New Laws in Ireland Came Into Force on December 31st
The legislation faced opposition from Sinn Féin and others. It was ultimately passed with 78 votes in favour and 52 against.
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NZ Politics Daily: 3 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, 2024 IN REVIEW, 2025 PREDICTIONS Alexander Gillespie (The Conversation): NZ report card 2024: How the country fared in 25 key global and domestic rankings Post: The Post's political predictions for 2025 (paywalled) Spinoff: Ten wild political predictions for 2025 Brent Edwards
Pfizer and the Other Sociopaths
In response to doubts about the safety and effectiveness of the Pfizer injections, Reuters has presented ‘rebuttals’ in a series of ‘fact checks’. There’s just one problem – Reuters chairman is a major Pfizer investor and board member.
A Mere Blip in History?
The Covid-19 spectacle. Going into 2025, we must not forget: we must think about it and demand answers and accountability.
Pregnant Woman Billboard Deemed ‘Too Controversial’
How has Canada has gotten to a state where the beauty and excitement of pregnancy is deemed controversial?
NZ Politics Daily: 31 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, 2024 IN REVIEW, 2025 PREDICTIONS Dave Armstrong (Post): The sweet, the exotic, the fragrant and the bruised: the 2024 Basil Awards (paywalled) Harriette Boucher (Post): A brief history of 2024’s political brouhaha (paywalled) David Farrar: Kiwiblog’s 2025 predictions Post political
Nothing Worth Doing Is Easy
It’s expecting other people to fix things that got us here. Grow your own food, treat your own health and raise your own children.
NZ Politics Daily: 30 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, YEAR IN REVIEW Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The Secret Diary of .. 2024 Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Peters on NZ First: ‘You ain’t seen nothing yet’ Kelly Dennett (Post): Nicola Willis: Relentless optimist, trying not to be perfect all the time (paywalled) Herald Editorial:
NZ Politics Daily: 27 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, YEAR IN REVIEW Laura Walters (Newsroom): Seymour takes aim at politics, the media, and economic recovery Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Shane Jones wants coal in his stocking Brent Edwards (NBR): Chlöe Swarbrick’s nerdy interest in democracy (paywalled) RNZ: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon
National Decline In 2024
New Zealanders lack confidence in Christopher Luxon to lead us through these challenges. His own caucus sounds increasingly sceptical. New Zealand politics could look very different by the end of next year.
NZ Politics Daily: 24 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): National decline in 2024 Dave Armstrong (Post): What’s on the box: just more of the usual madness (paywalled) Heather Roy (Post): The year of the dignity recession (paywalled) Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Minimum wage increase less than MBIE
NZ Politics Daily: 23 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT Matt Nippert (Herald): Regulator to deregister Waipareira over political donations (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Post): A grim end to a very tough year (paywalled) Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): The year in politics (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): Act Party’s ’triumphant’ year in government (paywalled)
NZ Politics Daily: 20 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ECONOMY Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On Why We Can’t Survive Two More Years Of This Matthew Hooton (Herald): Luxon Government guilty of profligacy not austerity (paywalled) Brian Easton (Pundit): The Wing Parties’ Economic Policies Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Roger Douglas disappointed with Act, praises NZ
The ACT Party’s Highly Influential Year
The only serious restraint on Seymour’s power will be his fellow minor party leader Winston Peters. Christopher Luxon and National seem to find themselves repeatedly outmatched by him.