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Academic Independence Under Question
Australia is implementing tangible measures to counter the security threats imposed by Communist China. The AUKUS security pact has turned out to be a robust, bipartisan commitment and our PM has recently sealed the deal with India to strengthen the two countries’ trade and defence cooperation. These actions are loud and clear: Australia no longer wants to put all its eggs...
Manufacturing Dissent: How Statistics Are Used To Lie, Manipulate And Divide
Recently, the creator of Dilbert, Scott Adams, became the subject of a furore where he encouraged people to not associate with black people on the basis of a poll run by Rasmussen Reports. Dilbert creator Scott Adams says that Rasmussen poll showing high level of Black racial animosity against Whites is the first opinion poll that has ever caused him...
5 Magic Apps For Prosperity
In his famous 1964 “A Time for Choosing” speech, Ronald Regan recounted a story: “Not too long ago, two friends of mine were talking to a Cuban refugee, a businessman who had escaped from Castro, and in the midst of his story one of my friends turned to the other and said, "We don't know how lucky we are." And the Cuban...
Lifting government’s foot off Aussie throats
If you believe in free markets and freedom, and are not familiar with the work of Thomas Sowell, then drop everything now, and Google his name. And if you have time, watch some YouTube videos of him. I guarantee that you will not be disappointed. If you have more time, read one of his books. My personal favourite is A Conflict of Visions. Very quickly, Sowell is an...
8 Practical Ideas To Save Victoria
Prior to 2020 I was an extremely proud Victorian. But what I’ve come to realise is that our human rights in Victoria are being limited or bypassed at the hands of the Dan Andrews’ State Government and are no longer adequately protected. It was also disappointing to discover from the results of our recent State election that a substantial...
An Inflated Balloon And A Fish Market With Smelly Cash
Reform of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has been in the headlines. The problem with the RBA however is not structural. It is a failure by the members of the board to be able to adequately define “inflation”. At the heart of all the angst is the statement made by the RBA Governor, Philip Lowe, in 2020 that he...
Remembering Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass (1817–1895) is considered by many to be America’s greatest African American. Booker T. Washington and Martin Luther King make up their top three. Born into slavery, Douglass became a free man and rose through the ranks to eventually become the first African American to receive a vote for nomination for President of the United States. His final years...
Taxing The Country Into Welfare And Disability
"We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperityis like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.It is impossible." Those were not the words of an Australian Commonwealth Treasurer but rather of Winston Churchill addressing the House of Commons in 1925 arguing against a proposed increase in taxes. Almost...
How The ATO Undermines ‘Creative Destruction’
Libertarians hate to pay tax, especially at current rates. Many subscribe to the view that “taxation is theft”, although most also acknowledge the government has a legitimate role in limited circumstances for which it requires funds. With that off our chests, let’s get practical and talk about how the government's debt collection activities in relation to small businesses interfere with...
Brave Little Trooper
“To these people, the war is simply a continuous calamity which sweeps to and fro over their bodies like a tidal wave.” ...
