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Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards JUSTICE, GANGS, CRIME Derek Cheng (Herald): Ministry of Justice warns NZ First-National coalition commitment risks doubling prison population (paywalled) Alice Neville (Spinoff): Inside the government’s beleaguered bid to reduce violent crime Tova O’Brien (Stuff): PM struggles to explain why he backs
Chris Hipkins is delusional. Most Kiwis see him as the ugly face of the Ardern regime, the guy who presided over multiple debacles in Health, Education, Police and Covid. Claiming his caucus backs him is fanciful.
When politicians and progressives are unwilling to participate in the debate on taxes, they simply hand over the ground to those with a greater interest in dominating the discourse.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE Felix Desmarais (1News): 'People will die': More concerns raised over proposed speed limit changes RNZ: Experts oppose speed limits increase Maddy Croad (Press/Post): Transport experts and health professionals urge Govt to halt speed increases plan (paywalled) Centrist: The truth
The latest Taxpayers’ Union/Curia Poll spells danger for Chris Hipkins as Labour languishes in the polls.
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was taken into custody after shots were fired at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday.
Far from reducing the harm from drugs, leftist policies unleash a wave of harm.
Big batteries send the cost of ‘Net Zero’ even higher into the stratosphere.
Ideology and groupthink in our public service: certainly immoral and probably illegal.
These investigations in Britain and Australia provide an idea of what New Zealand needs if it wants to take research into corruption seriously.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards CROWN-MĀORI RELATIONS Janet Wilson (Post): The price everyone will pay for Luxon’s naive deal-making (paywalled) Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Doomed debate around Act’s Treaty Principles Bill turns up heat on polarising issue (paywalled) Vernon Small (Post): The political game behind ACT’
Patrick Gower likes to think he is the go-to man for fixing all sorts of problems but it is highly unlikely he can fix Wellington with hugs.
Yet another attack on Winston Peters from the media luvvies, but this time it’s a non-story they are beating up
