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The Labour Party was elected in 2017 after promising to solve the housing crisis. They prated on about how only they had solutions and that housing was simply unaffordable and locking thousands out from owning their own home. The latest house price statistics show, yet again, just how hollow their
The Government must reverse its opposition to creating a new offence to apply to people who throw ‘coward punches’, says National’s Maureen Pugh. National’s Crimes (Coward Punch Causing Death) Amendment Bill would create a new offence of Assault Causing Death and would apply to those who throw cowardly
StatsNZ’s latest rental and food price index data is further proof of New Zealand’s rapidly overheating economy and the skyrocketing cost of living, National Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “The rising cost of living was made abundantly clear when StatsNZ recently released data showing inflation was now at
Yesterday Member of Parliament for Southland Joseph Mooney submitted his petition seeking allocated MIQ capacity to bring more skilled dairy farm workers into the country as the pressure of staff shortages continues to mount on farms across New Zealand. Mr Mooney launched his petition to allocate 500 MIQ spaces each
Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says the announcements from the Government around reconnecting New Zealand to the world are a step in the right direction, but speeding up and effectively rolling out the Covid-19 vaccination programme is the most important thing to do right now. “As we’ve
Jon Miltimore fee.org Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. Bylines: Newsweek, The Washington Times, MSN.com, The Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller,
There’s a meme doing the rounds of social media, with Star Trek’s Captain Kirk asking Dr McCoy when the pandemic will end. “Dammit, Jim!” snaps Bones. “I’m a doctor, not a politician!” In memo veritas, we might say: Queensland government documents show that the premier of that
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government’s announcement about New Zealand’s post-COVID future is a step in the right direction, but New Zealanders will be asking why it has taken so long. It has taken a series of damaging polls to spur the Government into action. The Government’
By removing targets to diagnose and treat cancer Labour is taking its eye off a very deadly ball, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Rei says. “The last National Government made smart use of DHB performance data and introduced targets for key public health outcomes to make sure accountability was
Brooke van Velden ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson The Olympics have finished but Jacinda Ardern’s Government is still breaking records. Between July 2020 and July 2021, the median price of a house increased by 25.2 per cent to a record $826,000, according to the latest data
Once authoritarian governments have stripped away freedoms, they rarely, if ever, give them back without a fight. Anyone who thinks that the politicians who’ve ripped away our most basic human rights – freedom of movement, freedom to work, freedom to associate, freedom of speech – over the past 18 months are
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. The main issue of contention at the conference was the decision to keep current party president, Peter Goodfellow on. Prior to the weekend, signs were
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Australia today has the pathetic honour of being the only country in the world which currently prohibits its citizens from foreign travel (excluding visiting New Zealand during the spasmodic bubble periods) without specific permission. They’re doing this under the provisions of the 2015 Biosecurity
In his book Silent Invasion, Clive Hamilton paints an alarming picture of a Communist China determined to dominate the world – including Australia – by any and all means it can. Hamilton outlines China’s multi-pronged strategy: everything from plain old spying, to using international students and “Confucius Institutes” to influence
