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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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Why You Can’t Afford a Rise in Minimum Wage

Why You Can’t Afford a Rise in Minimum Wage

Harry Hunt Numbers in this article are based on approximations. John is the average person: he earns $49,600 – $57,300 per annum. Bob is the above-average person: he earns $91,600 – $119,200 per annum. Sally is the below-average person: she earns $29,400 – $35,000 per

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Sliding in the Polls

Sliding in the Polls

Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments Three polls in a row, all saying roughly the same thing. The public is tiring of this Labour

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Government Needs to Change Course

Government Needs to Change Course

The only people who think level 3 is being observed in Auckland must be the Labour Government and its health advisors. The number of hospitalisations and deaths predicted if we loosen up were about the same as the cars that passed me on my 45-minute walk in rural east

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Trust in Labour Falling

Trust in Labour Falling

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com The latest political opinion poll confirms support for Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Government is sliding. According to Colmar Brunton, Labour has fallen 3 points to 43 per cent, National has dropped 3 to 26 per cent, ACT has risen 5 to 14 per cent, the

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Why You Should Write for the BFD

Harry Hunt If you’re like the rest of us, you are sick and tired of reading the same load of self-congratulatory drivel every day that you open social media. If you are a professionally-minded writer this could be your opportunity to get your voice heard. With audience

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Your Expensive Lockdown Has Failed

Your Expensive Lockdown Has Failed

There can be no doubt now that the Prime Minister’s incredibly wasteful and expensive lockdown of Auckland has failed. Even Blind Freddy knew it was never going to work. But it seems the Prime Minister gets her advice from children’s stories and believes she is The Little Engine

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Air New Zealand Must Wait for Government Vaccination ICT

Air New Zealand Must Wait for Government Vaccination ICT

David Seymour ACT Leader The real story behind Air New Zealand waiting four months to make vaccination mandatory is that the Government’s ICT is not ready. As Greg Foran told Q+A “In terms of customers, we’re got some operational things still to work through, you know, staying

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Backlash Grows against 3-WATERS Service Delivery Programme

democracyaction.org.nz There is strong level of opposition across the country to the Government’s proposed Three Waters service delivery programme. Comments from councillors show very serious concerns. In some quarters there appears to be a suspicion that the Government is not being completely open about everything it is

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Kind of Ridiculous

Kind of Ridiculous

Chris Penk First published by The BFD 6th July 2020 The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Kind of ridiculous Is there anything more absurd than an instruction to “be kind”? For one thing, it’s illogical.  The

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Freedom Fighter of the Day

Freedom Fighter of the Day

Tamaki told supporters “society has been restructured in fear” and they’ve had a “gutsful”. “Today we are facing a Government we thought we could trust. Instead they are stripping away the freedoms and rights of everyday Kiwis. “That’s what they give to prisoners. We’ve all gone to

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 4 18 The path of the righteous is like the morning sun,    shining ever brighter till the full light of day. If you enjoyed this BFD daily proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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