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Wow, you guys over the ditch thought you had landed a dud when Nanaia Mahuta finagled the Foreign Minister’s job? BFD readers, I give you Penny Wong. Wong’s plain uselessness at her job is only heightened by the fact that she is supposed to be the brains trust
If ever we needed an example of people too full of their own importance it’s what’s now playing out in the Employment Court. I refer to the case where Siouxsie Wiles of Covid fame is suing her employer, the University of Auckland, for failing to protect her from
Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com The Domestic Purposes Benefit has been variously described as a “disaster” (David McLoughlin 1995), an “economic lifeline” (Jane Kelsey 1995) and “an unfortunate experiment” (Muriel Newman 2009). Its effect on family formation can never be definitively ascertained. But the growth of the sole-parent family dependent on
It seems that voting for NZ First and Act is delivering exactly what we voted for – a stiffening of the National Party spine. It also appears that NZ First and Act are working together to add that back bone, if reports in the media are to be believed. Senior New
November 13th 2023 Remembrance weekend has come and gone. The main demonstration, although riddled with vile posters and banners and a minority (a big minority!) chanting antisemitic phrases, passed mostly without serious incident. There was a last-minute anti-protest protest march which resulted in over one hundred arrests as
Has there ever been a more useless, nasty bunch of wreckers in Australia’s parliament than the Albanese government and the Greens? The Greens at least have the poor excuse of being genetically programmed to blindly follow violent extremists, from the founding of the Green movement by ex-Nazis, to
Jeffrey A. Tucker Jeffrey A. Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Liberty or Lockdown, and thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social
Peter Jacobsen Peter Jacobsen is a Writing Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org The 20th century was full of attempts to centrally plan population. Scientists like Paul Ehrlich and businessmen like Hugh Moore spent their lives putting direct pressure on politicians and citizens into addressing the looming
Australian PM Anthony Albanese clearly took to heart the adage, “Never set up an inquiry unless you know in advance what its findings will be”. After all, his so-called “Covid inquiry” was so obviously set up to be a whitewash — for instance, by excluding every action taken by state
Labour, Greens and the Maori Party all need to shut their traps, cease their maniacal rhetoric and crawl back into their respective caves to work out what they stand for. If they keep standing for what they espoused before the election they will find themselves sitting on the Opposition benches
With the 2023 elections done and dusted (almost), it’s now time for everyone to offer their post-election analysis. So here are my observations for this year. Rise of the minor parties: On election night, we saw Labour grieving and National celebrating. But the happiest were the minor parties.
Mary Hackshaw The rank hypocrisy of the Green Left has been on full display in the last week. The Melbourne Cup drew the usual rabble of protesters outside the Flemington venue, claiming that horse racing is cruel and that it kills. Following protests at recent Melbourne Cup parades of jockeys
I’ve interviewed Casey Costello twice now on Reality Check Radio. She is a brilliant addition to parliament. After ignoring her candidacy, along with every other NZ First candidate, the NZ Herald seems to have taken the lead from me and finally woken up to how brilliant she will be
November 10th 2023 As Remembrance Day approaches, the UK is becoming riddled with dissent and conflict from various groups. The UK is awash with these demonstrations, ostensibly in support of the innocent victims of Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip. If one looks at them closely you can see the
