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Book Review
Alexandra Wolff

Media Wars – The Battle to Shape our Minds

According to the founder of Fox News, “Truth is whatever people will believe.” Just because something is widely accepted by society and even condoned by professionals or the government itself, does not guarantee it is

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Poem
John Hyde

A Landfall Ulysses Might Have Made

A Landfall Ulysses Might Have Made Each rower pressed then gently on his oar. The watchful helmsman turned the boat about And rode the swelling water to the shore. While all his ill-used crew were

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Libertarian Blog
Josh Adamson

Rating the Councils

Local councils represent a level of government that often escapes serious inspection. While ‘closer to the people’, local governments are rarely held to account for how they spend ratepayer funds. All ratepayers, whether they be

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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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News
Eva Christensen

A Glimpse Into the Future

The wheels are in motion for a return to normal in Australia – or so we can hope. Some states appear to be ahead of others in terms of easing restrictions. Northern Territory and Western

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Libertarian Blog
Eva Christensen

Loo-py Limits

So, shortages. You may be familiar with tales of bread lines during war time and in the Soviet Union, and, in recent years, with photos of empty supermarkets in Venezuela. During April 2020, certain shortages

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Poem
John Hyde

Think Tanks – a poem

Think Tanks Our dream is of a well-versed Commonwealth Where any voting layman might explain Established ways to safety, freedom, wealth And treat attempts to bribe him with disdain. We think we know and teach

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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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Real Heroes
John Hyde

On Bert Kelly

Australian democracy’s processes are far from perfect but they are what we have. C. R. (Bert) Kelly, Member for the South Australian Federal seat of Wakefield used them. He addressed very different problems from those

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