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Atlas Network Featured NZ First Tobacco

Atlas Network-aligned Minister left $46b benefit of Smokefree reforms out of Cabinet paper

1 May 2024
Democracy Featured Fossil Fuels

Big coal company bought West Coast election campaign

24 February 2024
Analysis Atlas Network Featured

New “fake unions” connected to Australian ATLAS network think tank

19 February 2024
Atlas Network Featured Indigenous Rights The Voice

The $1m secret behind the Voice “No” campaign

14 February 2024
Atlas Network Featured Indigenous Rights Te Tiriti The Voice

Trick or Treaty? Indigenous rights, referendums and the Treaty of Waitangi

30 January 2024
Atlas Network Featured Global Indigenous Rights The Voice

Atlas Network’s fossil-fuelled campaign against the Voice

21 January 2024
ACT Featured Taxpayers Union

Ex-ACT staffer says party created fake grassroots groups

17 January 2024
British American Tobacco Featured Taxpayers Union Tobacco

Taxpayers’ Union backed by tobacco giant

15 January 2024
NZ First Tobacco

The tobacco industry language that found its way into ministerial papers

4 March 2024

We have previously reported on Associate Health Minister Casey Costello's links to the tobacco industry, and more recently, that her own officials had accused her of inserting tobacco industry talking…

ACT Analysis NZ First Tobacco

Atlas-connected Minister accused of implementing tobacco industry policies by her own officials

27 February 2024

Associate Health Minister Casey Costello has recently been under fire for misleading Parliament over requests for advice on freezing excise duty on tobacco products - a policy welcomed by the…

Atlas Network

Astroturf “fake unions” used fake testimonials

25 February 2024

We previously reported on the appearance of three new anti-mandate unions aimed at doctors, nurses and teachers, exposing them as the creation of the director of an Australian Atlas Network…

Democracy Featured Fossil Fuels

Big coal company bought West Coast election campaign

24 February 2024

This piece by Jonathan Milne for Newsroom provides a perfect example of fossil fuel money polluting our democracy in plain sight. It's no exaggeration to say ASX-listed mining firm Bathurst…

Atlas Network

BHN Special: What is the Atlas Network? With Dr Jeremy Walker

24 February 2024

Dr Jeremy Walker from the University of Technology Sydney joins us to talk about the origins of the Atlas Network, why they stick their oar into politics the world over…

ACT Atlas Network Free Speech Union Taxpayers Union

A grim atlas guides NZ’s right-wing politics

22 February 2024

This is an excellent overview of the Atlas Network's influence on our democracy by Lucy Hamilton. As she says "New Zealand is being driven into difficult times by the same…

Analysis Atlas Network Featured

New “fake unions” connected to Australian ATLAS network think tank

19 February 2024

The recent appearance of three new unions, competing for members with established unions in healthcare and education has raised some eyebrows, given they appear to be fronted by key figures…

Global Misinformation

Disinformation threatens global elections – here’s how to fight back

18 February 2024

"Our challenge now is to build herd immunity to the tricks of disinformers & propagandists. The future of our democracy may depend on it." Hat tip to Donna (CTPuzzlePieces) on…

Analysis Covid NZDSOS

Fringe anti-vax group NZDSOS tries to undermine NZ’s WHO membership with an astroturf campaign

16 February 2024

You may remember New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out on Science (NZDSOS) - a fringe group of doctors and health professionals that took up opposition to almost every government intervention during…

Atlas Network Featured Indigenous Rights The Voice

The $1m secret behind the Voice “No” campaign

14 February 2024

Aotearoa's looming Treaty Principles Bill and the proposed referendum is likely to have much in common with Australia's Voice To Parliament referendum. Indigenous land rights are an impediment to the…

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Analysis

Analysis Atlas Network Taxpayers Union The Campaign Company

The Campaign Company: Astroturfing for fun and profit

6 March 2024
ACT Analysis NZ First Tobacco

Atlas-connected Minister accused of implementing tobacco industry policies by her own officials

27 February 2024

Atlas Network

Atlas Network Background

Understanding Atlas: how a right-wing network is building global influence

1 May 2024
Atlas Network Background

What links Rishi Sunak, Javier Milei and Donald Trump? The shadowy network behind their policies

31 January 2024

Te Tiriti

Atlas Network Free Speech Union Hobson's Pledge Taxpayers Union Te Tiriti

Manufacturing consent for attacks on Māori

29 August 2024
Atlas Network Featured Indigenous Rights Te Tiriti The Voice

Trick or Treaty? Indigenous rights, referendums and the Treaty of Waitangi

30 January 2024

Global

Atlas Network Global

The Republicans are the party of the Atlas Network

25 March 2024
Global Misinformation

Disinformation threatens global elections – here’s how to fight back

18 February 2024

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