Fox hunting is a British cultural practice at least centuries, probably millennia, old. Hunting with hounds in Britain goes back to pre-Roman times. Fox hunting as we know it – all scarlet coats, horses, hounds and Tally Ho! – is a more recent evolution. It’s a cultural practice almost exclusively associated
The old saying in politics goes that you should never hold an inquiry unless you know what its outcomes will be. In which case it has to be asked: is Anthony Albanese just stupid, overconfident or staggeringly cynical? Because, unless the reins are kept very tight on his forthcoming royal
The Great Reckoning for the gender whisperers is starting at last. Not only are parents pushing back against groomers in schools, but an increasing number of young people are ‘de-transitioning’ and calling in the lawyers. Britain’s Tavistock Clinic, which ran an industrial-scale operation of gaslighting confused kids into ‘transitioning’
Pop quiz: who designed and implemented Australia’s NDIS? Almost all of you would answer “Julia Gillard” — but you’d only be half right. It was certainly Gillard’s brainchild: she designed the scheme and laid the legislative groundwork for it. So naturally, and not unreasonably, most people would call
Tommy Bent must be resting a bit easier in his grave, these days. After all, he’s finally going to shuck the mantle of Victoria’s most corrupt premier. Even Queensland’s Joh Bjelke-Petersen might finally be getting a contender for most corrupt premier in all Australia. From volunteer firefighters,
In John Black’s novel Man Down, the protagonist reflects on a campaign to remove the statue of a colonial-era figure in a New Zealand town. Whatever his faults, all of them the common failings of his era, at least people like him built something. A century later, the people
Up-and-coming Australian Twitter parody news account, the Economic Zone Formerly Known As Australia (EZKFA) was firing all guns at the Albanese government this week. Especially over its plans to import hundreds of thousands of foreign workers, at a time when Australians are struggling to afford rentals or to buy homes,
A big, fat, nothinburger, with a heapin’ helpin’ of hyperbole: that’s the obvious reality of the Albanese government’s threadbare witch-hunt of Scott Morrison. The only thing that differentiates it from the Democrats’ “Russian Collusion” conspiracy is that at least it isn’t completely made up. The former PM
As I wrote months back, Victoria’s “Dictator Dan” Andrews has an unexpected comedic streak. Because it surely couldn’t have been with a straight face when he said that Victoria had “higher standards” in its hotel quarantine scheme than the rest of Australia. Not just higher standards — a gold
If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Lushington D. Brady The Lord’s Prayer and the Welcome to Country Which is better? Tribalism or universalism? The
Here in Australia, we’re currently battling multiple cost-of-living crises: house prices, rents, fuel, food, electricity… How bad is Jacinda Ardern’s New Zealand, if our crises seem like a land of milk and honey by comparison? The cost of living crisis under Jacinda Ardern’s government in New Zealand
What’s the best way to announce to an unwilling world that you’re willing to fly thousands of miles to turn your backside into a 24/7, all-access sperm bank? To answer the question that absolutely nobody wanted to know, just turn to the ABC. Queenslanders at risk of
How deep should the taxpayer go to bail people out of the consequences of their own foolish decisions? All the way, it seems. The Bible warns against foolish people who build their houses on foundations of sand. Then there are the people who build their houses on floodplains – and are
Remember, Victorians, when you weren’t allowed to visit your dying mothers? When you had to watch your grannie’s funeral over Zoom? When you could be arrested for playing golf, going to the beach, or taking your kid for a driving lesson? Well, you can take some comfort that
What is it with lockdown-addicted socialists and collapsing hospital systems? It may be cold comfort to BFD readers to know that Jacinda Ardern is not the only leader presiding over a snowballing hospital disaster. Three guesses who’s racing her to the bottom… Doctors have warned patients have been deteriorating
As many of you no doubt knew, yesterday was Vietnam Veterans’ Day in Australia and New Zealand, commemorating the heroic defence at the Battle of Long Tan. In Australia, opposition leader Peter Dutton attended a memorial service at his local RSL. Former Nationals leader and current Shadow Minister for Veterans’
