Part Four: Why does good government matter? New purpose in the public service But let’s be honest, our wellbeing challenges cannot be solved in one Budget – or even ten. Public investment is a powerful lever for change, but it’s only one. We also need to embed the idea
Jacinda Ardern’s brief visit to Australia might have steamed up the knickers of the media-elite, but she had rather less success in winning over either side of Australian politics. Ardern’s self-righteous parroting of right-on open borders nonsense plays well to the media peanut gallery, but even Australian Labor
Where do you think today’s photo was taken? window@thebfd.co.nz Please put View From My Window in the subject line Yesterday’s view was of the Beartooth Highway. NOTE: We prefer photos to be from a window with preferably part of the window in the shot. They
Why does good government matter? Part Two: Inequalities past and present We can start with the state of many developed economies. While they continue to grow in overall economic terms (if not as quickly as they once did), they have too often failed to share the benefits of that growth.
Why does good government matter? E nga mana, e nga reo, rau-rangatira ma Prestigious people, speakers of note, chiefs one and all Nga tangata whenua, o tenei rohe Tena koutou katoa I acknowledge the indigenous people of this land and greet all of you in te reo M?ori – the
Samoa’s Prime Minister is appealing to the Pacific Games Council to address concerns around the eligibility of transgender athletes. The issue has been ignited by Kiwi transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard winning three medals at the latest Pacific Games, which finished at the weekend. Hubbard won two gold medals and
During the first round of Democratic presidential debates, Kamala “Look at me, I’m brown” Harris savaged Joe Biden for his 1970s opposition to busing – the leftist policy by which students from predominantly black areas were forced to take long bus rides to schools in white areas. The grand leftist
How better to create division within a community or a country than to push a narrative that will divide us. Sell the idea that men can be women and women can be men, and Bob’s your uncle (or aunt) and there will be an argument or a passionate debate
Where do you think today’s photo was taken? window@thebfd.co.nz Please put View From My Window in the subject line Yesterday’s view was taken on Sunday the 14th July from my room at the Omapere Copthorne Hotel, looking towards the Hokianga Heads NOTE: We prefer photos
Information Satire My name is Weibe Wakker, and I empty the pockets of stupid people. You won’t believe how clever I am. All I have to do is claim to drive an electrically-motivated car from coal-fire generated electricity Holland to across the world, taking advantage en-route of the gas-fired
What are the police paid to do? An illegal roadblock is installed and the police leave it in place. A senior citizen removes it to go about his lawful pursuits and the protestors call the police. Madness! A Redfield retiree ripped down an Extinction Rebellion blockade so he could drive
To answer a few questions I got on the last one, the reason Islam is not separated is that there are many many Muslim nations, but I can count the Shia nations on one hand and it was too difficult to make the color scheme work. The same is true
Where do you think today’s photo was taken? window@thebfd.co.nz Please put View From My Window in the subject line Yesterday view was from a hotel window. Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. The Rocca Albornoziana fortress. NOTE: We prefer photos to be from a window with preferably part of
