Chhour hasn't "thumbed her nose" at anyone. The Waitangi Tribunal is not a court, and so has no power to summons anyone.
Yes, important to distinguish between the public service and the PSA. But I'm not sure what you mean by "political". The PSA's job is to push for better pay and working conditions in the public service - that is all.
"Ok, so you don't know what unions are" sounds a bit patronizing, weka. As I've said, teachers, nurses, scientists, bureaucrats, DOC workers etc are free to participate in any protest they like - as private individuals. But the moment they put up a banner ...
Representing the workers doesn't equate to what contemporary leftists call "social justice". Representing the workers means just that - pushing for better pay and working conditions for workers in the relevant industry. That is all.
I'm not sure which protests you mean Weka, as I was out of the country then. Should teachers be at the forefront of protests? It depends - if they're protesting for higher pay for teachers, that seems fair enough. But (for an imaginary example) "Teachers ...
So Tiger you don't believe "political neutrality" should be required of public servants? As for "This is serious ruling class war on the Aotearoa NZ state". For God's sake Tiger, the PSA IS the ruling class in Wellington. And as several commentators have ...
I hope you're wrong about higher GST and higher petrol tax, as both would hurt low-income earners most. Maybe pricing the plebs off the road is part of the government's plan to reduce emissions.
Everyone has their suspicions. But you admit there's no real evidence of such a "pogrom" (surely an inflammatory word). The government isn't telling departments to "fire that guy", or "get rid of her"; the government is asking for a % reduction in spending...
The wailing and gnashing of teeth over public sector job cuts continues: https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/04/17/a-thousand-govt-jobs-cut-in-black-day-for-public-service/ But here's a rare sane perspective from the MSM: the cuts announced so far barely scratch ...
Sorry, who am I accusing? And how would you know how long I've opposed transgender ideology?
So what exactly are you suggesting roblogic? Gender-critical feminists shouldn't oppose transgender ideology because social conservatives also oppose it?
Punching one another in the face? I'm only aware of one side that's resorted to punching, roblogic. Similarly, it's one side in particular that's done its best to get people fired for wrongspeak: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/18/judge-rules-...
How exactly did the National-led coalition "further shrink the role that news and hence politics plays in democracy"?
If the government doesn't bail out a failed privately-owned TV channel, it's cancel culture? You sound confused - I suggest you google "cancel culture".
Melissa Lee was one of only 8 MP's who had the courage and good sense to vote against the inclusion of gender identity in the "Conversion Practices" ban recently legislated by the NZ parliament. Before judging her harshly, you might consider her courageous...
"... the Government’s minority partners think that the media are too woke, way too left wing and the puppets of the previous Government thanks to the Public Journalism Interest Fund." It's just the government's minority partners who think that? Have you ...
That sounds pretty accurate to me. Yes the cops do like soft targets.
No doubt both the Guardian and the Telegraph have their biases. But would you care to identify the biases in this particular article in the Telegraph? And are there any factual errors? And conversely, do you think the Guardian has done a good job of ...
Scotland's Hate Crime legislation is proving a great success (sarc): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/08/police-scotland-fail-to-tackle-traditional-crimes/ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/07/police-spammed-with-complaints-by-neo-nazis-...
How a cult captured the NHS: society fails when it treats children like adults Kathleen Stock aptly sums up "gender affirming care" of minors: https://unherd.com/2024/04/the-liberal-lessons-of-the-cass-report/?tl_inbound=1&tl_groups[0]=18743&tl_period_type...
InsideOUT are partly funded by Te Whatu Ora and Ministry of Youth Development https://insideout.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/InsideOUT-Annual-Report-2021-22.pdf Such is the extent of activist capture of NZ institutions.
I'm heartened that the new Minister of Health (Reti) voted against the inclusion of gender identity in the "Conversion Practices" legislation. So if PATHA's review is predictably ideological, maybe he will quash it - if he doesn't, he will get a letter ...
Ah yes, one of the "liberal" Nats.
Molly I think this document sheds some light on your question: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://nzmii.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/NZMP-INF002-C2-Doctor-in-Training-Fact-Sheet-03.pdf&ved=...
Thank you Molly for those heartening words of wisdom.
Yes, sadly I fear that Visubversa is right. I'm aware that most of the Nats also supported the bill - including all of their current front bench apart from Shane Reti. And unfortunately, two of the eight who had the courage to oppose the bill are no longer...
And yet the NZ parliament has recently passed legislation that is likely to criminalize any parents or medical professionals who are unwilling to endorse medicalization of a child's gender dysphoria, because that would be "conversion therapy". Jacinda ...
Stop it, you'll hurt your throat. OK, we declare a clean, healthy, sustainable environment to be a "human right". Immediately someone or some organization takes the government to court for breaching our human rights, for supposedly not doing enough about ...
The New Zealand government.
Yes, probably. But I wish the contemporary left was more practical, and less "aspirational" (I hate the word). And declaring something that can't be guaranteed a "human right" just debases the idea of human rights. I wonder if a year in China or Russia ...
Please don't put words in my mouth. Since when have I argued for doing nothing? My point is that precisely zero will be accomplished by legislating to declare a clean, healthy, sustainable environment a "human right".
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