Current Events
We need a supply-side revolution
When the new Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe testified before a parliamentary committee recently, some Labor politicians who love big spending saw an opportunity. They quizzed him on the global failure of low interest rates to boost “aggregate demand” – the sum
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Explain your positions on taxation: Leyonhjelm
Liberal Democrats Senator Leyonhjelm asks fellow senators to explain their illogical and dangerous approaches to spending and taxation.
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Coles standards for pig welfare are down, down
Former veterinarian, Liberal Democrats Senator Leyonhjelm reckons Coles refusal to let pig producers use a product called Improvac is a terrible outcome on all fronts: for animal welfare, for pig producers and for consumers
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Liberal Democrats join race for WA election
Disaffected former supporters of the Liberal Party are amongst hundreds of people who have joined the Liberal Democrats in recent weeks, giving the party solid prospects of registering for the election and having a representative elected to the Upper House.
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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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