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Dr 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. June 2, 2021 Today’s Herald editorial isn’t buying all the forced bonhomie, instead lampooning how the rather contrived patching up of differences,
Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins is saddened by the passing of former National Minister, the Honourable Ian Shearer, who died on Tuesday, aged 79. Dr Shearer represented the Hamilton East electorate from 1975 to 1984. He served as Minister for the Environment, Minister of Broadcasting, and the Minister of
Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Dr Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz June 2, 2021 The level of orchestration and political acting was turned up a notch this week in Queenstown by Prime Ministers Jacinda Ardern
The unspoken and unwritten conclusion of the government’s report into the parlous state of the nation’s council water infrastructure is that decades of profligate spending on non-core services has been at the expense of providing core services. Now the bill has fallen due for that and it
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
You had to be listening hard through the word soup to hear that the Prime Minister believes that you don’t need a target to reduce violent crime, all you have to do is reduce the prison population. Hon Judith Collins: Why does the Government have a target to reduce
While the problems and case for change when it comes to our three waters is clear, the Government’s proposed solution is already fraught with serious risks, National’s Local Government spokesperson Christopher Luxon says. “The Government seems to be forging ahead with a plan to create four to five
People of all ages throughout New Zealand are suffering due to a lack of treatment available for eating disorders, National’s Mental Health spokesperson Matt Doocey says. Tomorrow Mr Doocey will accept a petition from Rebecca Tomms who is advocating for more expert care and subsidy assistance for young people
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government’s denials about ‘white privilege’ being taught in the classroom don’t stack up. Jacinda Ardern and other Ministers say teachers are being taught about ‘white privilege’, but that the idea won’t make its way into the classroom. That’s nonsense. A student
This money to Ethiopia announced by Nanaia Mahuta on Twitter this week is very odd. At the time of writing, there is no official statement that would normally accompany such aid on either the Beehive or Mfat websites. Instead, there is just a quick line on Twitter. 3.25 million
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As analysis published by The BFD has shown, “Critical Race Theory” claims to be “anti-racist”, while being very, very, very racist indeed. Imagine, if you will, Florida governor Ron De Santis announcing that he would not give interviews to Hispanic reporters; or Ted Cruz refusing to talk to black
Brooke van Velden ACT’s Health spokesperson Health Minister Andrew Little needs to own up to comments he made about people seeking lifesaving drugs. I asked Mr Little whether he stood by his comments reported by Radio New Zealand that the group Patient Voice Aotearoa were using “extremist rhetoric.” Little
As I wrote last week, it’s a case of “Here we go again. Again” in Victoria. Not that I lay claim to any special powers of prognostication: pretty much everyone in Australia who heard the words “cluster” and “Victoria” knew where it was headed. In fact, when it comes
Almost certainly, if you asked the right-on hordes of woke lefties protesting for Palestine, they’d be horrified at the suggestion that they’re anti-Semites. After all, hating Jews is what Nazis do. They might even be sincere – even if more than a few of them like to
