We did it!
After years of campaigning, exposing, and protesting, Simon Watts has finally acted.
Today, the Government announced that only elected councillors will be able to vote on council committees.
That means the days of Mayors appointing teenagers (yes, seriously) or race-based "representatives" onto council committees to screw the scrum and vote numbers are over.
Minister Watts announced this afternoon an amendment to Local Government (Systems Improvements) Bill restricting voting rights to elected members only.
This is a win for the Taxpayers' Union and for ratepayers across the country.
โWith respect to these International Health Regulations, [the Minister] has been clear that he is focused on protecting New Zealand sovereignty โ and ensuring that New Zealandโs approach to health is determined in Wellington, not Geneva.โ
These elitists don't understand how badly Australians are struggling.
Newspaper editors don't get to decide who represents the voters in Parliament - only the voters do.
I am devastated at the state this country is in with Australians sleeping on the street, in caravans and going broke just trying to live.
We should be one of the richest countries in the world. We're not because these same out-of-touch elitists and major party politicians have run the place into the ground.
Australia has the resources, the people and the smarts to do it all - One Nation will knock some common sense into this government or do it ourselves.
๐จ๐บ๐ธ Best live reaction to the New Glenn explosion:
"Hey, we out here fishing and shit, and we just witnessed a fucking explosion."
"Bro, WTF"
https://t.co/9CD0eJCy8O
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@PatsKarvelas was right!
We cannot be sharing videos like these and legitimising One Nation any more than it already massively is.
This is immoral.
This is unjust.
This is UNMULTICULTURAL.
Stop it.
Stop watching this.
Stop sharing this.
Do you want One Nation to get elected in 2028?!?!
If you share this video then that nightmare might just come true!
Don't become one of Pauline's Dark Forces.
No. Just, no.
#auspol
The hydraulic pin holding the tower arm in place did not retract.
If that can be fixed tonight, there will be another launch attempt tomorrow at 5:30 CT.
The 90-minute test window opens at 5:30 p.m. CT with live coverage starting ~45 minutes before liftoff. Weather is currently 55% favorable for liftoff โ https://t.co/2gZQUxS6mm