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Climate change: why can’t Turnbull turn up the heat on Paris?

Once again, the government has been getting its knickers in a knot over climate change. And once again, despite three politically shrewd options to choose from, it is choosing a dumb fourth option. The first of the shrewd options is

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Probe into Year 3 asylum seeker petition

A SYDNEY public school has transformed its nine-year-old students into political activists, having them launch a petition against child refugees in detention. Helensburgh Public School is being investigated by the NSW Department of Education after the petition from its Year

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Leyonhjelm to teachers: leave them kids alone

After receiving a petition on Helensburgh Public School letterhead about asylum seekers, Liberal Democrats Senator David Leyonhjelm says it appears kids as young as nine are being used by teachers as political pawns. Senator Leyonhjelm is concerned this demonstrates teachers

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If government comes for Adler guns today, it’ll come for your hobby tomorrow

In July 2015, the Abbott government introduced a customs regulation to prohibit imports of seven-shot lever-action shotguns. The announcement by the prime minister made clear it was part of the government’s one-announcement-per-week terrorism strategy. It was also said to be

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Paul Murray Live with Senator Leyonhjelm

Senator Leyonhjelm discusses cross bench negotiations, the backpacker tax, corporate tax cuts, and what the main stream media refers to as “the deplorables”.

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A message from Terry the liberty duck

Terry is the newest addition to the Liberal Democrats team and has an urgent message for all Australians.

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Imprisonment without trial

The Criminal Code Amendment (High Risk Terrorist Offenders) Bill 2016 is a fundamental assault on a basic human right.

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The hypocrisy of the Human Rights Commission

Senator Leyonhjelm is interviewed by Andrew Bolt where he discusses the hypocrisy of the Human Rights Commission.

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Stop treating university students like children: Leyonhjelm

Liberal Democrats Senator David Leyonhjelm says continuing discussions by the University of Sydney’s executive team to ban sugar soft drinks has a lot more to do with nanny-state thinking than concern for anybody’s health. “I remember a time not so

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Leyonhjelm challenges Nats to speak up on Adler

Liberal Democrats Senator David Leyonhjelm is challenging the National Party to demonstrate they learned something from the Orange by-election by speaking up for shooters in the Senate.   Senator Leyonhjelm has agreed to allow an extended debate about his disallowance

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