Labour’s Law Vaporises Millions of Dollars
The Ministry of Health and an incompetent minister may very well have cost the taxpayer millions as well as put the China FTA at risk.
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The War Against the Lab Leak Hypothesis
Which side was censored at the behest of the Federal Government by social media platforms during the pandemic? Which side would a ban on “gain-of-function” research hurt the most? The answers to these questions are obvious to anyone paying attention.
NZ Politics Daily: 5 September 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards COMCOM GROCERY SECTOR REPORT Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Supermarkets now a sitting duck for intervention (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Supermarkets get terse tongue-lashing for ‘ripping off’ Kiwis (paywalled) Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Five things households should know about the first annual grocery report Lauren
Latest Poll: Government Extends Lead to 10%
Roy Morgan’s New Zealand Poll for August 2024 shows support for the National-led Government (National, ACT & NZ First) has increased in August, up three per cent points to 53 per cent, increasing its lead over the Labour-Greens-Māori Party Opposition on 43 per cent (down one percentage point).
A General Strike Called for in Israel
The hostages have remained in captivity for 332 days. The fact that these six hostages survived for so long, only to have been killed in recent days, has shaken Israeli society.
NZ Politics Daily: 4 September 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE Russell Palmer (RNZ): Korea ferry cancellation talks were two texts sent within an hour of announcement Tova O’Brien (Stuff): PM to avoid any talk of cancelled Korean ferry deal while in South Korea despite official warnings Thomas Coughlan (Herald): National Land
Like He Gives a Tinker’s Cuss
Shane Jones turns 65, gets a telling off for telling the truth, then acts like he doesn’t care...and he doesn’t.
NZ Politics Daily: 3 September 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE RNZ: 'It'll kill rail off' - Rail advocate on Government's transport plan Russell Palmer (RNZ): National's new roads a trade-off for safety, public transport, local roading - opposition parties Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): The politics
Getting It Right, at Last
The Government takes the long handle to cycleways and walking projects, prioritising a project to actually get New Zealand moving.
Rogernomics Installed a New Establishment in 1984
The 1984 reforms were supposedly about getting rid of vested interests from politics and economy. But it’s clear in retrospect that they ended up empowering a brand new set of vested interests.
NZ Politics Daily: 2 September 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, POLITICAL INTEGRITY Janet Wilson (Post): Shining a light on smokefree policy reveals troubling behaviour (paywalled) Vernon Small (Post): PM Luxon’s multi-headed problem (paywalled) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): 'A solution is imminent' - Big Fish, Big Gun, Big Fuel and all
The Amazing Humbling of the Greens
We are seeing a masterclass in the slow ritual humiliation of the Greens by Darleen Tana.