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The government has conned us on super

The government has pulled a swiftie on superannuation. In the May budget it proposed to increase tax on super by nearly $3 billion by 2020. Labor sniped at some design features but offered no real opposition and proposed its own increases

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Domestic violence, immigration and voluntary euthanasia

Senator Leyonhjelm is interviewed on Paul Murray live where he talks about domestic violence, immigration and voluntary euthanasia

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Labor’s code of race ethics and voluntary euthanasia

Senator Leyonhjelm is interviewed on 3AW about the Labor party’s plan to revive a code of race ethics in parliament, and his efforts to legalise voluntary euthanasia.

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It’s time to admit the truth about domestic violence

REPORTS identifying domestic violence hot spots in areas of Western Sydney confirm we are not being told the whole story. The officially approved narrative is that domestic violence happens everywhere, from our richest to our poorest households, is getting worse, and it’s

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Leyonhjelm finds huge savings in school funding

Liberal Democrats Senator David Leyonhjelm has obtained a costing from the Parliamentary Budget Office that spells out how much money could be saved by ending the duplication of federal and state education funding.   The costing shows that if the

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Smokes, red heads and free speech.

Senator Leyonhjelm talks to Paul Murray about tobacco tax increases, the Greens walking out on Pauline Hanson and your right to free speech.

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Leyonhjelm on the Omnibus Savings Bill

Liberal Democrats Senator Leyonhjelm says the Omnibus Savings Bill is not really about saving anything at all: “Suppose someone was spending more than his income, but still planned to increase his spending in the years ahead. If the person said,

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Why this ‘angry white male’ took a complaint to the Human Rights Commission

by David Leyonhjelm I recently lodged a complaint under section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act in response to an article written by the journalist Mark Kenny. What he wrote was unlawful under that section. My objective, in lodging the

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Sacked for being a sporting shooter

Senator Leyonhjelm names those involved in the disgraceful sacking of a Goodyear Australia employee for being a sporting shooter

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Leyonhjelm on Sydney lockouts and the Callinan recommendations

Liberal Democrats Senator David Leyonhjelm on the Sydney lockouts: “Moving to Kings Cross and complaining about the nightlife is like coming to Parliament House and complaining about boring speeches.”

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