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The University Myth: How Australia Talked a Generation Out of Trades - and How We Fix It
For the past thirty years, Australia has pushed a simple message onto young people: go to university or risk failure.
 • Peter Angelico

Geopolitics, Statecraft, International Strategy

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Necessary Evils: Libertarianism and War
Are libertarians obliged to be pacifists at all costs?
 • Lushington Brady
Why Would a Country Help Its Enemies?
Should Britain have sent food and fuel to Nazi Germany?
 • Lushington Brady
The New Russian Freedom Program
Russia, we are told, is a brutal, undemocratic dictatorship, ruled with an iron fist by an evil, murderous madman named Putin.
 • Damon Hayhow
UAE Facilitating Australian Crime?
A recent article in the Age…
 • Damon Hayhow
Facing China with a Third Path: The Libertarian Road
Chinese Premier Li Qiang has just concluded a four-day visit to Australia, marking the highest-level visit in seven years and widely seen as a full…
 • Warren Wang
China 2024 and Beyond: A Troubled Future
My recent discussions on Liberty Itch have painted a picture of China’s landscape as a prison-like surveillance-intensive system, and as a no-privacy…
 • Warren Wang
The Death of Li Keqiang
Li Keqiang, China’s former Prime Minister, passed away on 27th October 2023, at the age of 68.
 • Warren Wang
Smaller Government: Georgia Shows It’s Achievable
To any true libertarian, Government regulation in Australia feels increasingly suffocating.
 • Damon Hayhow
A Different Way to Scratch Your Liberty Itch
Who is John Galt?
 • Damon Hayhow
INTERVIEW: Former Chinese Diplomat Embraces Liberty
CCP defector offers Australia a valuable warning of things to come
 • Fiona Hui
Soft Power Through The Arts
Last month, Liberty Itch revealed how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses Chinese culture and the Chinese-Australian diaspora to engage in…
 • Fiona Hui
Australia’s Taiwan Visit Sparks Ugly CCP Sabre-Rattling
This month, six members of Australia’s federal parliament, composed of both Labor and Coalition members, visited Taiwan.
 • Fiona Hui

Civil Liberties, Freedoms, Natural Rights

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Count the Bubbles in a Bar of Soap: Should 16-Year-Olds Be Given the Vote?
The UK government recently unveiled plans to lower the voting age to 16, enfranchising some 1.6 million additional young Brits in the biggest expansion…
 • Steve Holland
A Little Rebellion
To understand political debates, it helps to have a view as to where we derive our liberties — particularly freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the…
 • David Leyonhjelm
Shepherds of Men
No nation can be other than what the nature of its government makes it.
 • Gerardine Hoogland
Another View of Abortion
In a recent Liberty Itch article on abortion, the clinching argument was that being pro-choice regarding the Covid vaccine made the pro-life position on…
 • Bob Day
Trust Us: The Two Words Destroying Democracy
When Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, and Dan Bongino spent years demanding transparency on the Jeffrey Epstein files, they built their political brands on a…
 • Scott Harrison
Libertarians and Abortion: Pro Choice or Pro Life?
The issue of abortion divides not only society but also the libertarian movement.
 • Jessica Colby
Punk Ain’t For Revolution
National newspaper of record, The Australian, published a poll on LinkedIn entitled “Should politics be kept out of live music?”
 • Tom Valcanis
Is Online Anonymity a Protected Freedom or a Mask for Malice?
Freedom of speech is freedom against tyranny, and essential to human flourishing.
 • Steve Holland
Let Parents Choose: The Childcare Evil That Government Created
The Melbourne childcare abuse case has politicians reaching for their usual solutions - more regulation, more oversight, more government.
 • Scott Harrison
Putting an Honest Face on Tyranny
It is not that hard and has antique precedence, but we have taken it to a whole new level.
 • Gerardine Hoogland
How much should we pay our pollies?
Among the many criticisms of politicians is the accusation that they are only in it for the pay and perks, looking after themselves rather than the…
 • David Leyonhjelm
On Guns, Feelings Are Not Facts
Whenever there is a public shooting in America, Australian media and politicians give a sigh and shake their heads in mock despair.
 • David Leyonhjelm

Decentralising Power

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Seven Ideas to Revive Democracy and Maximise Liberty in Australia
There’s a palpable sense of frustration about our political system in Australia.
 • Steve Holland
Enemy of the State
On 1 July 2014, my first day as a Senator, Adelaide’s Advertiser newspaper published an opinion piece I had written with the heading, Shedding the…
 • Bob Day
Liberty Can’t Win If It’s Not on the Ballot
They’re still counting ballots, but it’s clear the 2025 Australian federal election has delivered a thumping defeat for the Liberal Party.
 • Steve Holland
Who Really Runs Australia? The Senate’s Grip on the Next Government
The party that can command 76 votes in the House of Representatives is the one that forms government.
 • David Leyonhjelm
A Libertarian Response to "Enshittification”
Have you noticed those convenient and life-changing apps we once lauded as the future kinda suck now?
 • Tom Valcanis
CFMEU Should NOT Exist in the First Place
In light of recent scandals surrounding the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), it is time to consider a more fundamental…
 • Warren Wang
Broken Systems and the Deteriorating Psyche of Our Nation.
Australia is on life support – politicians “and” the people are both to blame.
 • Gerardine Hoogland
The Death of Li Keqiang
Li Keqiang, China’s former Prime Minister, passed away on 27th October 2023, at the age of 68.
 • Warren Wang

Liberty Itch Podcast

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Ep17: Gaza Genocide - with John Ruddick
Watch now | On August 3rd, 2025, Libertarian member of the NSW Legislative council, John Ruddick, allegedly abandoned libertarianism and abandoned his…
 • Damon Hayhow
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Ep16: WHO Pandemic Agreement - with James Roguski
The Australian government recently announced its proud adoption of the WHO’s divisive Pandemic Agreement.
 • Damon Hayhow and James Roguski
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Ep15: Sent to the DOGE Pound - with Campbell Newman
13 years before Donald Trump and Elon Musk created DOGE (the Department of Government Efficiency) in the US, Queenslanders elected Campbell Newman as…
 • Damon Hayhow
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Ep14: 2025 Election Review - with John Ruddick MLC
For episode 14 of the liberty itch podcast, the honourable John Ruddick - Libertarian Party member of the NSW Legislative Council - gives his assessment…
 • Damon Hayhow
1:38:57
Ep13: Cancelled - Danny King
The latest book of multi-award winning writer Danny King, is ‘Cancelled’.
 • Damon Hayhow and Tom Valcanis
1:41:29
Ep12: Good People Break Bad Laws - with Topher Field
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 • Damon Hayhow
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Ep11: Censored for Conspiracy Theories - James Corbett
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 • Damon Hayhow and The Corbett Report
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Ep10: Deep State Council - with Steve Holland
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 • Damon Hayhow and Steve Holland
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Ep 9: Covid Critique - Gigi Foster
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 • Damon Hayhow, Tom Valcanis, and Prof. Gigi Foster
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Ep8: Lies, Crime & Corruption. Phantom of the Senate - Jordan Dittloff
Watch now | Click here for the 2023 Discernable interview with Jordan’s backstory
 • Damon Hayhow
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Ep7: David vs Holiath - Libertarian Debate
In this episode, Liberty Itch writers, James Hol, (former senator) David Leyonhjelm and I discuss libertarian concepts that each has written about.
 • Damon Hayhow, James Hol, and David Leyonhjelm
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Ep6: Chinese Political Dissident - Warren Wang.
Warren is a Chinese national who escaped(?) communist China, and has now been living in Australia for 12 years.
 • Damon Hayhow and Warren Wang
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