As BFD readers will know, I have been nothing if not forthright about the threat that the Chinese communist regime poses to Australia, New Zealand and indeed the entire Pacific region. Time and again I have warned that Beijing is steadily infiltrating our institutions, seeking to influence politicians, stealing state
Leonardo Di Caprio and his superyachts. James Cameron and Harrison Ford and their respective fleets of cars, planes and boats. The private jets, mansions and endless, long-haul Business Class flights of celebrities, activists and politicians. It’s a given by now that the louder the screeching of climate activists,
One of the most memorable characters in Michael Crichton’s climate-thriller State of Fear is the pompous, egotistical actor-activist Ted Bradley. Bradley, who serves as both the avatar of Hollywood’s ignorant self-importance and as a foil for the book’s skeptic-heroes, comes to a hilariously
Presented in association with The Unshackled. Trans-Tasman Talk (TTT) is hosted by Tim Wilms from Melbourne and Dieuwe de Boer from Auckland. The show debuts every Tuesday at 9pm New Zealand time (and 7pm Melbourne time). The first episode was broadcast on The Unshackled Youtube channel, but future episodes
Although Clive Hamilton has been dismissed by some as a paranoid crank for his polemic, Silent Invasion: China’s Influence in Australia, he is being rapidly vindicated by events. Not only did many publishers refuse the book explicitly because they feared reprisals from Beijing, recent events have indeed shown just
When Alan Jones and John Laws were infamously caught out offering “cash for comment”, they were rightly pilloried for their shocking behaviour. Even if you accept – which hardly anyone did for an instant – that they are “entertainers” rather than journalists, and thus free from ethical obligations, their actions were an
The funniest thing about satirical Twitter personality Titania McGrath is just how often “she” traps the unwary into thinking that her woke psychobabble is the real thing. The left today have become so unhinged from reality that they really are beyond satire. Case in point: the socialist Victorian government’s
The biggest problem for the left-elite class, all across the Western world, is their inability to pull their heads out of their collective arses and realise that there is a whole other world of people outside their quinoa-proof fence. People who not only don’t think like they
In all the undeserved hoo-hah about the grifting illegal immigrant Tamil family and their anchor babies, “refugee advocates” oddly avoid one key issue: why, exactly, is it supposedly “unsafe” for the parents to sod off back home? It’s not as if at least their father hasn’t gone
A new business paradigm whereby Miners reward companies who refuse to bend to protestors is now looming in Queensland […] How delicious. Trust the Aussies to fight back in such a novel way.
New South Wales Liberal MP Julian Leeser says “the attack on Christians is existential” with a demonisation of Christianity seen in laws going through state parliament If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
Yet again, the left have decided that they are born to rule Australia via unelected judges and fake Twitter “outrage”, the law and democracy be damned. Yet again, greedy illegal immigrants are trying to game the system, wasting endless court hearings and taxpayer dollars. And yet again, Labor are proving
As I wrote yesterday, New Zealand and Australia face some hard strategic challenges in the coming decades. Whether or not American power in the Pacific declines – and I suspect that rumours of its demise are greatly exaggerated – it remains certain that Beijing will continue to flex its military and economic
Tasmanian politician Sue Hickey really does seem to have taken to heart the adage that politics is show-business for ugly people. She treats Tasmanian state politics like one of those revolting reality-tv talent shows: “Give me all of the attention and money!” It’s no surprise that Hickey
It’s been said that if the left didn’t have double-standards they wouldn’t have any. Nowhere is this truer than when it comes to religion. The same people who pile abuse on conservatives over religion rush to exploit religion whenever it suits them. Labor senator Kristina Keneally
