Monday, May 20, 2024

Taking away basic rights in Western Australia

 I'm honoured that my opinion piece was quoted in the West Australian State Parliament by Hon Louise Kingston MLC.

The bill before State Parliament is truly a wolf in sheep's clothing.

It will affect all Western Australians, not just a few as the government would have us believe.

It will take away the right to remain silent and it will make licenses contingent upon a person's beliefs, attitudes, and views.

This is a truly horrible bill that winds back every democratic reform we've had since Magna Carta.

https://youtu.be/RLhvootcWPE?si=l9oiZZmJQUj7rMi6&t=1461

Elon Musk, the Free Speech Revolution, and Solving World Hunger.

Amartya Sen, who won the Nobel Prize for economics for his work on famine, observed that famine does not occur where there is representative...