SYDNEY, Australia—Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor said Australians were currently suffering the consequences of big government. “Inflation is the price that everybody pays for excessive government. It is a thief in the night,” he said in a speech at the Friedman Conference in Sydney on July 8. Championing the late American economist Milton Friedman’s words that…
NSW Government’s Legislative Agenda in Shambles After Last Minute Coalition Win
The New South Wales (NSW) Labor government will be forced to delicately negotiate with the crossbench to pass legislation after the Liberal Party scored the final seat in the upper house. More than three weeks since polls closed, the NSW Electoral Commission distributed preferences on Wednesday, leaving the upper house chamber evenly split between the…
Do the Liberals Need to Listen to the People?
Commentary The political commentary after the defeat of the centre-right Liberals in the Aston by-election, held over the weekend, was brutally honest and sarcastic. For example, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, commenting on the spectacular win of the centre-left Labor candidate, said that voters disliked the Coalition’s negativity and that the vote was supportive of the…
Does the Liberal Party Need to ‘Listen’ or Stand by Its Values?
Commentary The political commentary after the defeat of the centre-right Liberals in the Aston by-election, held over the weekend, was brutally honest and sarcastic. For example, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, commenting on the spectacular win of the centre-left Labor candidate, said that voters disliked the Coalition’s negativity and that the vote was supportive of the…
What Must the Liberals Do to Rebuild?
Commentary The loss of the federal seat of Aston by the centre-right Liberal party is, unfortunately, simply the latest chapter in a saga of defeat and decline. Consider the record. In the past few years, the Liberals have lost government in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales. They have also failed to…
What the Liberal Party Must Do to Rebuild
Commentary The loss of the federal seat of Aston by the centre-right Liberal Party is, unfortunately, simply the latest chapter in a saga of defeat and decline. Consider the record. In the past few years, the Liberals have lost government in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales. They have also failed to…
Moira Deeming Expulsion Push Based on Serious Errors
Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming, who is facing a controversial move by the Victorian Liberal party to expel her, has said that she believes a dossier provided to the Victorian party leaders on her involvement in a controversial women’s rights protest contained several “serious errors.” Deeming spoke at the Melbourne “Let Women Speak” rally, which…
3 Male Candidates Dropped as State Leader Intervenes to Secure Gender Parity for State Election
New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet has intervened to get three Liberal Party women into the state’s upper house by dropping three male MPs to guarantee equal numbers of both gender on the ticket for the state election in March 2023. After what appears like a deal brokered between party factions on Dec. 22, sitting…
Queensland’s Bid to Replace ‘Maternity Leave’ With ‘Birth-Related Leave’ Under Scrutiny
The Queensland government is facing mounting pushback for its attempt to remove the terms ‘maternity leave and ‘her’ and replace them with gender-neutral languages like ‘long birth-related leave’ and ‘the pregnant employee.’ The criticism comes over four months after Anastasia Palaczcuk introduced several amendments to the Labor government’s Industrial Relations Act 2016, which passed parliament…
‘Maternity Leave’ Jettisoned for ‘Birth-Related Leave’ in Queensland, Australia
Queensland employers will no longer be allowed to use the terms “maternity leave” or “her” and will instead be forced to adopt gender-neutral terms “long birth-related leave” and “pregnant employee.” Criticism has been ongoing for months after the Palaszczuk government introduced several amendments to the state’s Industrial Relations Act 2016. The new provisions aim to promote…
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