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Joanna Pennyfeather The last 18 months have given me pause to reflect on how today’s world, in more ways than one, is moving ever closer to the dystopias that were laid out in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, and Ray Bradbury’s
Penn Hackett If you want to get vaccinated you must wear a mask in the vaccination centre. If you cannot wear a mask how do you get vaccinated? The mask mandate has had a big impact on my life. As a small business owner, I have advised my clients I
The Government continues to defend the indefensible and justifies their Mongrel Mob friendly policies while denying other law-abiding Kiwis the same leeway in crossing their Auckland lockdown borders. At first, we thought there was just Sonny Fatupaito who was granted the exemption on the spurious grounds that he would
KSK I feel sorry for Brian Tamaki, now facing charges for a pre-arranged, pre-sanctioned, peaceful protest, given that everyone has the lawful right to peacefully protest under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act, 1990. I am not a follower of the good Bishop nor a critic. People
If there is one thing the National-led government from 2008-2017 could be criticised for, it would be an unwillingness to break the bonds that the Helen Clark government set in place. Gone was the steel of the 1991 “Budget of all budgets”. Gone was the courage of the
HDPA: No Sympathy for Those Who Don’t Want to Be to Be Jabbed The net is closing even further around the vaccine hold outs. […] It has sparked a lot of robust debate, especially among people who don’t want to be forced to get jabbed. If you’re among
Australian cyber-security experts are using a trick straight out of Game of Thrones to expose Chinese hackers snooping on sensitive communications. The tactic has, among other things, flushed out pro-China activists who were being fed the hacked information. Australian student and human rights activist Drew Pavlou has been
Tens of thousands of Australians are trapped overseas by the Covid border closures. At latest count, more than 34,000 Australians cannot get home to Australia. But nearly 50,000 foreigners could. That’s how many migrants poured into Australia in the last financial year. The majority from China and
Guest Contributor globalvoices.org This article is from Radio Free Asia (RFA) and is republished here with permission. Written by Aye Aye Mon for RFA’s Myanmar Service. Translated by Khin Maung Nyane. Written in English by Roseanne Gerin. Myanmar’s ‘Spring Revolution’ has mobilized thousands of citizens who are
David Seymour ACT Leader If we’re allowed to have picnics in parks with food bought from the supermarket duopolies, then we should also allow restaurants to have alfresco dining. Jacinda Ardern and her Government’s great plan for Auckland was to stay locked down but with picnics. Before lockdown
Peter Van Buren ronpaulinstitute.org It is important to stop every once in a while and take stock of things, to lay down some breadcrumbs to refer back to when someone asks, “How did we end up here?” In many ways, the story is the same story. The message of
