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eFocus
Andrew Pickford

How to Fix Australia?

Australia is one of the world’s greatest countries. Decades of ambition and innovation have resulted in the prosperous, multiethnic and progressive liberal democracy that is modern day Australia. Over recent decades, Western Australia has been

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Real Heroes
Andrew Pickford

Ron Manners AO

It is fitting that Mannkal’s Chairman, Ron Manners, was included on the Queen’s Birthday list (2020) and made an Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia. The citation for his award

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Libertarian Blog
Andrew Pickford

Sunset Clauses and other measures

After a crisis there is a tendency for temporary measures to become permanent. Western Australia has seen many past emergency actions set in stone. After World War II, we were left with marketing boards, rationing

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Libertarian Blog
Andrew Pickford

Disruption and Optimism!

Easter provides a time to reflect and consider family, future ambitions and next steps. Like the Christmas holiday, it serves as a break in our frenetic lives. However, rather than a pause, this year was

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Libertarian Blog
Andrew Pickford

“Our ABC” and invisible taxes

Eight cents a day. That’s what an ABC 1987 advertisement said it would cost each Australian, per day, to run and operate the national broadcaster. This small sum, spent without consent, is what we pay for Aunty to

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Libertarian Blog
Andrew Pickford

The long march through our institutions…

The May 18, 2019, Australian election will not change the trajectory of Australia. A Shorten-Labor victory will certainly accelerate economic stagnation and expand the size of government. However, a Morrison-led Liberal government will merely slow

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