Current Events
Senator Leyonhjelm’s push to legalise e-cigarettes
Senator Leyonhjelm discusses the Therapeutic Goods Amendment 2016 (Measures No.1) Bill being introduced and his amendment to exempt nicotine in e-cigarettes from restrictive scheduling. This helps to legalise e-cigarettes.
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Questioning the Government on $15bn handouts to non-citizens
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How Senator Leyonhjelm would fix the budget
In a wide-ranging interview, Senator Leyonhjelm discusses the failure of the Government to recognise our debt problems, welfare for non-citizens, the range of tax and spending issues he would remove and smokers getting slugged again.
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On Mark Latham’s decision to join the Liberal Democrats
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The government recognises that the minimum wage is too high
The government’s proposed Youth Jobs PaTH program intends to subsidise businesses to employ young people, so their outlay is only $7.60/hr (as opposed to the minimum wage of $17.70/hr) Senator Leyonhjelm argues that it’s an acknowledgement that the minimum wage
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Australia hands out $15bn in welfare for non-citizens
Senator Leyonhjelm discusses the findings that there are 870,000 non-citizens claiming $15bn in welfare payments in Australia.
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Chris Smith Afternoon Show
Senator Leyonhjelm discusses the new report that has found there are 870,000 non-citizens claiming $15bn worth of welfare in Australia. Other topics include the inefficiencies in public housing (including a debate with a listener who calls in) and his idea
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School choice, 18c and metadata
Senator Leyonhjelm discusses why education funding should be allocated to each individual child, rather than going directly to schools. The Senator also discusses Gillian Triggs’ receipt of a human rights award and the government accessing a journalist’s metadata to pursue
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David Leyonhjelm on Concealed Carry in Australia
David Leyonhjelm joins Peter Van Onselen on Sky News Australia on 1 May 2017 to talk about the right to carry a concealed weapon.
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NBN monopoly screws everyone equally and should be privatised
NBN monopoly screws everyone equally and should be privatised In the time before Kevin Rudd, what customers were willing to pay determined our internet speeds, the technologies employed and the companies that wanted our business. Then we had Kevin 07.
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