Legal Policy
Why Australians can’t be Charlie
18C and the illiberal national security legislation are siblings under the skin – and both mean that we can’t be Charlie. Note: I’ve copied and pasted the piece from the AFR here, but if you do have access, I recommend
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The law needs to slow down, not the speeding drivers
DID you get booked for speeding over the January holidays? Did you feel bad about it? There is no need to. Speed limits are too low, set by the wrong people, and police labour under the ridiculous notion that by
Read MoreBudget cuts!
I made history in the Senate last December. I am the first senator to introduce a Bill that received only one vote in its favour. On the other side of the Chamber, 45 senators were herded together by their whips,
Read MoreFree trade
Hot on the heels of the free trade deal with China there is clamouring for further deals with the likes of India and Indonesia. But if we want higherwages, cheaper stuff, less red tape and a better deal for the
Read MoreSenator-elect David Leyonhjelm calls for ‘front door’ asylum-seeker charge
LIBERAL Democratic Senator David Leyonhjelm has proposed a radical plan to charge asylum-seekers $50,000 to come to Australia “through the front door”.
Read MoreLDP Budget 2014 in the Australian Financial Review.
David Leyonhjelm The Coalition government will release its first budget on Tuesday which will set the tone for the rest of the time in office. There is speculation that the government will make some difficult decisions to get the budget
Read MoreWrong way CCA, go back
AGRIBUZZ WITH DAVID LEYONHJELM THE Cattle Council of Australia is currently inviting comments on a verification system for sustainable beef which will comprise the basis for certification under the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef. There are quite a number of
Read MoreTime to tell the truth about organics
IS IT OK to gloat? After all, it’s not every day we see those trying to turn back the clock on modern agriculture so resoundingly defeated. There are plenty of them too, from the multinational Luddite organisation Greenpeace to the
Read MoreMarijuana is just good medicine
Few still believe the old myth that smoking marijuana leads to a spiral of drug dependence and dissipation. Some claim prolonged use can adversely affect the mental health of certain individuals, and it certainly has the potential to make driving
Read MoreAssisted suicide: free people own their own lives
There is no better indication of individual freedom than the ability to decide what to do with our own body. If the law prevents us from making free choices about it then we are not really free at all; our
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