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13 Oct Big nanny is coming for your cheap drink
James Paterson -- Daily Telegraph -- 13 October 2017 Australia’s public health industry is once again pushing a nanny state agenda that will hurt low income Australians already struggling with cost of living pressures. The latest initiative, proposed at the Global Alcohol Policy Conference in Melbourne last...
09 Oct Sugar tax is an argument that carries little weight
James Paterson -- Herald Sun -- 9 October 2017 Australians are struggling with energy prices and a high cost of living. But that doesn’t stop so-called public health experts from constantly proposing new taxes. The latest example is the Obesity Policy Coalition (OPC), whose Tipping the Scales...
04 Oct Individual Liberty and a Prosperous Society
James Paterson -- Personal & Political -- 4 October 2010 The Liberal Party is a broad church. It contains people who call themselves conservatives, people who call themselves libertarians, and people who just call themselves Liberals. Each of these labels represents a school of thought on...
29 Sep ACTU boss Sally McManus admits she doesn’t know about Bob Hawke’s deregistration of the BLF
Tom Minear -- Herald Sun -- 29 September 2017 Australia's most senior unionist has admitted she had no idea about Bob Hawke’s historic decision to deregister a union which was the forerunner to the CFMEU. Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Sally McManus was this morning quizzed...
28 Sep The fight for VSU is a fight for free speech
James Paterson -- The Sydney Tory -- 28 September 2017 Australia is experiencing a worrying growth of hostility towards free speech. Nowhere is this worse than on university campuses, where the current generation of student politicians are importing divisive ideas about race and gender from the...
22 Sep Britain right to ditch ‘antiquated’ EU and seek new global trade, says Australian senator
Nick Gutteridge -- Daily Express -- 22 September, 2017 BRITAIN will be able to seize “huge opportunities” around the world including a pioneering new free trade agreement between Commonwealth countries now that it is leaving the EU, an Australian senator said today. James Paterson, who is leading advocate of...
21 Sep ‘We’d NEVER accept it’ Australian senator says Britain is RIGHT to quit ‘undemocratic’ EU
Nick Gutteridge -- Daily Express -- 21 September, 2017 BRITAIN has made the right decision to quit the “undemocratic” European Union which imposes a loss of sovereignty other countries would not accept “in a million years”, a leading Australian politician said today. Senator James Paterson told express.co.uk...
18 Sep IR: First the rule of law, now for stable contracts
James Paterson -- Australian Financial Review -- 18 September 2017 Restoring the rule of law to our industrial relations system has been one of the signature achievements of the Turnbull government. Now is the time to build on that success with wider reforms to increase the efficiency...