30 Jan Senator Paterson on advancing liberty at LibertyFest 2018
Senator Paterson spoke at LibertyFest 2018 in Brisbane about strategies to advance liberty....
Media
14 Jan Superannuation system must not punish the young
James Paterson -- The Australian Financial Review -- 14 January 2019 Young Australians are poorly served by a superannuation system that shamefully favours the interests of providers over consumers. That's why the Productivity Commission's call for reform is so compelling. Like many young people, I worked a...
01 Jan Marise Payne joins outcry at jailing of Canadians
Primrose Riordan -- The Australian -- 1 January 2019 The chair of parliament’s intelligence and security committee, Andrew Hastie, says the detention of two Canadians in China vindicates those who advocated against Australia ratifying an extradition treaty with Beijing. Mr Hastie’s intervention came as Foreign Minister Marise...
31 Oct Senator Paterson talks religious freedom in education on Sky News
Senator Paterson joined Sky News' Tom Connell to talk about religious freedom in education, government research grants, and Australia’s embassy in Israel....
31 Oct PM in swipe at Indonesia over Jerusalem embassy
Simon Benson and Primrose Riorden -- The Australian -- 31 October 2018 Scott Morrison has hit back at Indonesia, warning he would not be dictated to on foreign policy by another country, after Malcolm Turnbull said the decision to consider moving Australia’s embassy in Israel from...
29 Oct Bid to end wacky uni research
Jack Houghton -- Daily Telegraph -- 29 October 2018 Millions of tax dollars allocated for "wacky" research projects has prompted a call for greater government oversight in the grants process. Former education minister Simon Birmingham was forced to step in and ban 11 projects from being funded...
26 Oct TEQSA will investigate university freedom of speech
Tim Dodd -- The Australian -- 25/10/2018 The national higher education regulator TEQSA will investigate whether universities are restricting freedom of speech through their policies. Nicholas Saunders, who chairs the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, told a Senate estimates committee last night that “while equity and...
25 Oct Senator Paterson commends the rejection of funding to wacky academic studies
Senator Paterson commends former education minister Simon Birmingham for stopping taxpayers money being used to fund a host of wacky academic studies....
25 Oct University regulator: It’s not ok for universities to charge students security fees
Senator Paterson asks the head of Australia's Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, Nicholas Saunders, whether it's ok for universities to charge students security fees when they organise or host events....
19 Oct PM considering embassy move
Gareth Narunski -- Australian Jewish News -- 19 October 2018 Prime Minister Scott Morrison has denied that an announcement to look at moving Australia’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem is motivated by Jewish votes in this weekend’s Wentworth by-election. Morrison announced on Tuesday that the government would...