By Heinlein’s rule, the Australian and New Zealand arts and media are riddled with incompetent whores. Which I, for one, wouldn’t argue with. And, if the incompetent whores in the New Zealand media get their way, they’ll all be government sugar-babies. In Australia, the incompetent whore
One thing that has been obvious about the response to the Chinese virus pandemic is how willing the public has been to co-operate with government restrictions that would normally be associated with totalitarian states. There have been some rumblings, particularly with over-zealous police fining people for anything from
The bovver boys at Trades Hall might represent less than one in five Australian workers, but they sure know how to keep themselves in the headlines. Whether it’s the CFMEU’s John Setka going the biffo with his missus or former Labor leader Bill Shorten selling out low-paid
The Morrison government has hardened its rhetoric against China in the wake of the Chinese virus pandemic, as well as effectively abolishing the threshold for Foreign Investment Review. If only it would start showing as much trouser as it does mouth. Only last week, I reported on Chinese companies buying
Dieuwe de Boer and Tim Wilms will be talking about the latest developments in the Tasman this week. This week we’ll be talking about the ban on non-essential books, and the quickly deteriorating treasury books, along with much else. We’re back streaming on the Right Minds channel
Now, don’t go getting too worked up, BFD readers. I mean, when I read the headline, Australia to ‘reconnect’ with NZ first, my curiosity was immediately piqued, too. But, no, Scott Morrison isn’t working on some dastardly scheme to bring down New Zealand’s coalition government by getting
You can always tell when someone is telling the truth about China just by observing how furiously China attacks them. Or, if they’re a Chinese citizen, by how quickly they disappear or how excoriating and grovelling their subsequent “self-criticism” and apologies are. Peter Dutton is not a Chinese
Satire site The Babylon Bee is having a field day as students across the Western world are being effectively forced into home-schooling. “Majority Of Homeschoolers Arrive At College Woefully Unprepared For Gender Studies” quipped one headline. Another related that pubic school teachers were worried that “Homeschooling Is Making Kids
Dave Pellowe davepellowe.com In 2001 Professor Neil Ferguson, professor of mathematical biology and director of the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial College London, predicted up to 150,000 could die in the U.K. alone from mad cow disease. Panicked politicians and ballistic bureaucrats ordered
When I wrote, in the early days of the Chinese virus, that “the real sheeple are the panic-stricken lemmings of the elite”, I argued that the common folk were keeping calm and carrying on, while the elite were losing their minds. I naturally felt a bit foolish when, just
The time is long past for a far-reaching inquiry into the administration of justice in the Australian state of Victoria. Victorian police and public officials have been embarrassed and exposed by a series of public scandals and unsavoury revelations. Police and government politicians strenuously denied that the state had
Dave Pellowe davepellowe.com We’ve been sold a bill of goods by global agencies and national and state governments, aided by a media ever salivating for sensation. We’ve been compliant little citizens, setting aside our cultural scepticism of authority and replacing our freedom and ability to think for
Dieuwe de Boer and Tim Wilms continue the endless lockdown shows by bringing you the breakdown of the week’s news.
In the final episode of the classic comedy The Young Ones, postman Lennie Henry greets the lads with, “Gut morgen, meine kleine freundelische!” “Bloody hell,” says Rik. “Give them a uniform and they think they’re Hitler!” The same might be said for bureaucrats and coppers given a taste of
Repressive police state, massive government spending, millions left dependent on Big Nanny, probably for years – what wouldn’t a leftist love about our governments’ panicked responses to the Chinese virus? Which explains why they’re jumping on the bandwagon with obscene haste. Left-wing activist group GetUp, despite its protestations
The Morrison government recently announced that it was lowering the threshold for screening foreign acquisitions in Australia to $0. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg promised that all foreign investments would be scrutinised to protect the national interest. Politicians such as Pauline Hanson and George Christensen have expressed little confidence in the Foreign
