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Ep10: Deep State Council - with Steve Holland

3 hrs ago •

Why Would You Trust Your Toddler to Strangers?

For the past 40 years, Western parents have been relentlessly gaslit into blindly submitting to the most grotesque Marxist social experiment since the…

19 hrs ago •

Lushington Brady

Policies for the Opposition Leader: Three Paths to Electoral Success

One of the many benefits of being a member of parliament is the amount of advice received.

Apr 6 •

David Leyonhjelm

Taxed to the Max: The Hidden Cost of Government

There’s no comprehensive or conclusive list of all the taxes levied on Australians by our three levels of government.

Apr 3 •

The Mount Barker Boobocracy: A Study In Municipal Imbecility

In the grand circus of human governance, where the clowns of federal and international politics usually hold the spotlight, I turn my jaundiced eye to a…

Apr 1 •

Liberty Itch Podcast

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Ep 9: Covid Critique - Gigi Foster

Mar 31 •

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Prof. Gigi Foster

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Ep8: Lies, Crime & Corruption. Phantom of the Senate - Jordan Dittloff

Watch now | Click here for the 2023 Discernable interview with Jordan’s backstory

Mar 22 •

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Ep7: David vs Holiath - Libertarian Debate

In this episode, Liberty Itch writers, James Hol, (former senator) David Leyonhjelm and I discuss libertarian concepts that each has written about.

Mar 15 •

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David Leyonhjelm

1:21:11

Ep6: Chinese Political Dissident - Warren Wang.

Warren is a Chinese national who escaped(?) communist China, and has now been living in Australia for 12 years.

Mar 11 •

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Philosophy, Philosophers, Exemplars

Citizens Must Fight For Their Freedoms or Lose Them

Ludwig von Mises, known in his native Austria as the “knight of liberalism,” had the important insight that “governments are never liberal from…

Mar 11 •

VIDEO: Liberty Itch Podcast | Episode 2 | Jonathan Cole, Libertarian Philosopher

Watch now | Libertarian Denominations and Applications in Australia

Jan 31 •

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This month marks the 28th anniversary of the passing of one of Australia’s great political figures, Bert Kelly.

Jan 23 •

Taking Note of Old Philosophers

Most people accept that some things are legitimately the responsibility of the government while others are private matters.

Jan 16 •

David Leyonhjelm

VIDEO: Liberty Itch Podcast | Episode 1 | Kenelm Tonkin, Founder, Liberty Itch.

with host, Damon Hayhow

Jan 13 •

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Economics

Get Rid of Super and Fix Housing - A Worthwhile Trade-off?

I don’t have to tell you we’re in the midst of a housing crisis.

Mar 16 •

Please Eggsplain

How many times is a 'deadly flu' going to be used as cover for lies and mismanagement by governments and big corporations?

Feb 13 •

A Libertarian Response to "Enshittification”

Have you noticed those convenient and life-changing apps we once lauded as the future kinda suck now?

Feb 11 •

Australia: Not Quite Economically Sentient

If you’re in need of a dark, bitter laugh – the kind inspired by a gnawing existential dread – I have a recommendation for you.

Jan 12 •

Taxation

Taxed to the Max: The Hidden Cost of Government

There’s no comprehensive or conclusive list of all the taxes levied on Australians by our three levels of government.

Apr 3 •

The Problems with Property Taxes

Property taxes are imposed on people who own property, the amount typically based on what the government deems the property to be worth.

Dec 1, 2024 •

The family unit is a core tenet of a functioning free society.

Sep 19, 2024 •

Resisting Centralist Power – Part 2

Following the Second World War, the most dramatic shift in the balance of tax power between the States and Commonwealth occurred.

Sep 3, 2024 •

Geopolitics, Statecraft, International Strategy

The New Russian Freedom Program

Russia, we are told, is a brutal, undemocratic dictatorship, ruled with an iron fist by an evil, murderous madman named Putin.

Jan 27 •

UAE Facilitating Australian Crime?

A recent article in the Age…

Jul 4, 2024 •

Facing China with a Third Path: The Libertarian Road

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has just concluded a four-day visit to Australia, marking the highest-level visit in seven years and widely seen as a full…

Jun 24, 2024 •

China 2024 and Beyond: A Troubled Future

My recent discussions on Liberty Itch have painted a picture of China’s landscape as a prison-like surveillance-intensive system, and as a no-privacy…

Jan 16, 2024 •

Civil Liberties, Freedoms, Natural Rights

The Day Big Wind Came To Town

Rye Park woke to another radiant morning, sunlight spilling over a small rural village cradled between sprawling grazing lands and fertile farms.

Mar 31 •

In Regards To Future Lockdowns

The 27th of March 2025 marks the five-year anniversary of Covid lockdowns in my state of South Australia - a policy that brought suffering and derailed…

Mar 27 •

Self Defence – An Original Right

Self-defence has been recognised as a right for thousands of years.

Mar 25 •

David Leyonhjelm

1:21:11

Ep6: Chinese Political Dissident - Warren Wang.

Warren is a Chinese national who escaped(?) communist China, and has now been living in Australia for 12 years.

Mar 11 •

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Government Waste

The Mount Barker Boobocracy: A Study In Municipal Imbecility

In the grand circus of human governance, where the clowns of federal and international politics usually hold the spotlight, I turn my jaundiced eye to a…

Apr 1 •

NBN: Taxpayer Funded Market Manipulation

I would have expected more than a few months to pass before I had cause to write about the NBN again.

Mar 13 •

Get Rid of the Bastards

The recent exposure of the corruption of USAID and the US Social Security system has shocked much of the world.

Mar 9 •

The Protection of Our Private Property Rights

For over two decades, Queensland private property owners have been subjected to an expansive, costly and coercive government initiative: the National…

Mar 6 •

Education

The family unit is a core tenet of a functioning free society.

Sep 19, 2024 •

Raising Free Thinkers: The Case for Homeschooling

Two months ago I wrote an article in which I questioned my boy’s childcare centre for indoctrinating kids at preschool age about the controversial…

May 24, 2024 •

Another Brick in the Wall

Libertarians don’t argue a lot about education policy. And yet, ‘school choice’ and ‘decentralised education’ are ideas that unite us with conservatives…

Apr 11, 2024 •

A Letter to My Kid’s Childcare Centre

Mar 17, 2024 •

Satire, Parody, Humour

The Mount Barker Boobocracy: A Study In Municipal Imbecility

In the grand circus of human governance, where the clowns of federal and international politics usually hold the spotlight, I turn my jaundiced eye to a…

Apr 1 •

A Few Questions for Marxists

Almost two-thirds of Australian businesses are sole-traders with no employees.

Mar 23 •

Choking on Lemon Myrtle and Goodwill

Mar 2 •

Galahs & Cockies Ep. #1

Lots of squawking.

Nov 30, 2023 •

MUST-WATCH VIDEO: Friday Funny

A libertarian in the public service.

Nov 16, 2023 •

Caption This …

All smiles this week for the new-look, revamped Victorian Liberal Party shadow ministry.

Oct 5, 2023 •

10 Therapeutic Applications For My Bulk-Purchased Superglue

He’s nearly always overseas anyway.

Jul 21, 2023 •

VIDEO: Great Moments In Unexpected Consequences

Courtesy: Reason Magazine.

Jun 22, 2023 •

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