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Two Referenda

Two Referenda

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com In early July the Electoral Commission sent out 3.27 million personalised information packs for this year’s General Election. On Saturday 19 September we will not only be asked to vote for the party we would like to be the next government and the

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A Free Taste of an Insight Politics Article

Today Non- Subscribers get a FREE taste of what they are missing out on. Have a read of this Insight Politics article then decide whether or not you would like to subscribe to a Silver subscription or upgrade your existing Basic or Bronze level Subscription to Silver. The Quantum of

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Recent political polls have the ACT Party sitting pretty on 5 per cent meaning leader David Seymour could bring along five new friends to Parliament. https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/top-five-contenders-could-join-act-leader-david-seymour-in-parliament?auto=0

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The Case Against Tucker Gets Smellier

The Case Against Tucker Gets Smellier

As reported previously on The BFD, the sexual harassment case against Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson seems frivolous to the point of absurdity. New evidence shows that it is also implausible. As you may recall Cathy Areu claims that Carlson changed his jacket in front of her and also that

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Red Worm Eats at the Apple Isle

Red Worm Eats at the Apple Isle

The signs of China’s economic reach are being felt even as far away as here in Tasmania – and so are the much darker signs of its covert political meddling. When the Van Diemen’s Land Company, Australia’s oldest dairy, and its farming land in the northwest of the

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The BFD: July Election 2020 Political Poll

The BFD: July Election 2020 Political Poll

At the end of each month, The BFD puts up a new poll with the same question so that we can track changes in voters’ preferences in the lead up to the election on September 19th. Each month we will analyse the previous month’s results so that we can

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WHO Highlights NZ Border Problem

WHO Highlights NZ Border Problem

Press Release: covidplanb.co.nz Several World Health Organisation officials have this week crystallised New Zealand’s border dilemma – saying that keeping national borders closed because of COVID-19 is now unfeasible. Head of WHO’s emergencies program lead Mike Ryan said “it is going to be almost impossible for

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Victoria: More Stuff-Ups and Blame Shifting

Victoria: More Stuff-Ups and Blame Shifting

Things are going from bad to worse with Victoria’s sudden surge in COVID-19, and still, Premier Daniel Andrews is resolutely refusing to acknowledge any responsibility. First, he blamed “multicultural communities”, then it was workers, now it’s aged-care workers and providers, even the federal government. Never mind

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The Klan With a Tan

The Klan With a Tan

Orwell was right: the totalitarian impulse is to restrict and control language so as to restrict and control thought. We see this every day in the left’s reflexive reaction to their cosy theories being proved wrong – as they inevitably are: simply change the meanings of words and thus declare

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