The latest Jacinda Ardern–Scott Morrison contretemps – her unwonted, un-diplomatic public scolding of the Australian prime minister over deporting New Zealand-born criminals in Australia – has been fairly thoroughly dissected here at The BFD. But it’s a gift that just keeps on giving. Especially because, perhaps like no
New Zealanders better hope, for the sake of the trans-Tasman relationship, that Jacinda Ardern is not returned to the Prime Minister’s office this September. Of course, to re-elect or not the Ardern government is New Zealanders’ decision alone and will certainly – and rightly – be judged on everything
Hair-trigger race-botherer Tim Soutphommasane can scream “racism!” all he likes, but as COVID-19 hits Australia, most of us can’t help noticing a commonality. The domestic spread of the virus is now underway, and it appears to have begun in the sprawling suburbs of northwest Sydney. The
Where will we hold Australia, we who have no other country? Not Indigenous, merely born here. Les Murray The Scandinavians have recently been told in no uncertain terms that they’re “Niente. Nada…there is no such thing”. Soyboys screech, “You don’t have a culture, you’re white!” Now,
BFD readers have had to endure some of Australasia’s most nauseating eructations of left-media flatulence in recent years, as the luvvies on both sides of the Tasman eagerly line up to swoon at the feet of their Socialist Barbie. Some of the worst fawning has been from here
With Jacinda & Scott Morrison’s recent “trans-Tasman talk” that tarnished the trans-Tasman relationship, we’ve rebranded the show and will now be broadcasting live on Fridays at 8 pm! We’ll be talking about the economic impact of the commie flu, abortion, serious fraud, and much more.
Jacinda Ardern and Winston Peters can whinge all they like about Australia exercising its sovereign rights and deporting New Zealand-citizen crims, but legal scholar Mirko Bagaric has some very simple advice. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern publicly has scolded Scott Morrison and Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton for
It’s becoming a predictable pattern: activist judges or virtue-signalling politicians foist some “progressive” agenda, while swearing, hand on heart, that it won’t have any negative flow-on effects or kick off any slippery slopes. Yet, that’s exactly what happens. Open borders leads to a flood of
The Morrison government is walking a barbed-wire fence when it comes to climate policy. On the one hand, the government is smarting from sustained, opportunistic left-media attacks in the wake of this summer’s bushfire disaster. On the other, the Coalition’s voting base are unequivocally opposed to
It’s tit-for-tat, with no end in sight in the immigration skirmish between NZ and Australia. It started with Jacinda Ardern publicly upbraiding Scott Morrison for deporting badly-behaved New Zealanders and is continuing with politicians on both sides of the ditch chipping in. In Australia the Australian
One of the more odious facts of Offence Culture is that it doesn’t necessarily require anyone to be actually offended. Least of all the supposed “targets” of the alleged “offence”. The gimlet-eyed inquisitors of Offence Culture are always ready to be “offended” on someone else’s behalf. Josh
Cormann admits to relying on discredited reports Senator Malcolm Roberts received confirmation today that the Government relies on discredited reports from the United Nations as a basis for its climate policies. Independent scientists and its own authors have condemned this UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. Senator Roberts
Stringent government control and oppressive social media platforms are forcing Australians to self-censor themselves, according to controversial media personality Katie Hopkins. Ms Hopkins, who is known for her strident support of Donald Trump and Boris Johnson, says social media giants like Twitter and Facebook often punish those whose views
Well, you have to hand it to Jacinda Ardern – if nothing else, she’s succeeded in (however briefly), uniting Australia’s government and opposition. United in telling her to shove off and keep her bratty yap shut. At issue, in case you haven’t been reading The BFD for the
“Fake News” is much more – and much more insidious – than just outright making stuff up. In fact, the most damaging fake news is not when the media straight-out lies. “A truth that’s told with bad intent,” as William Blake wrote, “beats all the lies you can invent”. Misleading
