranga By-Election
The Freedoms & Rights Coalition In case you missed the newsflash, Brian Tamaki is hosting a public meeting this Monday in Tauranga for the upcoming by-election, so we sat down with him to find out his motivation. TFRC: Why have you invited several minor parties together in one meeting?
Your Chance to Win a signed Hardback Copy of “Nudged into Lockdown?”
We are running another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are two signed, hardback copies of Nudged into Lockdown? Behavioral Economics, Uncertainty and Covid-19 by BFD author Ananish Chaudhuri. Utilizing extensive research in economics, psychology, political science, neuroscience and evolutionary theory, Ananish Chaudhuri provides a critical perspective on
Govt Cannot Be Trusted With Emergency Powers
Paul Elias Alexander brownstone.org Dr. Paul Alexander is an epidemiologist focusing on clinical epidemiology, evidence-based medicine, and research methodology. He has a master’s in epidemiology from University of Toronto, and a master’s degree from Oxford University. Warning Long read. 1818 words. In the last week, some
I Don’t Need to Be Welcomed to My Own Home
“Where will we hold Australia, we who have no other country? Not Indigenous, merely born here” Les Murray My children were born in Australia. So were their parents, their grandparents — their ancestors, stretching back generations. All their bones accumulating in the dust of this continent. Yet, they still have to