Australia
Australia's Libertarian Senator Won't Seek Re-election
David Leyonhjelm will pursue state office instead to fight restrictive, nannying laws.
You Can't Have #MeToo Without Free Speech. Just Ask Australians.
Due to the country's terrible libel laws, Yael Stone's accusation against Geoffrey Rush could put her at risk of a lawsuit.
Australians Should Defy Their Government's Poorly Considered Surveillance State
Australians who want to protect their data from surveillance now need to turn to extra-legal means.
Congratulations, Australian Government! You've Just Destroyed the World's Data Privacy!
Parliament passes a bill at the last possible moment to give officials the power to weaken encryption.
Australian State Government Accuses Light Rail Contractor of Incompetence, Then Gives it Another Multi-Million-Dollar Contract
Sydney's light rail extension is a year behind schedule and almost $500 million over budget.
In 2012 Analysts Warned Australian Light Rail Line Would Be a Huge Boondoggle. The Government Buried the Report. Now Taxpayers Are Paying the Price.
Sydney's new light rail line is over budget, overdue, and the target of multiple lawsuits.
Australia Chosen as the Battleground to Try to Destroy Your Data Privacy
Draft legislation would force tech companies to compromise encryption at the government's demand.
Chelsea Manning's Espionage Conviction Gets Her Barred From Australia
The Australian government previously banned Snoop Dogg for failing to meet the standards of a character test.
Bad Stats Are Being Used to Push Straw Bans in Australia, Britain, and Canada
The United States does not have a monopoly on poorly sourced statistics.
Australia Attempts to Fight Tobacco Black Markets by Banning Large Cash Transactions
This will hurt innocent people. It may harm legal businesses. And it won't actually work.
Australians Want Light Rail Contractor to Quit Climate Crusade, Get Back to Building Overbudget, Overdue Light Rail Line
The Spanish firm Acciona greenwashes a troubled light rail extension.
Media Reports Australians 'Handed In' 57,000 Guns Last Year; 37,000 of Them Essentially Handed Right Back
Australia's lauded 1996 gun buyback also likely had no real effect on its gun death rates.
This Sociology Professor Insists Australia Isn't a Country and Failed a Student For Saying Otherwise
"Australia is a continent; it is not a country."
Australian Voters Say Yes to Gay Marriage Recognition (But There's More to Come)
Nearly two-thirds give a thumb's up, but Parliament still needs to act.
Legal Gay Marriages Begin in Germany; Australia Gets Mired in a Messy Referendum
A tale of two parliaments
In Australia, as Renewables Surge the Price of Electricity Doubles
Activist happy talk that transitioning to renewables will be cheap is entirely specious.
Australian Leader's Stupid Quote About Laws Trumping Math Is Encryption Fight in a Nutshell
Government authorities refuse to consider uncontrollable, dangerous consequences of breaking data privacy.
Millennials, Permissionless Innovation, and the Libertarian Future
Nick Gillespie tells Australia's "The Rational Rise" why he's bullish about the prospects for freedom in the 21st century.
Nick Gillespie: Libertarians Have Won the Culture Wars, Even Though Universities Are "Constipated, Stultified"
Interesting discussion from Australia's Friedman conference with Claire Lehmann of Quillette.com.
Australian Police Admit Illegally Snooping on Journalist
Country requires companies to collect and store mass amounts of citizen metadata. Abuses are inevitable.
Australian State Parliament Formally Deems Trump a 'Revolting Slug'
The motion passed without opposition.
Backpackers in Australia to Carry Weight of New Tax
Government moves forward with 19 percent tax on working travelers.
Australians Probably Won't Have Public Vote on Recognizing Gay Marriages
Left-leaning parties and supporters want the Parliament to make it happen.
Australia Will Not See Its Second Libertarian Senator
Buckley loses out to a populist, protectionist uprising.
Begun the War Between Jedis and Atheists Has, in Australia
"Jedis" are rapidly increasing in Oz, which pisses off non-believers for some good and bad reasons.
Australians May Elect a Second Libertarian Senator
Meet Gabriel Buckley, free market anarchist and rock guitarist.
Australia's Gun 'Buyback' Created a Violent Firearms Black Market. Why Should the U.S. Do the Same?
With years of increasing domestic peace behind us, Americans should avoid policies that seem designed to empower organized crime.
For Gun Control Supporters, Japan's High Suicide Rate Is Much Less Interesting Than Its Low Homicide Rate
A Vox post about Australia highlights declines in suicide, a subject that a post about Japan does not even mention.
Hillary Clinton and Gun Buybacks
There's little chance of Australia's model coming to the states.
Does Hillary Clinton Want Your Guns?
The Democratic presidential candidate thinks Australia's mass confiscation of firearms "is a good example."
Hillary Clinton Willing to Look Into a Second Amendment-Less America, Like Australia
These anti-gun positions haven't traditionally done the Democratic Party much good.
Australian Court Rejects Dallas Buyers Club Studio's Attempt at Speculative Invoicing
Says Internet users who download the film illegally can only be asked to pay the cost of a legal download.
Australia's Parliament Won't Vote for Gay Marriage, But Its Citizens Might
Prime minister successfully blocks efforts to allow MPs to vote how they choose.
