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‘Party of the Worker’ Turns on Workers

‘Party of the Worker’ Turns on Workers

There can be no doubt: the workers are on their own. Neither the Labor Party nor the unions who prop it up represent blue collar workers any more. Of course, we’ve known that for a long time. Workers have long voted with their feet: less than 15% of Australian

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Media Makin’ Mock O’ the Uniforms

Media Makin’ Mock O’ the Uniforms

What is it about mainstream media hacks that makes them hate the uniforms who guard them while they update their Twitter feeds? Whether it’s Hit and Run in New Zealand, or the ongoing campaign of vilification by Australia’s taxpayer-funded media, left-wing journalists never lose an opportunity

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Discrimination

Discrimination

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Common Sense in New Zealand

Common Sense in New Zealand

Brian Calhoun I remember exactly where I was on September 11, 2001. I was in my apartment in San Francisco, getting ready for work. I saw the images of a plane hitting the World Trade Center on CNN and wondered what the hell was going on. I was in a

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Grown-Ups in Charge

Grown-Ups in Charge

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Goldman Sachs has ordered its 6000 UK workforce to return to their offices full-time and cease exploiting the work from home two days a week outdated policy. Outdated as unlike New Zealand, anyone in Britain not vaccinated, is because they chose not to be,

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The Grown-Ups Have Arrived

The Grown-Ups Have Arrived

In politics, things turn on a heartbeat. I have friends who adore Jacinda but are sick up to the back teeth of being locked down, because they can’t visit family overseas, can’t hold funerals for their loved ones, have to queue to get into a supermarket and can’

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The Great Leap Backwards

The Great Leap Backwards

Once our pioneer ancestors turned tussock or bush into farmland to make a living. Now our leadership is engineering almost the exact opposite and is inviting the rest of the world to help. Sometimes I think of it as a seriously warped scorched-earth policy where the invaders gain fertile

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OT Report Starts with Half-Truths
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OT Report Starts with Half-Truths

Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under

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Political Weasels: What to Look For

Political Weasels: What to Look For

Information Satire Being a keen observer of the political classes I’ve been asked to identify and name some of the fauna in the zoo. Today we will look at identifying various types of Political Mustelids (Weasels). The Giant Socialist Weasel (Mustela giganta socialistii) – Groups of these weasels are called

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What Is the Government’s COVID Strategy?

What Is the Government’s COVID Strategy?

Talk from the Prime Minister that Auckland could move to Alert Level 2 next week but keep its boundary highlights the Government’s lack of strategy underpinning the current lockdown, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “Today in Parliament the Prime Minister continued to maintain that she hopes to

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Time for the Govt to Listen on Three Waters

Simon Court ACT Local Government spokesperson It is critical that New Zealanders have access to safe drinking water and high-quality infrastructure for storm and wastewater. Currently, the system is not up to scratch, but the Government’s proposed reforms simply miss the mark. Nanaia Mahuta claims councils have failed

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Non-essential (Parliamentary) Business

Non-essential (Parliamentary) Business

Chris Penk First published by The BFD 1st July 2020 The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Non-essential (Parliamentary) business Emergency powers were invoked by the government, giving itself the ability to amend laws and take actions

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Government proposes new Covid-19 powers in preparation for future pandemic restrictions […] urgently introduced to Parliament by Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins on Wednesday evening. […]The Covid-19 Response (Management Measures) Legislation Bill would tweak local government laws to allow for more flexibility in delaying elections, as well as

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