Author Archives: Ozboy

Senator Must Resign

Federal Senator and former national representative athlete Cory Bernardi is today facing numerous calls for his sacking, after News Limited’s South Australian outlet, the Adelaide Advertiser, this week published a series of explosive e-mails detailing his scandalous misuse of public … Continue reading

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Everything’s Under Control, Folks

Politicians (of all stripes) are such gifted liars, that you often don’t even smell the BS until someone points it out, say, by compressing years of them into a montage. Credit to this article by Andrew C. McCarthy in the … Continue reading

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The Argument Of Last Resort

It’s one pretty much certain way to determine that you have won a debate. Your opponent, having despaired of countering your arguments one by one, having consulted Shopenhauer’s 38 Stratagems, and found nothing to aid him there, finally, in desperation, … Continue reading

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Alba Gu Bràth

Is there anything Australian actors can’t do? 😉 Seriously, though. I got sick of publicizing an ex-politician at the top of my blog, and thought a discussion of Scotland’s secession vote next week might be worthwhile.

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The Mills Of God Grind Slowly…

…but they grind exceedingly small. The Heydon Royal Commission into trade union governance and corruption, which opened proceedings in Sydney in April this year and is due to report to the Governor-General by 31st December, has heard testimony from an … Continue reading

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The Reality Of The Middle East

This is the reality. What’s happening in Israel and Gaza at the moment is a catastrophe, no doubt about it. But it’s a tiny part of the real picture. Hundreds of thousands of innocent people are dying in an internecine … Continue reading

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MH17, Separatism And Liberty

G’day everyone, In what must sound like a familiar refrain to all regular readers of LibertyGibbert, I’m up to my eyeballs in work, and have had no time for writing. This is a pity, for there is a very great … Continue reading

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Every Parliament Needs One

Thus begins a journey of a thousand miles—with a single step. You may recall back here I introduced you to David Leyonhjelm, newly-elected Australian Federal Senator from New South Wales, representing the Liberal Democratic Party, Australia’s primary Libertarian political party. … Continue reading

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The Threshold Is Reached

Just a brief post today to mark a milestone in the history of mankind.

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UKIP Storm To Victory

As Nigel Farage remarked at a press conference on Sunday evening, the only surprise is that it didn’t happen earlier. Warm congratulations to all UKIP members, supporters and voters. Your efforts have resulted in a watershed in British and European … Continue reading

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