A recent episode of 60 Minutes Australia featured the story of Wang “William” Liqiang, who says he is a former Chinese spy seeking asylum in Australia. As proof of his claim provided details of how China funds and conducts some of its operations in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia.
Fourteen thousand sheep are trapped inside a live export ship which capsized off the coast of Romania on Sunday night….
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) joins ActionStation and Auckland Action Against Poverty (AAAP) , in calling on the Government to…
If Māori attempt to look like they are gaining advantage in a new industry, the majority will backlash, if Māori advocate for a system that actively seeks to redress the bias of the old law now by entrenching a system that protects Māori agency, the majority will listen.
Last week the United Nations General Assembly held its annual series of votes on Palestine/Israel. Eight resolutions were considered and all were adopted – most by overwhelming margins.
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…NO! NO! NO! Parliament are not ‘entitled’ to strip prisoners of the right to vote, you need a super majority to do that! For Simon to be arguing that a bare 51% majority has the power to strip the rights off the other 49% is a dangerous precedent to be attempting to seek here.
There are suggestions that the focus on questionable NZF funding and donation practices could undermine the Government to such a degree as to prompt a snap election, which is probably desperate and wishful thinking from the National Party.
The government announced over the weekend that prisoners with sentences of less than three years would once again be given the right to vote, taken away from them a few years ago by National.