Homeward bound (eventually)
After over four months in exile in Melbourne, I’m pleased to be back in Perth. My experience over the last…
Seven ways to bring down Western Civilisation
Western Civilisation gets a bad rap these days. Despite the fact that it is the source of all our legal…
Free speech exclusion zone
The recent new abortion clinic exclusion zone laws in NSW specify that it is illegal to obstruct and harass people…
Alex Jones and the new social media censorship
In the wake of Alex Jones’ banning from Facebook, YouTube and Apple the outrage has been palpable. And that is…
Not free to choose
I once watched a speech on the nanny state by Brendan O’Neill who said that he didn’t like the term…
Why capitalism trumps socialism
The argument that capitalism is superior to socialism is – sadly – one that has to be repeatedly made. Despite…
We don’t need a law about that
Inevitably, when advocating for freedom of any kind, one is accused of being a champion of certain lifestyle choices or…
What’s to gain from an Australian republic?
On New Year’s Day, the Prime Minister was goaded into commenting on the prospect of opening up the debate on…
Freedom to discriminate
Now that the country has been surveyed on the question of same-sex marriage, it’s time to turn our attention to…
Every man’s home is not his castle
We all know that with any land we ‘own’, there are rules and regulations over exactly what we can do…
Campaigning for cancer
If you were told that the Cancer Council along with the Australian Medical Association were campaigning for more cancer, you…
No winners with same-sex hate bill
This week has seen the further eroding of free speech in Australia with the passing of the Marriage Law Survey…
The abuse of Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins may not have too many fans within the ranks of Christianity. Throughout his public career he has been…
Blind to gender – and the facts
What more evidence do we need that ‘the patriarchy’ is a myth, than the recent findings of the government’s very…
Go home, Nanny, you’re drunk
Thomas Jefferson in 1776, said ‘We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that…
Angered by Manchester? That’s racist!
There isn’t much that is more frustrating than the desperate scrambling, post the latest Islamist terrorist attack, for commentators and…
Failing Fairfax’s sad sneer squad slag the Friedman freedom-fest
There’s nothing like seeing an event that you personally witnessed, written up in the mainstream media to realise how inaccurate…
Battlelines drawn on free speech
With the Senate voting down the Coalition’s proposed reforms to section 18C, the battle lines for free speech have now…
Wellness warriors and the right to be a bloody idiot
Fringe health and well-being guru David “Avocado” Wolfe is coming to Australia and surprise, surprise there are two separate Change.org…
But science! Greens, GMO and ‘alternative facts’
Last Sunday a post on The Greens (WA) Facebook page took umbrage at Gary Adshead’s article in the Sunday Times…
Renewable energy targets? Just say no
How will you be able to look your grandchildren in the eye and tell them you didn’t do anything about…
Free speech gets shredded
Last Thursday Dr Anne Aly, the Member for Cowan, shared a video of herself shredding the Institute of Public Affairs’ submission…
Nanny won’t trust us with cold and flu tablets?
The announcement by the Therapeutic Goods Administration that pharmaceutical products that contain codeine will no longer be available over the…
Victoria decapitates free speech
Three members of the fringe-right United Patriots Front have been charged after posting a video on Facebook depicting an alleged…
The libertarian case against abortion
It just goes to show what a topsy-turvy world we are living in where somebody who believes that life is…