Freedom Quote of the Week
'Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of government is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is the history of the limitation of government, not the increase of it.'
— Woodrow Wilson
Like Australia, Indonesia looks to China for its economic growth and to America for security. How Jakarta handles this will determine its strategic role in the region.
Australia has obviously changed over the past 140 years, but perhaps not quite as much as we think.
Restricting non-government spending without controlling government advertising would further imbalance the political system in favour of the state.