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Beating off the Union Thugs
On May 2, 1979, in Kalgoorlie, my day kicked off with a jarring 4:00 am phone call.
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ron manners
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Is Online Anonymity a Protected Freedom or a Mask for Malice?
Freedom of speech is freedom against tyranny, and essential to human flourishing.
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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.
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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.
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Gerardine Hoogland
2

June 2025

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…
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David Leyonhjelm
2
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.
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David Leyonhjelm
8 Reasons Liberal Democracies Should Never Ban Political Speech
Never ban political speech.
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Kenelm Tonkin
You Leave Your Free Speech at the Boss’s Door
Winston Peters’ heckler voided his free speech rights the moment he put the company lanyard around his neck.
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Lushington Brady
No Laffing Matter
An Australian was on holidays in the south of France.
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Bob Day
Machetes: A Moral Panic
On Sunday 25th May 2025, a brawl broke out between two rival gangs at Northland Shopping Centre in Melbourne which led to the shopping centre being…
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Jessica Colby
Why Would a Country Help Its Enemies?
Should Britain have sent food and fuel to Nazi Germany?
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Lushington Brady
18
A Paean to Profit
Profit is vital to our collective social prosperity and wellbeing yet today is maligned as an unmitigated evil.
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Jonathan Cole
2
More Scrutiny, No More Trust: Why Ministerial Honesty Remains Stubbornly Unchanged
Australia has never had more tools to scrutinise its politicians.
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Scott Harrison
Seven Ideas to Revive Democracy and Maximise Liberty in Australia
There’s a palpable sense of frustration about our political system in Australia.
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Steve Holland
3
Winning the cool kids over
Watch this video of a Reform UK rally.
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Tom Valcanis
2
Yes, Border Control Is Absolutely Moral
Border control is not only moral, it’s absolutely imperative
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Lushington Brady
3
Where to now, Modern Man and Woman?
The dark dawn of our modern day is upon us when we need to endure our vices or face the remedies needed to cure them.
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Gerardine Hoogland
7

May 2025

The Forbidden Media: A Lesser Recognised Threat to Freedom of Expression Part 3
In 2017, A Current Affair journalist Ben McCormack was arrested for child abuse material.
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Jessica Colby
1
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…
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Damon Hayhow
1
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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…
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Bob Day
What if Australia had rejected net zero?
Some people believe the Earth is warming because of the carbon dioxide generated by human activity.
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David Leyonhjelm
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The Forbidden Media: A Lesser Recognised Threat to Freedom of Expression Part 2
In 2008, an NSW man was convicted of child porn for possessing, of all things, cartoon porn of The Simpsons. Lisa Simpson and Bart Simpson may be…
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Jessica Colby
3
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…
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Damon Hayhow
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A Monopoly on Violence
Why do we have a state?
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Tom Valcanis
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