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BFD April 2022 Political Poll

BFD April 2022 Political Poll

Take our Monthly Political Poll and then share the poll on social media. By sharing the poll you will help even more readers to discover The BFD. If you enjoyed this poll please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would

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Budget a Last Lifeline Throw to Morrison

Budget a Last Lifeline Throw to Morrison

As I wrote recently, with its poll fortunes reaching pre-2019 levels, the Coalition is in deep trouble, going into a likely May election. Morrison’s last big shot at repeating the 2019 “miracle win” was Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s budget. If Frydenberg tried the classic John Howard move of

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Where Is the Bio-Fascist State Headed?

Aaron Kheriaty brownstone.org Aaron Kheriaty, former Professor of Psychiatry at the UCI School of Medicine and Director, Medical Ethics at UCI Health, is a Senior Scholar of the Brownstone Institute. California has been the tip of the spear for novel pandemic policies. My home state’s failures are legion,

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Labour Is Giving with One Hand and Taking with the Other
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Labour Is Giving with One Hand and Taking with the Other

Incoming changes in benefits and the minimum wage will barely cover the rising cost of living and do nothing for hardworking, middle-income households not receiving government support, Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon says. “New Zealand has a cost of living crisis and the Government is playing catch up. “Spare a

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Down the Rabbit Hole with Hunter

Down the Rabbit Hole with Hunter

Hey, folks — ready to take another slippery-slide down the rabbit hole? When I reported on the Byzantine web of dark money, shady military-industrial labs and dodgy NGOs linking the astonishing network of U.S.-run bioweapons labs in the Ukraine with the Biden family and Klaus Schwab’s

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What Can We Take Home from the Politics of the Pandemic
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What Can We Take Home from the Politics of the Pandemic

Dr Guy Hatchard hatchardreport.com Dr Guy Hatchard 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

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A BFD Short Story by Rose Tyler
NZ

A BFD Short Story by Rose Tyler

Rose Tyler Stalemate Rain hits my face like tiny darts as I stand under the blazing intrusive lights. I stare at the line of police guarding a symbol that has no value to the people standing here. Trevor Mallard’s voice booms, “You are not welcome here. Parliament Grounds are

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What Did They Think Would Happen?

What Did They Think Would Happen?

Capitalist The ACT party has fallen into the trap of being the junior National party due to their foolishness of campaigning to be ‘deputy’ rather than the big cheese. This week Christopher Luxon whacked the ACT referendum idea on the head making David Seymour look weak, silly, and ineffectual. Unless

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But, What about the Whales and Dolphins?

But, What about the Whales and Dolphins?

Dr Woods has finally announced a windfarm!  She said all we needed was 4.5 windfarms per year several years ago – and now she has one. There is a “really good chance” that a massive $5 billion offshore wind farm capable of powering more than a third of New Zealand

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Call Co-governance What It Really Is…tribal Rule

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. The Pae Ora (Healthy Futures)

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The Party Paradigm Can Be Changed
NZ

The Party Paradigm Can Be Changed

Kevin Bird Information Opinion How do I make my vote count? How do I cast my vote so that it has meaning? How do I battle the status quo ‘inevitability’ and inertia that the two biggest parties represent? Together with their lapdog party comrades (ACT and Greens), the status quo

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Police Minister Poto Williams has refused to let National’s police spokesman meet the Commissioner or any district commanders, saying cops are too busy for him. […] “She is being petulant and vindictive and making it personal because I am doing my job in holding her to account,” Mitchell told Newstalk

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Man I Feel like a Woman

Man I Feel like a Woman

Gabriel Hays newsbusters.org Gabriel Hays is a staff writer for MRC Culture. Joe and Betty Anderlik Fellow. University of Dallas Class of ’16. You know what? If I can’t cut it in the professional acting world as a man but can transition and try my hand at success

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