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Assisted suicide: the question of life and death
If you think it’s time the ban on assisted suicide was lifted in your state, you can lobby your local politician and ask them to do something about it. Indeed, you can do the same if you are opposed to
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How to turn the economy around in a week
Treasurer Scott Morrison has asked parliamentarians to partner the government in its efforts to boost the incomes of Australians. Where do I sign? We find out whether we are in recession on March 1, 2017, and there are only seven
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Not just 18C: other speech laws insult us
Free speech is a lot more than the right to freely comment on issues of race — important though that is. There is other legislation that contains restrictions on speech just as oppressive and infantile as section 18C of the
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David Leyonhjelm and Pauline Hanson discuss entitlements on childcare on Sunrise
David Leyonhjelm joined David Koch and Monique Wright on Sunrise on 11 January 2017 to talk about the rising costs of childcare in Australia.
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David Leyonhjelm attacks Red Tape in Childcare on The Project
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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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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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Even arseholes are good blokes after death
It is commonly said that virtue signalling, or using opinions to display your moral superiority, is a characteristic of the progressive side of politics. Rather than address important problems like endemic domestic violence in Indigenous communities, for example, virtue signallers
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Charging for Australian citizenship would fix the deficit and help migrants
Last month the government and Labor, with my support, agreed to changes that boosted the budget by $6 billion over four years. That’s good, but it’s only a baby step. This year’s budget deficit is estimated to be $37 billion.
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Coalition does bidding of the unions
Against all public expectations, the Coalition is about to do the bidding of the unions. The Coalition casts itself as a tough cop against union thuggery when it waves around its bill to reinstate the Australian Building and Construction Commission.
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