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This Debt, Borrow and Bust Cycle
The debt on the interest the Victorian government has racked up over the past decade is over $100,000 per hour, though it may be as much as $791,000 per hour based on ABC calculations (if the Australians Broadcasting Communism can’t even hide how bad it is, it must be absolutely catastrophic).
Calm the Farm and Don’t Fall for This
A ‘Cronulla 2.0’ is just what the Establishment wants.
Bondi Beach and the conflicts New Zealand can still keep out
New Zealand’s distance and discretionary borders give it a unique ability to decide which conflicts it absorbs and which it refuses to import.
Can We Look Back in Anger Yet?
Tolerance must not be a suicide pact. Every time a politician chooses comfort over clarity and a journalist downplays jihadist violence they are laundering ideology. This is how a society talks itself into paralysis.
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Barry Young and This Failure of Evidence
This very hot potato is now in their court – getting in a mixed metaphor before they’re banned for changing the weather – and, whilst we worry how the report will land in February, we must all get on board the patriot train now and resist the over-reach like our lives depend on it.
Some Christmas Questions for the Pollies
At this time of year TV and print journos down tools and, rather than do something useful like giving Willie Jackson a festive season scare by looking into certain allegations, instead think up inane Christmas questions to ask politicians.
A Response to Jack McDonald
New Zealanders aren’t going backwards. They’re rejecting the idea that national identity and public policy must be filtered through a single ideological lens. They want a government that governs for everyone – not just for the loudest or most organised voices.
Blood on Their Hands
For too long, we have tolerated people calling for the very violence that occurred at Bondi Beach.
National’s Grim HYEFU Reality: The Economy Isn’t Fixed and Voters Know It
National has work to do...and fast. Otherwise, a lot of those blue seats will turn red next election.
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Crooks of the Day
A new election for the subdivision will need to be completed by 9 April, 2026.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… heraldry (noun) - 1: the practice of devising, blazoning, and granting armorial insignia and of tracing and recording genealogies 2: an armorial ensign, broadly : insignia 3: pageantry Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : The art and science of devising, displaying, and granting armorial insignia and of tracing and