Rising political tensions, Personal responsibility and social welfare, Multiple COVID shots, Willie Jacksons' houses, Rethinking menopause, and more..

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NZ Politics – Divisive rhetoric and rising temperatures

You can’t make this stuff up: an academic, Prof Joanna Kidman, hired by the last Government to combat extremist rhetoric has herself been pinged for calling the new government a racist, child-hating death cult. What’s the fallout?

7 March 2024

Choices have consequences – Personal responsibility is back in vogue in welfare debate

Welfare beneficiaries need to learn that if they continue to make bad choices they might not like the consequences, argues Lindsay Mitchell as the government looks for meaningful changes.

7 March 2024

Man receives 217 COVID vaccines – “More is not better”

Scientists have examined a human COVID vaccine pin-cushion – a man who chose to get vaccinated 217 times. The good news? He’s never had either COVID or any vaccine side effects, but is more really better?

7 March 2024

Rethinking the over medicalisation of menopause

Perceptions of menopause as a hormone deficiency has led to a ‘disease based’ model and the over-medicalisation of an ordinary life phase, argues a multinational team in The Lancet. A shift is needed towards an empowering approach, recognising menopause as a natural phase.

6 March 2024

High-Stakes Legal Showdown – Police pursue $11M ‘proceeds of crime’ claim over health and safety breaches

A chilling legal test case that could impact every NZ business is playing out, with police attempting to categorise health and safety breaches as “criminal activity” for the purposes of seizing company profits under organised crime laws. Could your business be at risk?

6 March 2024

Willie Jackson’s Hypocrisy Exposed – Cash grab or principle?

MPs in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones, says Peter Williams, after finding out one of Labour’s leading critics of the PM’s $52k accommodation allowance is himself claiming one. In a scathing rebuke, broadcaster Peter Williams lambasts Labour MP Willie Jackson, accusing him of hypocrisy.

6 February 2024

Swedish study reveals high health and economic cost of COVID lockdowns

“Don’t lock down” is the title of a recent Swedish study published in the Economic Affairs journal, which suggests that contrary to assumptions, nations with stringent COVID lockdowns had higher excess mortality and poorer economic growth.