The recent referendum result in Australia showed in the starkest possible terms the yawning chasm between the tiny cliques of elites in the wealthy suburbs and the vast sprawl of ordinary Australians. Almost without exception, the “Yes” vote was confined to the wealthiest hotspots of Australia — not coincidentally, the citadels
Believe it or not, journalistic ethics exist, even if honoured more in the breach than the observance. Nonetheless, all journalists’ professional bodies have published standards of conduct that their members are supposed to observe. But, despite all that, the line between journalism and activism has become hopelessly blurred. In particular,
There’s been no end of blatherskite from the Hamas-fanciers about “innocent Palestinians”. Which seems to me about as useful as talking about “innocent Germans” in 1944. Which, of course, the socialist hand-wringers did. But, as George Orwell bluntly reminded them, you can’t accept war as a
I have very little patience with the “medicial marijuana” lobby, not to mention the “harm minimisation” and “pill testing” shills. Not because I’m against adults getting wasted. Like drinkers, if that’s what they want to do, then good luck to them. Just don’t try and shine me
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The first post-election Taxpayers’ Union/Curia Poll was released yesterday. Unsurprisingly it has cemented the popularity of the new Government in waiting. Predictably, Chris Hipkins’s popularity has nose-dived like a lead balloon. Headline Results for November’s Taxpayers’ Union – Curia Poll: * National: 37.0% support (down 1.
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New Zealand and Australia, like the rest of the Western world, are fast spiralling into a dark whirlwind of anti-Semitic hate. Mainstream politicians chant slogans calling for the annihilation of the Jewish state in Auckland and are marching with mobs chanting “Gas the Jews!” in Sydney. As The BFD’
As anti-Semitic hate spills over in New Zealand, the mainstream media seem to be doing little to stop it. In contrast to the “fire and fury” hysterics over the “far-right”, the mainstream media are dismayingly tolerant of the mainstream left bile being spewed at Israel (and, by proxy,
The Voice referendum taught us a great many things — not least that, given the chance, Australians soundly reject identity politics and wokeism. More particularly, though, it showed us just how glaringly out of step with the mainstream that the redoubts of wokeism — the inner-Sydney and Melbourne, Teal-voting, quinoa
In the classic Beyond the Fringe comedy sketch, “The End of the World”, a group of doomsday cultists gathered to witness the prophesied armageddon. When it fails to materialise, the cultists glumly remind each other, “Same time next week, Brothers: we must get a winner one day”. Millenarian, doomsday cults
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It’s really annoying when a viable but frequently unreliable alternative to the MSM attracts public attention but fails to properly prepare and dispense reliable information. This week Sean Plunket made a complete arse of himself during his interview with Kirsten Murfitt by inviting her onto his show and shouting
