Unless they have been misreported – and assuming my googling skills haven’t let me down, I don’t think the submission is anywhere online yet – local councils are asking for a big shakeup of liquor licencing practices. Read the rest of this entry »

There is a strand of liberalism or libertarianism that is skeptical of, and sometimes even hostile to immigration. This piece in The Australian by Gaurav Sodhi is a good example, which appears to be a follow up of a 2006 paper that raised some of the cultural and social objections to immigration that are typical of this view. Read the rest of this entry »

In a lengthy essay at Creative Economy, Margaret Simons takes on my criticism of the ABC trying to replicate the already existing commercial and civil society organisations – as well as individuals – that provide ‘town squares’ for public debate. (I spell out my argument here, here and here.) Read the rest of this entry »