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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
51:43
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
2
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
9
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A Monopoly on Violence
Why do we have a state?
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Tom Valcanis
3
The Forbidden Media: A Lesser Recognised Threat to Freedom of Expression Part 1
On March 20, a Sydney based erotic author under the pen name of Tori Woods published a pre-release batch of her book named Daddy’s Little Toy. This is a…
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Jessica Colby
1
Libertarians, Empathy, and the Path to Real Reform
If you’re a libertarian in Australia, you’re used to being the odd one out at the barbecue.
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Scott Harrison
11
Unrealised Capital Gains Tax
Tax on unrealised capital gains, which the Labor government plans to implement, is among the most intellectually bankrupt of concepts, even for…
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Damon Hayhow
12
Ep13: Cancelled - Danny King
The latest book of multi-award winning writer Danny King, is ‘Cancelled’.
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Damon Hayhow
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Tom Valcanis
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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.
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Steve Holland
3
Differentiate or Drop Dead
My inbox and DMs are a cesspool of Liberal Party cry babies, snivelling over the election’s crushing verdict.
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Kenelm Tonkin
10
Strife, Chaos and Leadership!
Who will lead when action is demanded?
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Gerardine Hoogland
3
Taking it RAW: Why Honest Liars Win Elections
Libertarianism and science fiction go clammy hand in hand much of the time.
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Tom Valcanis
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