In a stunning move that will inevitably have dire repercussions for the Indigenous Voice referendum, Western Australia is overturning its contentious Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act. Not amending — completely repealing. WA Premier Roger Cook has apologised for the unintentional “stress, confusion, and division” caused by controversial Indigenous heritage laws in the
In hindsight, was the public campaign against smoking a colossal mistake? This is not to dispute the manifest benefits of the massive decline in smoking, of course. From the precipitous decline in smoking-related diseases to the blessed relief of sitting through a restaurant meal or a pub gig without coming
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Yesterday saw a very interesting spectacle, the Government launching a new climate infrastructure fund, introduced by the crown solicitor in Auckland, Meredith Connell, and in partnership with BlackRock. One of the world’s largest investment companies has committed $2 billion to a fund focused on making New Zealand the first
Shane Drumgold has bowed to the inevitable and quit as Director of Public Prosecutions for the ACT. The extraordinary fall from grace for the top legal official comes in the wake of the Soffronoff Inquiry, which Drumgold himself requested. The inquiry made damning findings of misconduct against him. Drumgold, however,
The mainstream media are aghast that nearly everyone thinks they’re liars. They’re going to have to learn to live with it. The AUT Centre for Journalism Media and Democracy’s annual survey shows a sustained and rapid decline in New Zealanders’ trust in the media. Similar results apply
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We are very pleased to announce a new service for ALL members of The BFD. The BFD in partnership with GCo Fuels has created a discounted fuel option. In these tough financial times anything that can save you precious dollars is something to be celebrated. We’ve worked hard to
The Labour party are launching insane policies and making out like we are dolts and can’t see what they are doing. Ryan Bridge calls them out: Labour is pulling a massive U-turn on roading and I think they think we are not going to notice. But like when someone
How did we get here? Back in the ’90s, it seemed like we’d finally solved most of our racial problems. Yet, here we are in the 2020s, mired down in racial division so extreme that it threatens to tear whole nations apart. How did we get here? It’s
The Climate Cult are getting crazier and more dangerous by the day. Not content with gluing themselves to roads, attacking priceless artworks or defacing war memorials, their latest tactic is targeting the homes of law-abiding citizens. The latest such attack was a home invasion inflicted on a West Australian mining
As I wrote recently, “a week in Australian politics just can’t go by without a fresh absurdity from Brittany Higgins”. Well, it’s been a banner week, this week. From revelations of Higgins’ claim to be Aboriginal, to the release of the bombshell Sofronoff inquiry into the prosecution of
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The sheer scale of the alleged offending by what may be one of the worst paedophiles ever arrested simply beggars belief. All credit is due to the police who suffered through years of trawling through some of the most horrific material imaginable. And for the exceptional, dogged, detective work that
