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With the Easter break over, the Australian federal election campaign is set to renew in earnest. But if Anthony Albanese was hoping for a campaign resurrection after the tribulations of last week, he has another thing coming. As BFD readers may recall, Albanese fell flat on his face out of
Jacinda Ardern’s New Zealand: a socialist paradise so kind that tens of thousands are clamouring to leave. For going on three years, the legacy media narrative has been that Ardern is a world-beater at handling the Covid pandemic. New Zealand has sailed along on a long, red cloud
Vera Stanton On a cold morning in early January this year Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam met Major General Peng Jingtang, the newly-appointed Head of the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Hong Kong garrison, at the opulent Government House. With a new Covid outbreak dominating the city’
Kevin Bird I know, I know, finance and policy matters are complicated. They give most of us a headache but if you want your money to remain yours, then it is time to pay attention. In recent times our government has rather sneakily made us a guinea pig pilot nation
JM White The language went first. We went from sensible, balanced reporting to explosive language which has no real meaning. Now we no longer get estimates, we get ‘computer modelling’ and ‘record numbers’. A virus doesn’t mutate, it ‘super’ mutates. Ballistic missiles are ‘unleashed’ like dogs – not fired. Fans
The past week must have been declared ‘Misogyny Week’ by the United Nations, unbeknownst to us, we the people who don’t matter because the prime minister’s attack dogs rounded on this theme and sent their underlings to do their work under the guise of ‘journalism’ and ‘commentary’. It’
In 2015 Justin Trudeau announced a Canadian cabinet that was a 50/50 split between men and women. When questioned on why this was done – he delivered the patronising quip, “Because it’s 2015.” Not choosing the best people for the job is an appalling disservice to his country – in
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
It wasn’t so bad at the start of the pandemic. Sure, the media had always been Jacinda Ardern’s cheerleaders, but when Covid hit none of us really knew what to expect. We saw pictures of doors on apartment buildings being sealed up in China and severely overrun hospitals
The Freedoms & Rights Coalition Information Opinion Right now…there are a lot of homeless votes in New Zealand. The Freedom community are increasingly growing restless about where to place their vote eighteen months out from the next election. There seems to be little hope on the horizon. The Freedoms
The government is looking into whether it will change the law to make it possible to send would-be terrorists, or refugees who have been serious offenders, back to their home countries. […] Ahamed Samsudeen stabbed shoppers at a Countdown supermarket in the Auckland suburb of New Lynn last September. Authorities
Information Opinion I usually prefer to approach certain subjects using metaphor and allegory, but time is short and general comprehension regards the end game of those currently waging war upon humanity as being low. So in an effort to explain, dry as it may be, I will state the obvious
