Oh the irony. A man who has made a staggering fortune by selling technology that replaces peoples jobs (or at the very least allows businesses to do more work with less people) is calling for a tax on Robots that take peoples jobs: Just because a worker isn’t technically “alive” doesn’t mean it can make […]
Libertarians are a pretty small bunch in Australia, but that doesn’t stop us from having a kick-ass conference every year. The Friedman17 conference is coming up in Sydney from April 28th to 30th, and tickets are now on sale. I’ve been for the last two years running, had the privilege of speaking 2 years ago, […]
There’s a strange phenomenon that I’ve observed, where believers in ‘big government’ seem to forget that the position of Prime Minister, or in the US the position of President, changes hands on a semi-regular basis. This forgetfulness leads people to advocate for increased powers for government when ‘their’ party is in, and completely forget that […]
As I’ve said before, public health nannies will never stop voluntarily. They will never look around and say “Y’know what? I think we’re done here, we’ve written enough laws.” That’s never going to happen. The war on fat gave us high-sugar foods, and the health nannies have transitioned seamlessly into the ‘War on Sugar’, as if they didn’t help to create […]
Right into the ‘who saw this coming?’ basket goes this article in The Age about how increased tobacco taxes are fueling the smuggling industry and organised crime gangs: Attracted by the huge revenue streams and lesser penalties applied to those caught tobacco smuggling, organised criminals have moved into the illicit trade, using the proceeds to pay for […]
Home invasions, carjackings, muggings, assaults, stabbings… We’ve had these kinds of crimes before. But what we haven’t seen before, at least not to this degree, is the way these criminals get to walk free time and again to commit ever more violent crimes. What we’re seeing today is an unprecedented failure of the justice system […]
I try to be optimistic about life and the future, really I do. But I find myself agreeing with this assessment that we’re heading for another economic depression. Let me lay this out step by step, in terms so simple that hopefully even a bureaucrat can understand how this works: Poverty is the natural state […]
Thankyou for your patience during my unexplained radio-silence. I happily blame the arrival of my first child, Winston. I’ve enjoyed a few weeks off from work and from blogging to support my wife and get to know my boy, although I must admit with #Brexit and a federal election during my absence, Winston could have […]
This sensational article written by a wheelchair bound 11 year old really brings out an otherwise unseen agenda in a current Hollywood movie (and much lauded book): Me Before You: Dear Hollywood, Why Do You Want Me Dead? This article is so impressive for so many reasons and there’s much I could say, but really, the most important […]
The election could be compromised if this is true. I wondered the same thing myself when I saw the AEC ad stating you HAVE to vote for 6 parties above the line… my immediate thought was ‘that’s going to force everyone to include one of the major parties in their preferences… that sounds like it was […]
