Krystle Mitchell learned very early on just how much a controlling state bureaucracy can blight lives. As a ward of the state, even something as routine as a sleepover or a school excursion was a bureacratic nightmare of paperwork and police checks. Very early on, Mitchell’s social workers noted
“Cultural appropriation” is one of the direst sins of Wokeism, outside of the plethora of “-isms” and “-phobias”, anyway. But what about racial appropriation? The early adopters, the trailblazers as it were, of racial appropriation, Rachel Dolezal and Oli London, were pilloried for their racial transitions. But there’s a
jacintaprice.com Australia’s new Aboriginal MP was hailed for delivering one of the greatest maiden speeches in the country’s history. She said she’d had enough of being symbolically recognised because of her race and that the pointless and widespread virtue signalling of identity politics had to stop.
Just to brighten your weekend, mostly by showing you that, however bad things are in Wellington, they could always be worse. BFD readers, please enjoy all the antics, japes, capers and pratfalls of politics, Canberra style. First off, PM Anthony Albanese is doing what he does best: skiving off and
Australia is governed by children. Shrieking, squalling, attention-seeking, and very, very, very silly children. And that’s just the Prime Minister. Anthony Albanese was criticised for his “shouty” behaviour during debates, before the election. Since finally returning to Australian soil after the election, he’s quickly earned the sobriquet, “Shouty
Remember when Kevin Rudd was going to end the climate wars? Then it was Julia Gillard’s turn. This time, they insisted, they were on “the right side of history” (a phrase I indelibly associate with the uber-Aryan Hitler Youth of Cabaret, singing “Tomorrow Belongs to Me”). We all know
So, Australians are going to their first referendum in 20 years, on a so-called “Aboriginal Voice”. What is it, exactly? Nobody will say. How will it actually function? Nobody seems to know. Who will be eligible and why? Don’t ask. In fact, PM Anthony Albanese is almost honest: if
Once again, Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance is at the centre of a political storm. At the heart of the storm, once again, is CEO Dean Lee. When Lee announced a plan to light the Shrine up in “Pride” colours, the reaction was swift and furious. Large swathes of the
Their ABC is at it again with the fake news. This time, it’s the gas crisis they’re misleading us about. Fake news, remember, is not just outright lies: it’s also lying by omission. Leaving key facts out of a story in order to push a narrative is
With the excellent Better Call Saul finally reaching its conclusion, I’ve been taking the time to re-watch (again) progenitor Breaking Bad, easily the most significant television show since Twin Peaks. At its heart, Breaking Bad is a story of hubris: the arrogance that leads inexorably to downfall. On re-watch,
Well, I’m not one to never admit when I’m wrong. I recently reported that Australia’s 47th parliament was “a parliament of clowns and one firebrand”. In fact, there’s two firebrands. The first, of course, is veteran senator Pauline Hanson, who outraged the woke by storming out
Ramesh Thakur brownstone.org Ramesh Thakur, a former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, is emeritus professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University. Deborah Birx was the White House Covid-19 response coordinator under President Donald Trump. Jeffrey Tucker recently wrote a brutal takedown of her deliberate misrepresentations
The usual suspects are at it again in Australia after Pauline Hanson refused to accept Acknowledgement of Country – a silly woke sop to Aborigines – and stormed out of the Senate chamber. It was brilliantly reported on the BFD by Lushington Brady on Thursday in an in-depth article. In recent weeks,
Oh, no! The intersectional peasants are revolting and the left elite know just where to turn: to racism. Normally when a group of Christians rebel against ribbon-bully forced “inclusion”, it’s a doddle for the left to decide who to side with: Christians contend with straight white males for the
How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye? — Matthew 7:4 As Matthew reminds us, it’s easy to criticise others while ignoring our own glaring faults. Especially when it comes to
