Legal Policy
‘Our candidates are freaks’
On behalf of the Liberal Democrats I must issue an apology. Unlike other political parties, we cannot guarantee that half of our candidates will be women. We understand that many of you like to see a 50/50 male/female split —
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Classical Liberalism 101
You’ve been sent to this page because you can’t work out why you really like what I say 50% of the time, but don’t like what I say the other 50% of the time. Using extracts from three different publications,
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‘I have smoked dope and I did inhale: that was the point’
Nimbin is the home of Australia’s cannabis culture, ‘high’ in the hills above Lismore in the NSW Northern Rivers. On the first weekend in May 2015, some 10,000 of the nation’s medical, industrial, and recreational cannabis users and their supporters
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No, you can’t ‘bomb things better’
Thousands of miles from here a backward, misogynist, psychotic group of Sunni Muslims is terrorising all within their reach. Quite rightly, the Australian government has not committed a single soldier to counter this evil. I speak of Boko Haram in
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Julia Gillard knifed the budget as well
The ghost of Julia Gillard has returned to our TV screens, and her tales of past glories and dramas fill the pages of a recently released memoir. But the ghost of Julia Gillard is also haunting another set of recently released
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Why schooling should be opened to the for-profit sector
Schools are not the only way for children to get an education, but they are a central one. And even libertarians like me, who argue the government is too large and intrusive, accept that there is a role for governments
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Why we shouldn’t demonise short-term lenders
People who aspire to be a hero – yet have few redeeming features – understand the need to manufacture a villain. They know there can be no Superman without Lex Luthor, no Roadrunner without Wile E Coyote, and no Batman without The
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Cats are natural libertarians
There is reason to believe that cats are natural libertarians. I’m managed by four of them, and I speak from experience. They are all individuals and refuse to identify with groups. I say managed, not owned, because while my cats
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‘Would the real leader of the opposition please stand up?’
Dear Mr Shorten, I’d like a word. Leading the Opposition, in case you haven’t noticed, is your job. So could you do it, please? I’m not the Opposition Leader, despite the fact that the media keep pretending I am. Don’t
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