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The mainstream news views media in recent days have been making much of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern basking in the reflected glory of her newly-found French fan, President Emmanuel Macron praising her “Christchurch call” (restricting social media references to crimes such as the massacre in the Muslim mosques). The
Hobson’s Pledge Trust At least 32 councils scrambled to meet Friday’s deadline to set up segregated voting via Maori wards or constituencies for next year’s elections. Overwhelming support was claimed despite low response to limited consultation. These councils wanted to follow Environment Bay of Plenty, the Waikato
The Labour Party really has a bad reputation for the non-delivery of promises; breaking major promises almost weekly. Following the failures of Kiwibuild, light rail, solving child poverty, mental health funding amongst many, many others, they’ve now broken another election promise: Labour has shifted the goalposts on one
Nicole McKee ACT’s Justice spokesperson Chris Baillie ACT’s Police spokesperson Gang members shouldn’t be able to take over our public places and intimidate members of the public. No other members of the public can just take over a public road and get away with it. Under Labour,
Free Press ACT Party The Haps More than 500 people, six months after an election. ACT’s annual rally Honest Conversations was huge. The party launched new future-focused policies for democracy and education. They have been widely reported and you can read about them here and here. The Policies
We’re focused on the issues that matter to Kiwis. Catch up on the latest in politics with our Week in Review below. * Budget 2021 – Labour’s focus reinforces failure to deliver * Benefits aren’t a pathway to prosperity * Labour cuts Police Budget as gang membership soars * Govt’s water
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Cindy Kiro’s appointment to the role of Governor-General is political. Judging by comments on Kiwiblog people have forgotten her time as Children’s Commissioner. She advocated that every child should be interviewed or assessed before age two and again at ages five, 13,
Dr David Cumin Spokesperson Free Speech Union One of the reasons so many of us are fearful of hate speech legislation is because of what is happening in the UK. In the latest example of speech police going overboard, a school chaplain has been referred to anti-terror police for
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Dr David Cumin Spokesperson Free Speech Union The UK government has introduced a draft “Online Safety Bill” which would force websites to clamp down on legal speech, and even block them if they don’t comply. Oliver Dowden, the Culture Secretary, said that the bill would “protect children on the
24th May 2021 Daw Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in court today. Although it was only a first 30-minute hearing, the legal process could lead to her eventual imprisonment and the dissolution of her political party, the National League for Democracy (NLD). Suu Kyi stands accused by the military
Okay. Let’s take a look at the proposed Employment Protection Insurance, dangled like a carrot at middle New Zealand by the benevolent Grant Robertson while reading the 2021 Budget. On the face of it, such a scheme would have a couple of major benefits. The first is that those
Judith Collins is clearly over the target, given yesterday’s opinion piece by Joel Maxwell where he tied himself in knots in his attempts to smear Judith and justify the unjustifiable. How did he counter Judith Collins’s statements? Did he have facts to back up his attack? Nope, all
