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Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com If organisers can collect sufficient valid signatures, California’s Governor, Gavin Newsom, faces the possibility of being removed from office by electors in the middle of his four-year term – through a “recall election”. Introduced in 1911, recall elections give voters a right of veto
Karen Chhour Social Development spokesperson David Seymour ACT Leader Jacinda Ardern says Kiwis aren’t work shy, but they’re about to get a hell of a lot more shy now she’s more than doubled the budget for the dole. The budget has gone from $1.8 billion in
Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister of New Zealand Kia ora Yesterday, our Government released this year’s Budget, focused on securing our COVID recovery. I’ll go into more detail about what’s in the Budget and why it’s important below, but if you’re short on time, here are
A major calamity is certain to embolden screaming idealists to springboard off whatever unlikely explanation provides the opportunity to vent their horror at images of dead and mutilated children in the latest Middle Eastern conflict. “I cannot endorse this cruel war.” they piously warble, flapping around bleeding heart disinformation. In
Graham Adams Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Graham Adams is a journalist, columnist and reviewer who has written for many of the country’s media outlets including Metro, North & South, Noted, The Spinoff and Newsroom Amid the chorus of media voices crowing that the latest
Brooke van Velden ACT Health spokesperson It is grotesque political theatre to make people wait for the budget to get their medicines funded each year. A more mature Government would have included funding in the PHARMAC review so that we have a policy to compare options of non-pharmaceutical interventions,
Budget: Benefits increase Audrey Young (Herald): If not now, then when for beneficiaries? (paywalled) Max Rashbrooke (Stuff): Labour’s years of caution are finally paying off Stuff: Editorial – Revenge on the ‘mother of all Budgets’ Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Ruth Richardson calls Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson’s budget attack a
Thank you, Mr Speaker. I move, That all the words after “That” be omitted and the following substituted: “this House has no confidence in anything this Government promises, because after just four years, its track record of failing to deliver, of broken promises, of spin over substance, and of announcements
There are several pieces of recent news that should have you worried about the government’s ability to keep a gun register safe and secure. Firstly there is the massive hack and ransom demands of the Waikato District Health Board: Clinical services across all Waikato public hospitals have been seriously
THOUSANDS of rockets have been fired into Israel at civilian targets by Palestinian terrorists, and this ‘Hamas Hugger’ – Labour MP Duncan Webb – calls Israeli retaliation (which is surgical, is aimed at military targets and warns civilians so that they have time to leave the buildings), disproportionate! Most of the women
The Joe Pags Show is a nationally syndicated talk radio show broadcast on stations all over the USA with an audience of around 5 million. Here in New Zealand you can listen on iHeart radio or as I prefer to do, view it on Twitch TV. The show is on
Micah Curtis rt.com Micah Curtis is a game and tech journalist from the US. Aside from writing for RT, he hosts the podcast Micah and The Hatman, and is an independent comic book writer. Conservative comedian Steven Crowder is suing YouTube for removing his videos. He may have a
If some prognosticator had predicted, two years ago, that the world would be facing apparently unending global travel restrictions and government-enforced vaccines, we’d surely have laughed in their faces. More fool us. Because that’s exactly where we are, today – and there’s no end in sight. Not
Today’s Budget is an indictment on the Labour Government’s ability to deliver for New Zealanders, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “We are staring down losses for the next five years. We need a plan to grow the economy, to get us back in surplus sooner so
David Seymour ACT Leader David Seymour. The Government had an opportunity today to get New Zealand back on track following COVID-19, instead, its Budget makes Fawlty Towers look like a hotel with a sound management plan. This Budget does nothing for middle New Zealand, the battlers who work hard
