Politics, Strategy, Campaigns, Elections
Things to do on Australia Day
Here is your definitive list of Australia Day must-dos. Any one of these makes you a thoughtful Aussie. Do all 22 and you’ll end up with an Order of Australia. 1.Start the day with Vegemite on damper and Weet Bix; 2.Wear eucalypt silvery-green and deep gold clothing. Make an effort with the hues; lime-green and canary yellow just won’t cut it; 3.Fly...
Don’t Welcome Me to My Country
During the debate leading to the Voice referendum, prominent Voice supporter Marcia Langton was quoted in the media saying that if the referendum was defeated: “How are they going to ever ask an Indigenous person, a Traditional Owner, for a welcome to country? How are they ever going to be able to ask me to come and speak at their...
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 technology-driven cashless society. In this article, I want to further explore the future of China as we look towards 2024 and beyond. I will examine the implications of China’s expanding surveillance state, the tightening grip of authoritarian...
Capturing The Glory Undeservedly
Somehow, the West has gotten into a real twist about identity, especially that of minorities. In the name of justice for minorities, identity is being used to undermine equality and liberty. Minority group identity has become a weapon to be wielded against the alleged privileges of the majority. The result is that common humanity and individual freedoms are being...
Unions And Religion
Unions and libertarians disagree about almost everything. However, they do both share one core tenet – the right to “freedom of association”. Well, maybe not so much anymore. Freedom of association is a fundamental right cherished by libertarians, as it supports the principle of voluntary cooperation and the right to form associations to pursue common goals. It also happens to...
Is “Freedom” a Non-Word?
The past few years have prompted a more focused view upon the word Freedom and all that it entails. Covid lockdowns along with coercive directives to take a new and warp-speed developed vaccine to “save Grandma” have been at the core of it. When I ran as a candidate in Australia’s federal election in 2022 for the United Australia Party,...
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....
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...
Security To Slavery
Australia's Struggle with Security And Freedom China's Tech Dystopia I: The Surveillance State On a recent visit to China, the first thing that struck me was the omnipresence of surveillance cameras. They loomed on literally every street corner, a silent yet potent symbol of the state's watchful eye. This brought to mind the unsettling parallels with George Orwell's ‘1984,’ where constant...
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...
