No Right Turn

Last year, the Republican Supreme Court overturned the longstanding Roe v. Wade precedent, allowing Republican states to state banning abor...

Last week, Parliament passed a rare entrenchment clause, protecting water assets from being sold by future governments without a referendum....

At the end of June, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade , putting abortion rights in America under threat. The move was unpopular - a...

The Scottish government has announced plans for another independence referendum : Nicola Sturgeon plans to hold a second referendum on Scot...

This weekend, France will be holding an independence referendum in New Caledonia . Normally this would be something to celebrate, part of th...

Preliminary referendum results are out , showing that cannabis legalisation was defeated, 46.1% to 53.1%. There's a gap of almost 170,00...

This time last year, Chile was in rebellion against its government . Protests against a train fare increase turned into protests against ine...

In addition to electing a government, we also have two referenda to vote on this election - one on legalising recreational cannabis , and on...

Over in Switzerland, the racist "People's Party" tried to have a Brexit-style referendum on ending freedom of movement with th...

Earlier in the month, Bougainvilleans went to the polls in a landmark referendum to decide on whether they would remain part of Papua New G...

Yesterday, the government released its draft Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill , which will be put to a non-binding referendum at the n...

The End of Life Choice Bill passed its third reading last night , 69 - 51. Thanks to a compromise with NZ First - which looks to have been ...

The Referendums Framework Bill was due back from select committee today. But there's no report on it. Instead, the bill has been bounce...

The Justice Committee has called for submissions on the Referendums Framework Bill . The Bill does what it says on the label - establishes ...

This week, the government introduced its (underwhelming) Abortion Legislation Bill . And despite having negotiated the text of the bill thro...

Yesterday the government introduced a Referendums Framework Bill to the House. The bill does what it says on the label: provides a framewor...

That's how normally mild-mannered ex-MP Peter Dunne describes the government's excuses on its "binding" cannabis referendu...

So why did the government choose to have a non-binding referendum on cannabis ? Watching Question Time today, the reason is clear: the Prime...

Last year, Justice Minister Andrew Little teased us with the prospect of a referendum at the next election on the unfair MMP threshold . Bu...

The government has revealed its plans for its "binding" cannabis legalisation referendum . As demanded, people will be voting on d...