Quick share links: South Australia recently passed legislation, referred to by some as an "anti-protesting bill", to increase the penalty for obstructing a public space from a measly $750 and no possibility of jail to $50,000 or 3 months in jail....
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Herd Stupidity
The great mystery of Covid will be working out why a nation that despises its political class and reviles bureaucrats knelt to worship at their feet.Pre-Covid, Australians couldn’t trust a politician with a coffee order. Their incompetence, corruption, and scheming...
A free country – if you can keep it
"Australia is not a secular country — it is a free country." Scott Morrison, maiden speech (February 2008) We are losing our freedoms real fast: One of the more significant things purported to have been said by Benjamin Franklin involved an exchange he had with...
A Libertarian on Culture War & Poverty – Dr John Humphreys | Pellowe Talk, Ep. 44
Dr John Humphreys discusses what relevance liberty has to do with the fevered Culture War, a libertarian approach to solving social problems like poverty, & a possible solution to increase employment amongst the non-working poor. Subscribe to The Good Sauce...
ABC economist/comedian promises something for nothing
“Aunty” gave Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) the 'comedy treatment' on July 22nd in episode 13 of The Weekly with Charlie Pickering. Well, more treatment than comedy. The ‘treatment’ was to try to showcase, as per standard practice for the ABC, how clever and correct...