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Childcare: deregulate, don’t subsidise

Every time I make comments critical of childcare subsidies, the internet explodes with abuse about the evil, childless, cat-owning libertarian who doesn’t understand that bearing children requires lashings of other people’s money. The internet outrage always misses my main point:

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Reclaiming Citizenship

Earlier this year, ‘Reclaim Australia’ and various counter-protests were in the news as people hurled abuse at each other and engaged in punch-ups. And since both sides had a fair sprinkling of the great unwashed, we all got to admire

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Prisoners should be allowed to smoke

Many people won’t have much sympathy for the Victorian prisoners who started a riot after being banned from smoking, and I can accept that sentiment up to a point. My sympathy for prisoners does not run deep and I have

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Desperately seeking doppelganger

Senator Leyonhjelm will be away. Assistance with the matter below would be appreciated.          

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