Digital Incompetence
The Identity Verification Services Bill 2023 (the Digital ID Bill) was passed by the Senate this month. According to the government the Digital ID System will address the need for a “secure, voluntary, and inclusive method” to verify Australians online, because “recent cyber incidents” have proven the need for identification to be “reliable”. Somehow, this is all said without the...
Polite Inquiries
Nothing short of a full Royal Commission into the nationwide pandemic response will be satisfactory given the scale of government intervention, the hurt caused, and the economic and social legacy it has left on Australia. One of the many well-known rules of politics is that one only calls an inquiry when one is already sure of what it will find....
A Hungry Christmas
Christmas is characterised by the ubiquitous plentiful Christmas lunch. However, many Australian families will struggle to afford to put food on the table, as they face food insecurity troubles. Defining Food InsecurityAccording to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the UN, food insecurity is defined as “whenever the availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods, or the ability to...
The Libertarian ACT Party’s Influence On The New Coalition Government
Strange Mixture of Ethno-Nationalism And Soviet-Style Authoritarianism Is A Very Real Risk. The proportional representation electoral system in New Zealand encourages the formation of coalition governments. The usual outcome is a coalition featuring one of the traditional major parties, the leftist Labour party or the centrist National party, with another party, perhaps plus other sympathetic parties providing confidence and supply...
The ABS Just Found 188,000 Public Servants Hiding Behind The Lounge Cushions.
The Numbers Grow Ever More Staggering Every Year. Around early November of every year, the ABS publishes statistics on the number of public sector employees in Australia. The numbers grow ever more staggering every year. The ABS says there were 2,430,400 public sector employees in Australia as at 30 June 2023. That is across Commonwealth, State, Territory, and Local Government. By...
Argentina Elected A Libertarian Leader, And It Could Happen Here
But it probably won’t. Argentinians recently voted in Javier Milei to be their President. Milei has good policies, and he will probably be able to implement a good chunk of them. This is not just good for Argentinians, it is good news for us. Having a libertarian doing libertarian things in Argentina will bolster the credibility of libertarian policies and parties in...
Take The White Pill
Did Certain Events Really Take Place The Way They Have Been Presented? Many readers will be aware of the term ‘red pill’. But for those who are not, it refers to a scene in the 1999 blockbuster The Matrix where the main protagonist, Neo, is presented with the option of continuing to live in his computer-simulated reality by taking the...
The Blame Game
SA State Government to stop bludging on the other states On 1 July 2014, my first day as a Senator, Adelaide’s Advertiser newspaper published an opinion piece I had submitted titled, Shedding the ‘Bludger State’ tag, in which I implored the SA State Government to stop bludging on the other states and start standing on its own two feet. Then Premier...
Wind Power Industry is a Scam
Is the business concept viable? To comprehend the vast folly of the wind power industry, we can ask one logical question: Is the business concept viable? Assessing business viability necessitates a comprehensive review of financial projections, operational feasibility, profitability and return on investment (ROI). Financial analysis demands meticulous examination of startup costs and operational expenses, versus revenue. Operational feasibility assesses practical aspects, evaluating...
It Takes Two To Tango
Australia’s centrally planned economy is failing - intergenerational wealth gaps are widening, economic prospects are waning, and the side effects from the Reserve Bank’s (RBA) medicine are becoming worse than the disease. Inflation is a scourge, insidiously stealing wealth from those least able to protect themselves, and it benefits the least needy. We hear all sorts of explanations as to why...
