A man who called the police on two girls who swindled him out of $200 has been sentenced for trying to hire them as underage prostitutes. NZ Herald Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads
If you think “Aotearoa” is fast descending into a hell-hole of juvenile crime… well, you’re not wrong. I’m not talking about the infantile antics of the gang of criminals infesting the Beehive, of course. As you all know, Auckland especially has been subject to a veritable reign
Michelle Grattan Professorial Fellow University of Canberra Alcohol bans will be reimposed in Northern Territory communities, in a victory for Anthony Albanese over a reluctant territory government. The federal government will also provide $250 million in extra funding for a range of initiatives in employment, health and other areas. The
Kath Murray Research Fellow in Criminology The University of Edinburgh The decision to place double rapist Isla Bryson in the segregation unit at Scotland’s Cornton Vale women’s prison, ahead of sentencing, has sparked a political crisis that looks unlikely to abate soon. Following a backlash, Scotland’s first
Stuart Nash used to be a capable politician but somewhere along the line he became neutered and illogical. Last week he suggested, as the new Police Minister, that the way to stop ram raids was to ban the sale of a legal product from stores: Returning Police Minister Stuart Nash
rutherford.org WASHINGTON, DC In the wake of a spate of incidents involving the use of excessive force by police against unarmed individuals, including the brutal killing of Tyre Nichols by members of a Memphis SCORPION police unit, The Rutherford Institute has called on the US Supreme Court to narrow
“Muckraking” has pretty negative connotations in journalism today, but it was coined as a badge of honour. In the early 1900s, “muck rakers” were not cheap scandal-mongers, but investigative journalists who dug deep in areas polite society preferred to avoid, in order to expose the horrors lurking underneath: raking
Darroch Ball Sensible Sentencing Trust. Stuart Nash, the ‘renewed’ Minister of Police, says he doesn’t think dairies should sell tobacco. Call me old fashioned, but maybe Nash as the Minister of Police needs to focus on ensuring these criminal thugs are caught and held to account, instead of waxing
Nicole McKee ACT Firearms Reforms spokesperson New Police proposals for licensed firearms owners include making them pay for the cost of Police attendance at a burglary, the Government wants licensed firearms owners to pay for the privilege of being burgled. Licensed Firearms Owners deserve the same rights as any other
The (in)famous occultist Aleister Crowley was many things, few of them savoury, but stupid was not one of them. Indeed, in his own whacky way, Crowley was quite brilliant. His commentary on the Tarot, for instance, The Book of Thoth, reveals him as a man of tremendous erudition in
Tierin-Rose Mandelburg newsbusters.org Tierin-Rose grew up in a large Christian family on the coast of Connecticut. After high school she moved to Alabama to dance with a professional ballet company while attending Liberty University. She served as an MRC Culture intern in Spring 2021 and became staff
Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz Amid all the destruction in Auckland at the moment due to unprecedented flash flooding over the weekend, one teen showed us that it would take more than a bit of rain to slow him down. Dylan Mathieson, 15, refused to let flooding get in the way
Adam Dick ronpaulinstitute.org This week, the United States Department of Justice charged in a Utah federal court Michael Kirk Moore, Jr. — a medical doctor — and three other individuals with crimes. The so-called crimes arise from allegations that the individuals helped adults who did not want to take experimental
Tierin-Rose Mandelburg Staff Writer/Researcher newsbusters.org Tierin-Rose grew up in a large Christian family on the coast of Connecticut. After high school she moved to Alabama to dance with a professional ballet company while attending Liberty University. She served as an MRC Culture intern in Spring 2021
Fentanyl seems to have a strange grip on the public mind these days, as breathless (often questionable) narratives around this drug are everywhere. According to the news media, this mysterious substance is appearing on shopping cart handles, in children’s Halloween candy, in baby formula and even poisoning police officers
