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Nicole McKee ACT Conservation spokesperson A Government programme to carry out pest control of wallabies is costing taxpayers $685,000 per person hired. Budget documents released this week say the “cost is approximately $685,000 per job and considered low-value economic stimulus. Associated natural capital benefits should be investigated
It’s taken four years for Health Minister Andrew Little to recognise there needs to be some measuring and reporting on the performance of the health system, but indicators aren’t targets and will do little to improve health outcomes, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Holding DHBs
Well, that’s another conspiracy theory that bites the dust. Not because it’s been disproven – quite the opposite. Because conspiracy theories – in the pejorative sense – thrive on lack of proof. Conspiracy theorists likewise thrive on seeing themselves as custodians of secrets known only to a few. The last thing
News that Refining New Zealand shareholders have voted to shift Marsden Point to an import only terminal adds further uncertainty to New Zealand’s energy future, National’s Energy and Resources spokesperson Barbara Kuriger says. “In four short years, Labour has upended New Zealand’s energy security and created an
David Seymour ACT Leader ACT will not stand by while the Government tries to criminalise New Zealanders for free speech. The Government’s proposed Hate Speech Laws will create a divided society and will put an already growing cancel culture on steroids. ACT has had more than 31,000 people
While the rest of the world orders hundreds of millions of extra Pfizer doses for 2022 and 2023 to be used as ‘booster’ shots, New Zealand hasn’t bothered, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. Answers to written questions reveal that ‘decisions are yet to be made’ regarding
righttolife.org.uk World-leading robotics and artificial intelligence scientist Dr Peter Scott-Morgan, who has motor neurone disease (MND), has spoken out against the assisted suicide bill currently being considered by the House of Lords. Dr Scott-Morgan, who describes himself as a “human-cyborg”, laid out his position
Documents released to National reveal Treasury unambiguously told the Finance Minister the Car Tax shouldn’t be implemented, but the Government ploughed ahead with the policy anyway, National’s Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse. The documents outline a long list of concerns the Government’s lead economic and fiscal advisor had
Brooke van Velden ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Comments from Health Minister Andrew Little about throwing billions at the health system with no results show he’s completely out of his depth. In a Newsroom article today Little says “So, what I’m saying is how can we possibly
righttolife.org.uk Human rights campaigner and Member of the House of Lords, David Alton, has highlighted the double standards of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill currently being considered by the House of Lords. As explained in the piece, “If enacted, the [The Animal Welfare (Sentience)] bill would formally recognise
If we were to believe the mainstream media – and who would, especially Australia’s taxpayer-funded leftist propaganda network – so-called “anti-vaxxers” are wall-to-wall wicked righties. Apparently, the only time the right take time out from eating babies is to gibber “far-right conspiracy theories” about the
Trevor Stammers mercatornet.com Trevor Stammers is a freelance author and editor and retired GP and Associate Professor of Bioethics. He was in practice as a family doctor for 30 years and is the co-author (with Tim Doak) of ‘Saving Sex – Questions and Answers About Relationships and Sex’. He
“We are all in this together” has been the mantra of the Covid dictators. But while ordinary Australians have resorted to plundering their retirement savings to survive, the public service are doing very nicely indeed. In Victoria, the state which has suffered most under five – so far – lockdowns, the very
As with ethics, so with principles, of which Groucho famously quipped: “If you don’t like them, I have others.” Whereas our betters at ‘Red Radio’ have none, it seems, their moral compass all awry as they happily engorge themselves, salivating over stolen information last week, mountains of it. Personal,
