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As I reported recently, Barack Obama’s 60th birthday party was possibly the most ostentatious display of elite arrogance since the glory days of Versailles. While ordinary Americans are vilified by the likes of Anthony Fauci for holding biker rallies in South Dakota, the Obamas are praised for surrounding themselves
David Seymour ACT Leader At current rates, the Government is on track to run out of Pfizer doses on September 2nd. It needs to either source more doses, or slow down on the ‘incredible news’ of 90,000 vaccines per day. Ninety thousand doses a day is 630,000 per
The Government needs to be much more upfront and release more comprehensive data about the current Covid-19 community outbreak, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “National, like commentators and public health experts, is calling on the Government and Ministry of Health to be more transparent. Journalists
David Seymour ACT Leader Campaigning by ACT has led to a change in the fishing and whitebaiting rules, making them fairer for all. Due to ACT advocating for fairness, the rules have now been changed. Had ACT not raised the issue, fishing would still be banned. On Saturday afternoon the
ACT Party We might have been in lockdown, but your ACT MPs have been working hard to hold the Government to account and come up with positive policies. This week we proposed a Major Events Insurance Fund, a COVID Tracer app lottery and we launched ACT TV. Plus, our MPs
The Ponderer My sweet wife just came home from the supermarket in tears. On entering the supermarket, she was stopped by a big, bearded, intimidating man, who told her that by law she had to sign in. She refused because he was lying (or misinformed). There is no such law.
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
Americans vying for the top jobs are already rich, but the lure of power and fame attracts the wrong candidates. Recently Donald Trump popped the lid on his presidency saying the president gets lumbered with the hard decisions because the easy decisions have already been made. Joe Biden learnt this
Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young
Australian PM, Scott Morrison, is pushing hard on the federal government’s roadmap to “re-open Australia”, be done with lockdowns and border closures, and “learn to live with the virus”. Morrison’s plan is eminently sensible and is clearly based on the real-world experience of places like Britain
When does “absolutely free” not actually mean “absolutely free”? Apparently, when everyone is running around, Chicken Little style, panicking over a new virus from China. Australia’s Constitution states that “trade, commerce, and intercourse among the States, whether by means of internal carriage or ocean navigation, shall be absolutely free”
Taxpayers’ Union With the headlines dominated by COVID-19, an important story escaped attention: motorists are set to pay more in ETS levies at the pump. That’s because the Government is lifting the price cap on carbon credits. ETS levies are nothing new. But this latest move raises an
Anthony Gill aier.org Anthony Gill is a professor of political economy at the University of Washington and a Distinguished Senior Fellow with Baylor University’s Institute for the Study of Religion. Earning his PhD in political science at UCLA in 1994, Prof. Gill specializes in the economic study of
