One brave MP stands up for freedom! “A bill which effectively gives one person enormous powers…will impact New Zealander’s lives in ways I suspect they can barely comprehend…to use fear…blackmail…when human societies lose their freedom it’s not because some tyrant has taken it away, it’s usually because people willingly surrender […]

Bills with wide -ranging implications, “Blunderbus Bills”, are being pushed through under cover of COVID-19 response. One such bill is the “COVID-19 response Further Management Bill” https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/bills-and-laws/bills-proposed-laws/document/BILL_97676/covid-19-response-further-management-measures-legislation “Omnibus bills are the sawn-off shotgun in Parliament’s legislative weapons rack, and like a blunderbuss are designed to impact as widely as possible. “ […]

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