David's News
When freedom gets nailed on the Cross
We should all be disgusted about what is happening in Kings Cross these days. I’m not talking about drunken louts. Being shocked by people behaving badly in Kings Cross is like being shocked at Range Rovers in Mosman or sheep
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Australia’s shark-punching outlaw spirit is losing its battle with the nanny state
By Christopher Snowdon, The Spectator (UK): Last September, a 20-year-old man was retrieving a goose he had shot in Australia’s Northern Territory when a crocodile dragged him by his right arm into some wetlands with a view to eating him. Undaunted,
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Leyonhjelm/Day to introduce Bill to remove penalty rates
Retail, hospitality and tourism businesses across Australia will receive a huge shot in the arm if penalty rates on weekends are removed. So says Senator David Leyonhjelm of the Liberal Democrats who will introduce a
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David Leyonhjelm declares war on nanny state
By Jared Owens, The Australian, 26 June 2015: Libertarian senator David Leyonhjelm has launched a broad-ranging parliamentary inquiry into the burgeoning “nanny state”, declaring war on laws and regulations that prevent Australians having fun at their own risk. The Senate inquiry,
Read MoreWind turbine report vindicates Senate scrutiny
Liberal Democrat Senator for NSW, David Leyonhjelm has hailed the findings of the Select Committee Inquiry on Wind Turbines as vindication of his motion to establish the inquiry and confirmation that regulation of the wind industry needs to change. “It
Read MoreDesperately seeking doppelganger
Senator Leyonhjelm will be away. Assistance with the matter below would be appreciated.
Read MoreBudget Reply Bingo
The Liberal Democrats are concerned that if you watch Bill Shorten’s Budget Reply Speech tonight you will nod off before Senator David Leyonhjelm delivers his speech at 8.30 pm. Unlike Mr Shorten, Senator Leyonhjelm has actually published an alternative budget and
Read MoreSenator Leyonhjelm’s Christmas crossword
A little seasonal levity from the Office of Senator Leyonhjelm.
Read MoreWhose life is it anyway? Senate to consider assisted suicide
“There is no more fundamental indication of individual freedom than the ability to decide what to do with our own body,” Senator Leyonhjelm writes. “If the law prevents us from making free choices about it then we are not really
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,
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