Opinion
If government comes for Adler guns today, it’ll come for your hobby tomorrow
In July 2015, the Abbott government introduced a customs regulation to prohibit imports of seven-shot lever-action shotguns. The announcement by the prime minister made clear it was part of the government’s one-announcement-per-week terrorism strategy. It was also said to be
Read More
Even arseholes are good blokes after death
It is commonly said that virtue signalling, or using opinions to display your moral superiority, is a characteristic of the progressive side of politics. Rather than address important problems like endemic domestic violence in Indigenous communities, for example, virtue signallers
Read More
Who guards the internet guards?
If access to the data is initially limited, it won’t remain so. David Leyonhjelm A Senate committee is investigating a proposal to force internet service providers to store for two years every email sent, website visited and communication undertaken by
Read More
We must be free to end our lives
The absolutely essential element is voluntary consent, not implied consent or acquiescence. David Leyonhjelm 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
Read More
GPs are valuable enough to pay for
Over-servicing can worsen health outcomes. David Leyonhjelm Popular thinking about the role of government is all over the place. Nothing exemplifies the muddle more than the widespread support for massively increased government spending on medical research, and the noisy opposition
Read More