It might be small comfort to The BFD readers in despair over the state of New Zealand’s National Party to learn that your Nats have got nothing on their Australian namesake* when it comes to dysfunction, poor leadership and outright political bastardry. While the Liberals might rely on the
Monday’s Experts always know what’s best. Always tell you what you should’ve done – Weddings, Parties, Anything. There’s certainly no shortage of Monday’s Experts in the wake of Australia’s bushfire crisis. Everyone from politicians to activists to That Bloke Down the Pub is more than
I had a friend, many years ago, who ran a small graphic design business. Like most small businessmen, he put in long hours and continually struggled to balance money in and money out. Everyone who’s ever run a small business knows the routine: trying to make sure invoices were
It seems that one of the main reasons that Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson so enrages certain types of people is his uncompromising message of self-responsibility. “Clean up your room!”, Peterson admonishes. In other words, take responsibility for the smallest things in your life, the things you can and should
Pauline Hanson, bless her fiery locks, has a way of throwing spanners into the smugly well-oiled machine of the left-media elite. When she wore a burqa into parliament, for example, she effortlessly highlighted the hypocrisy and pomposity of the political-media class. Leftist elites clutch their pearls, but
Jacinda Ardern and Peter Fitzsimmons might weep and clutch their pearls about Australia deporting so many Kiwis, but it seems that, to paraphrase President Trump, when New Zealand sends its people, it’s not sending its best. Criminals, drug dealers and rapists are crossing the Tasman. Lots of them, if
Since when, inimitable Australian journalist Jack Marx once asked, did the love that dare not speak its name become the love that just won’t shut the hell up? As Douglas Murray notes, something changed – and not for the better – in the gay rights movement once it won the war
I’ve warned many times that politicians who try to make too much hay out of certain political scandals are playing with fire. The “travel rorts” scandal of the late 90s was gleefully exploited by Labor, in order to whack the Howard government – but it all came to a sticky
The Aussies apparently want to take our PM to run their country. There are many here who would also like Ardern to be running another country but we are too kind to wish this on our Aussie ‘cousins’. Nevertheless, if those across the Tasman really want her, then I suggest
So, the Australian Greens have yet another fairy king trying on the party’s coveted golden clown shoes. When the party’s Oberon, Bob Brown, abdicated the toadstool throne, he was replaced by Richard di Natale, the ass-headed Nick Bottom of Australian politics. Eschewing the chance to show their
When Australian Aboriginal woman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, and other Aboriginal women, argue that “traditional law” cannot be allowed to excuse and perpetuate the abuses of powerful men, the counter-attacks and excuse-making are not long coming. “Poverty” is a favourite excuse, despite the fact that abuse grossly disproportionately affects
As Australian PM Scott Morrison attempts to reclaim the political narrative from the firestorm surrounding the 2019-20 bushfire disaster, many rank-and-file Coalition voters have expressed concern that the government is surrendering to climate change alarmism. As usual, the Greens are ideologically blinded to every obvious cause behind
Dave Pellowe davepellowe.com Richard Di Natale this morning announced his retirement from politics, and his reasons make me want to stand up and applaud the long overdue display of right thinking and political priority. Here’s the important part of what he said in his tweeted announcement. “After nearly
Jacinda Ardern loves to big-note herself as the princess of compassion, handing out free hugs and pony rides, while drawing snarky comparisons with her supposedly flint-hearted counterpart across the Tasman. It turns out, though, that when it comes to actually doing things, as opposed to mugging for photo
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