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Will Jones, of The Daily Skeptic, writes about UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. In his article “Rishi Sunak to ditch 2030 ban on petrol and diesel cars and slow phase-out of gas boilers in latest net zero back-down”, Jones discusses Sunak’s cost-saving reevaluation of green commitments.
Sunak says “governments of all stripes have not been honest about costs and trade-offs”. “Instead they have taken the easy way out, saying we can have it all.”
“Every day, people are getting away with creating and sharing sexually explicit AI deepfakes.”
“…it turned out relatively orderly.”
Summarised by Centrist Why was a Kiwi-Chinese journalist hit with a gag order after criticising
“Her government presided over one of the most polarising periods in modern New Zealand history.”
“If you’re disgraced by your European DNA – we over here are not.”
“It should be illegal to secretly record anyone during intimate encounters – paid or not.”
“Every day, people are getting away with creating and sharing sexually explicit AI deepfakes.”
“…it turned out relatively orderly.”
Summarised by Centrist Why was a Kiwi-Chinese journalist hit with a gag order after criticising
“Her government presided over one of the most polarising periods in modern New Zealand history.”
“If you’re disgraced by your European DNA – we over here are not.”
“It should be illegal to secretly record anyone during intimate encounters – paid or not.”
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The Crown is being audited for failing to meet an undefined ideological benchmark created by the previous government.
An NZ Herald article on bowel cancer screening appears to have been discreetly sanitised post-publication.
Given the concerns over Grenon’s minority involvement with NZME, the media silence over Stuff’s new half-owner exposes how easily concerns may melt away when the people in charge already think the same way as the press gallery.
Jacinda Ardern’s memoir may have made headlines, but lacklustre sales and lukewarm reviews suggest Penguin’s $1.5m gamble isn’t paying off.
The firm behind New Zealand’s COVID vaccine pass is back building digital ID, but this time with much less visibility.
Is Auckland Council’s green bin programme simply virtue signalling?
