COVID-19
Does Finance Minister Have Enough Information to Lift Lockdown?
Press Release: ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour is questioning whether the Finance Minister has enough information about COVID-19 to know when New Zealand should come out of lockdown. “Every day of this lockdown is costing a fortune. Livelihoods are being lost as businesses burn up their working capital
The Last Refuge of the Incompetent
“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent” is a favourite quote of the character Salvor Hardin, in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation. Hardin is an agile politician who runs rings around bigger foes without resorting to blunt force. In the battle against COVID-19, lockdowns are the blunt force approach
LIVE: Epidemic Response Committee – 2 April 2020
This committee was established on 25 March 2020 to consider and report to the House on matters relating to the Government’s management of the COVID-19 epidemic. It meets on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 1000-1230.
The Lockdown Week One
Here we all are in week two of an event that is unprecedented in our lifetimes. Our country closed down by the Government and everyone quarantined at home. While the Prime Minister claims that putting us under an effective state of house arrest is the only way to stop the
How Will It All End?
“Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Benjamin Franklin We’re a nation of ANZACs, our leaders like to remind us, every April 25th. They like to remind us just once a year. They don’t like to remind
Economic Recovery Must Not Be Ideological
Press Release: ACT Party “The Finance Minister must commit, as far as is possible, to returning New Zealand to pre-COVID-19 economic settings, rather than using the current crisis to make permanent ideological changes”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Grant Robertson told the Epidemic Response Committee yesterday morning he’
How Long Will Lockdown Last?
Press Release: New Conservative This is the question burning in most New Zealanders’ minds: What are the key indicators for decision making? How many new cases are required for the lockdown to continue? How many deaths? What is the plan when the lockdown ends? We understand that the government is
The Problem with the Government’s ‘Recovered’ Claims
As has been highlighted earlier in several posts on The BFD the Government’s claims on those who are classed as “Recovered” cannot be believed. First up, we have had more people classified as recovered than we have had listed as infected fourteen days prior. Secondly the definition of “Recovered”
The BFD Video: President Trump ‘is playing a coronavirus masterclass’
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An Uneasy Feeling That the Cure Will Be Worse Than the Complaint
David Theobald As we enter Day 7 of the current minor inconvenience, how are things going? On a selfish front, short term, I can report that the only thing I am really brassed off about is the inability to see my grandchildren; and no, Skype/Facetime/DUO or whatever is
Ok Boomers – Time to Pay Up
How much should less well-off young people be expected to pay, to shield wealthy oldies from a new disease? Put like that, it may seem coldly utilitarian, but that is the stark reality being imposed on a generation of young citizens. COVID-19 is a disease which disproportionately threatens
The BFD Community Noticeboard
This post is a place to: 1. Notify others of COVID-19 related news in their areas 2. Arrange for help for those unable to go out to get food or medicine 3. Ask for help If you are needing help the Friends in need group may be able to
Pauline Says What Everyone Thinks. Again.
One of the major reasons the political and media establishment in Australia hate Pauline Hanson so much is that she has a habit of saying what the rest of Australia is thinking. And the rest of Australia frequently thinks things that establishment cannot and will not tolerate. When Hanson wore