Personal Liberty
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...
Go Where You Are Treated Best
‘Go where you are treated best’ is the tagline of entrepreneur, Andrew Henderson, founder of the business Nomad Capitalist. Andrew and his team help entrepreneurs, retirees and others move their lives out of countries like Australia to countries where they will be treated best. It is a business that has being growing exponentially in recent years. When I first heard...
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,...
China’s Dystopia II: The Digital Panopticon
During my recent one-month stay in China's bustling metropolises, the omnipresence of technology, particularly WeChat (a “Super App” Elon Musk wants X to be for the West), was starkly evident. QR codes adorned nearly every surface, from restaurant menus to market stalls, making WeChat an indispensable part of daily life. The 'everything app' seamlessly integrates functions akin to WhatsApp,...
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...
Australia No Longer Has Informed Consent For Medical Procedures
As the Publisher of Liberty Itch, I receive six industry briefings, exposes or whistleblower tips weekly. Some are anonymous, others with a name. Most don’t advance the debate on public issues. Recently though, I spoke with a doctor, frustrated at the way government has ruined a once proud and independent profession. His firm conclusion: informed consent, the underlying component for any doctor-patient...
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...
Libertarian, Go To Church This Christmas
But where were you last Sunday morning? It is the festive season. You are annoyed every time someone wishes you “happy holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas”. You are a libertarian who wants to save Christendom, but where were you last Sunday morning? Personal salvation aside, there are a number of compelling reasons for spending your Sunday mornings in the pews. I...
The Famine Upon Our Minds.
Our right to free thought and speech The year is 1643. The English Civil War between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians has begun. The new revolutionary Parliament has refused to relax laws around censorship of books and has now passed a new law to license the press – Ordinance for the Regulating of Printing, also known as The Licensing...
