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Perfect Case for a Sweepstake

You really have to admire the front of this Government. They’ve made yet another multi-billion dollar infrastructure announcement, this time for light-rail in Wellington. It’s the perfect case to run a sweepstake on. The Government is moving ahead with a second Mt Victoria tunnel for Wellington

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Face of the Day
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Face of the Day

National’s Mark Mitchell has accused Chris Hipkins of targeting him with a “cheap political shot”, calling a tweet from the Police Minister that suggested National had a “problem with women” a “personal attack”. Newshub Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive

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New Museum Bears Witness to Communism’s Horrors

New Museum Bears Witness to Communism’s Horrors

Philip Reynolds fee.org Philip Reynolds is a digital specialist at The Heritage Foundation. In the heart of Washington, D.C., behind the doors of a building not unlike the others with which it shares a block, lies a most visceral testament to the horrors of communism—a political ideology

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Just like That, Vlad Ended Net Zero

Just like That, Vlad Ended Net Zero

Has Vladimir Putin killed “Net Zero”? European nations were warned years ago by Donald Trump that they had set themselves on a course for disaster with their energy policies. Germany was easily the worst offender: its foolishly virtue-signalling “Energiewende”, coupled with Angela Merkel’s knee-jerk decision to close

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The ABC Shows Whose Side It’s On

The ABC Shows Whose Side It’s On

Former PM Tony Abbott once challenged the ABC to decide just whose side they’re on. As Abbott observed, “A lot of people feel at the moment that the ABC instinctively takes everyone’s side but Australia’s”. Abbott was referring, at the time, to the ABC’s reflexive siding

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A Question of Politics and Ethical Values

A Question of Politics and Ethical Values

Sahotra Sarkar The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts Sahotra Sarkar is a professor in the departments of philosophy and integrative biology at the University of Texas at Austin. He obtained his BA from Columbia University and his MA and PhD at the University of Chicago. Now

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The Target on Australia’s Back

The Target on Australia’s Back

Viv Forbes saltbushclub.com Information Opinion Congratulations to Ted Dwyer in “Spectator Australia” (25/6/22) for asking why Australia has bet the house on the US/NATO adventurism in Ukraine. There are few innocent parties in Ukraine today – an undeclared civil war has been simmering for this whole century.

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NZ’s Invite to the NATO Summit Was It a Reward?

Robert G. Patman, University of Otago Professor Robert G. Patman teaches International Relations at the University of Otago. He served as an editor for the scholarly journal International Studies Perspectives (2010 – 14) and Head of the Department of Politics (2013 – 16). Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s acceptance of an invitation

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Letter to the Editor
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Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor There have been a number of polls recently but the most important question is never asked. There is one issue that trumps all of the rest but there is minimal discussion about it and virtually no mention of it in the mainstream media. We have polls on political

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Tassie Is Not Your Green Whipping Boy

Tassie Is Not Your Green Whipping Boy

Here in Tasmania, we’re used to being the whipping boys for the green follies of Mainland activists. There’s a steady stream of FIFO activists in and out of the state, ever-ready to chain themselves to anything that threatens to make a profit. Mainlanders love to keep Tasmania

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Loopy Government

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Jacindavale

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Separation of Church and State
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Separation of Church and State

Olivia Boyd familyfirst.org.nz Olivia Boyd is our teenage guest writer who is very passionate about supporting the pro-life movement and ending human trafficking. Upon completion of her High School education, she intends to study law and psychology. She has an interest in human rights and social psychology,

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Prison Guards at End of Their Tether
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Prison Guards at End of Their Tether

Darroch Ball Leader Sensible Sentencing Trust Kelvin Davis launches a plan to curb increasing assaults on prison guards and then says assaults on prison guards aren’t increasing. In what seems to be one of the most blatant examples of a minister being out of touch with his frontline workers,

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The Travels of a Free-Range Fly

The Travels of a Free-Range Fly

Warning Satire At least one of my several readers may recall that the last time your intrepid eyewitness reported, the meeting of Klouse Swab and some of his collaborators in the literal bowels of the parliamentary septic tank, had just finished. After the meeting, I tottered out of my office

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Ministry of Health Attacks Maori Health Council

The Wakaminenga Health Council (WHC) and NZDSOS have issued a press release after the Ministry of Health launched an action against the WHC. As living men and women of New Zealand/Aotearoa, we stand in our sovereignty and will to fight for the rights of practitioners under the Universal Natural

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