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Liz Truss And The West: A Failed Former Prime Minister Speaks

Published: Sat 27 Apr 2024 02:17 PM
From the outset, the premise of Ten Years to Save the West is confused. The aggrieved memoirist, rather than a sound political thinker, dominates the narrative. Read more...

Feeding War, Killing Peace: Why The US Vetoed ‘Palestine’?

Published: Sat 27 Apr 2024 06:08 AM
Though European countries are becoming increasingly supportive of a Palestinian state, the United States is not yet ready for this commitment. Read more...

Revisiting New Zealand's Policy Approach: The Nuances Of Equality And Equity

Published: Fri 26 Apr 2024 04:42 PM
While the coalition government of Aotearoa/New Zealand has taken strides to distinguish between 'equality' and 'equity' in its policy framework, this approach is not without its challenges and criticisms. Read more...

The Ideological Coup: How Disciples Of Kahane Became The New Face Of Israel

Published: Fri 26 Apr 2024 11:08 AM
Throughout history, fringe religious Zionist parties have had limited success in achieving the kind of electoral victories that would allow them an actual share in the country’s political decision-making. The impressive number of 17 seats won ... Read more...

Dunne's Weekly: Luxon Gets Out His Butcher's Knife - Briefly

Published: Thu 25 Apr 2024 08:08 AM
The Prime Minister may have flashed his butcher’s knife and laid down Ministers Lee and Simmonds for his life this week, but the wider context strongly suggests that he, like other New Zealand Prime Ministers before him, still has some way to ... Read more...

Warring Against Encryption: Australia Is Coming For Your Communications

Published: Wed 24 Apr 2024 12:59 PM
Those at X, and its executive, Elon Musk, begged to differ, choosing to restrict general access to the graphic details of the video in Australia alone. Those outside Australia, and those with a virtual private network (VPN), would be able to access ... Read more...

On bird flu, AUKUS entry fees and Cindy Lee

Published: Wed 24 Apr 2024 11:36 AM
Bird flu – often deadly to humans - is not only being transmitted from infected birds to dairy cows, but is now travelling between dairy cows. And, Aukus members are all being pressured by the USA to devote at least 2% of their GDP to Defence ... Read more...

1st Autistic Maori Woman To Run For Whangarei Mayoralty 2022 Calls For Positive Leadership & Diverse Representation

Published: Wed 24 Apr 2024 06:12 AM
Former 2022 Whangarei Mayoral and Whangarei Urban Councillor Candidate Fiona Green (Ngapuhi) has spoken out about the recent decision to disestablish Maori wards in the region. Green believes that there is a need for more diverse representation in ... Read more...

Censorship Wars: Elon Musk, Safety Commissioners And Violent Content

Published: Tue 23 Apr 2024 11:39 AM
Platforms such as Meta and X engage in their own forms of censorship and information curation, their agenda algorithmically driven towards noise, shock and indignation. All the time, they continue to indulge in surveillance capitalism. Read more...

Cambodia & China, Diverting The Mekong River

Published: Mon 22 Apr 2024 03:49 PM
Cambodia wants to divert Southeast Asia's Mekong River into a planned $1.7 billion, Chinese-financed shipping canal to reach a deep-sea port at Kep near Sihanoukville on southern Cambodia's Gulf of Thailand coast. Read more...
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