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Qld Labor MP’s Brazen Attack on Churches

Qld Labor MP’s Brazen Attack on Churches

Don Brown, the Labor Member of State Parliament for Capalaba in South East Queensland, has launched a scathing attack on a local community group, “The Cage” in response to an article about funding promised by the Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington. “The hits keep on coming. No money for state roads

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BFD Political Corner: Election 2020 NZ First Party

BFD Political Corner: Election 2020 NZ First Party

BFD Political corner: Election 2020 is a series that features 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 NZ First Party: Save Tiwai Public Meeting in Invercargill Please

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There Is No Legal Right to Free Quarantine

There Is No Legal Right to Free Quarantine

Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato Welcome home – now here’s your invoice. The debate over whether New Zealand should charge arriving Kiwis for quarantine has divided opinion, but one thing is clear: citizens and permanent residents have the right to return home. However, like many other liberties, this right can

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Vote Goat for Clutha-Southland

Vote Goat for Clutha-Southland

Well, it’s eight weeks out from our general election which as you may have heard will be held on September 19th. Hoardings are starting to go up everywhere and Queenstown is no different, well except that the only hoardings up down this way are for that woman in red

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Who Do You Trust to Rebuild NZ?

Who Do You Trust to Rebuild NZ?

Sceptical of most anything emanating from beneath the rafters of Massey Agricultural College, it was with some cynicism that I was drawn to the ‘Pre-election Survey’, accompanied as it was by images, allegedly, of the major protagonists, on Stuff. In the header we had a clear question, and a

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A Disrespectful Culture

A Disrespectful Culture

For once, I agree with Verity Johnson. Her latest article brings out some unfortunate truths for young men and women in the modern world. The article is founded, of course, on Andrew Falloon’s disgraceful behaviour this week, sending unsolicited pornographic images to young women. No, let us call it

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Iain Lees-Galloway Is the Victim in This Story

Iain Lees-Galloway Is the Victim in This Story

In an opinion piece in Stuff, Damien Grant had this to say regarding the Lees-Galloway affair: “Collins certainly had no evidence of anything beyond this. Yet in the aftermath of the Andrew Falloon affair, Collins would have known that blurting out this made-up scandal would force the prime

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PM Breaks All the Rules to Get Her Very Own Queue-Jumping, Fake Refugee

PM Breaks All the Rules to Get Her Very Own Queue-Jumping, Fake Refugee

The news that Manus Island queue-jumping, fake refugee Behrouz Boochani, who is an “excluded person” according to the Australian government, now has refugee status should not really surprise anyone. Jacinda just waved her magic wand. Voila! Immigration NZ said in November 2019 Behrouz Boochani would be receiving “no special

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Now That’s What I Call a Rogue Poll

Now That’s What I Call a Rogue Poll

Newshub have released their latest poll and it has to be a complete joke. It is hard believe that they have the cheek to claim that this poll is the most accurate. The headline numbers are: Labour: 60.9% up 4.4%, 77 seats National: 25.1% down 5.5%

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Dashed Hopes and a Journalist Called Hopewell

Dashed Hopes and a Journalist Called Hopewell

Cathy Buckle cathybuckle.co.zw Dear Family and Friends, I write this letter from a bitterly cold Zimbabwe where tension is high and people are anxious. There are 300,000 civil servants in Zimbabwe. A month ago they were promised a “cushioning” allowance of US$75 a month for the

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