A new study found that a significant minority – around a third- of the Australian population are against public breastfeeding. The group most opposed to it were 18 to 24 year olds.
Aren’t the young supposed to be cool, easy-going, and not hung up with old fashioned moralism? Not when it has something to do with [...]
The Australian Federal Government is regulating the child care industry into the ground (I’ve noted this before).
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As of September 1 2009, it’s even worse.
New regulations coming into force allow bureaucrats to fine child care centres $44,000 for a mistake, including mis-spellings when entering the computer, and $22,000 for individuals.
Yep, that’s right… workers who [...]
The way people talk, you’d think that there are only two options for a health care system in a civilized society:
1) public health care, as found in, say, Britain, run by the government; health care is basically free;
2) private health care using insurance companies and privately run hospitals, as found in the united states.
People [...]
The fundamental problem with the abortion debate is that both sides think they are motivated by the welfare of citizens, while their opponents are motivated by sexual politics.
Take the pro-life position.
Here we have people who believe that abortion is murder. That’s the argument they put forward, that’s the slogan they put on signs. Their basic [...]
I was homeless a time several years ago. I never had to sleep on a park bench or find a derelict building, but I did sleep on the floor of a relative’s place for a few weeks, then moved to the floor of a friend’s place. It worked out in the end: I found a [...]
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