The Libertarian Party is going to mount a High Court challenge against the Albanese authoritarian government's undemocratic online censorship laws due on 10th. December. The hearing, if granted, will be after the 10th - January to March next year - but there will be so much chaos (Albanese admits it's not "perfect") that the whole nasty business will be thrown into the disarray it deserves.

I suppose being Libertarian means you haven't left home yet to go & earn a living !

I wonder what, if anything, Libertarian leader John Ruddick, member of the Victorian parliament, is doing about the state's hard left government's decision to override farmers' private property rights and allow windmill and pylon builders - including foreigners - to enter farms without the permission of the farmers.

The author makes some interesting points, but I think the main tension in political debate in democracies like Australia is not between personal freedom and Hobbesian-style authoritarianism, but between the individual and the collective interest. And while it is true that the most successful states are those that respect liberty, they do not do so in the absolutist sense that libertarians advocate. Rather, they are countries that get the balance right between personal liberty and collective responsibility. Countries such as Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland most often top global rankings of living standards – and usually fare far better than the USA, which the author lauds - precisely because they deliver both personal freedom and collective support and protections. Australia usually ranks well for the same reasons. I would much rather live here than the USA.