Andrew Little, hand in hand with the Human Rights Commission, has been secretly working on formulating draconian hate speech laws. Proposed hate speech laws for New Zealand are imminent. Justice Minister Andrew Little told Stuff the Government is bringing forward changes around hate speech, but shaping a law had taken
Torn between protecting our tourist industry or protecting the country from coronavirus, our PM has attempted to do both. She has a bob each way and her reward will undoubtedly be a loss on both counts. The punter who puts a bob each way rather than everything on the nose
The government has announced a $12.1 billion package to assist with job losses and general economic stimulus as a result of Covid-19. Before we look at it in more detail, it is important to remember that it is the fiscal responsibility of the last 3 finance ministers (including
Pike River mine: Entry tunnel recovery cost soars to $47 million […] The increase was approved by Cabinet today, along with a completion date of July or August this year. If you enjoyed this BFD face of the day please consider sharing it with your friends.
George It might be considered a minor issue, but I see this as yet another example of a clumsy and regrettably familiar response by our Government when announcing the closing of our borders. On Saturday it was announced by our PM that our borders were to be closed at midnight
BFD Political corner: Election 2020 is a new series that will feature political speeches, political ads and political campaigns on Social media from a range of different political parties in the lead up to the New Zealand election. Today we have the New Conservative Party: Highlights from Elliot at the
Questions to Ministers JENNY MARCROFT to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: How is the Government working with other countries in its response to COVID-19? Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements and actions? KIRITAPU ALLAN to the Minister of Finance:
Jordan Williams Executive Director New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union This is an article I never thought I would write, but in a paper just released the Taxpayers’ Union we are calling on the Government to massively increase expenditure. This is to combat what may be the largest economic shock to New
On Saturday the Prime Minister sold us all a pipe dream. She said they were going hard and getting ahead of the virus, and that the goal was to “flatten the curve”. Unfortunately, politics and the desire of the Prime Minister to be everyone’s friend, rather than a leader,
This is going to hurt. That was the message from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday as she began the most crucial week of her premiership by effectively-banning all gatherings of more than 500 people […] Already Air New Zealand is looking at cutting its staff by up to 3700,
‘Pretend virtue’ is the Marxists’ stock-in-trade. The left pretends to fight for women while encouraging them to accept men using their bathrooms and overrunning their sporting events, while at the same time turning a blind eye to how women are treated under Islamic Sharia law. They pretend to
Press Release: Regan Cunliffe Petition for the urgent removal of the epidemiological criteria for COVID-19 testing. Regan Cunliffe is petitioning for urgent removal of the epidemiological criteria for COVID-19 testing. Doing so would allow testing for those who meet the clinic criteria but do not meet the epidemiological
BFD Political corner: Election 2020 is a new series that will feature political speeches, political ads and political campaigns on Social media from a range of different political parties in the lead up to the New Zealand election. Today we have the National Party: Please send us links to any
