Ideas@The Centre 40 2012
Vol. 10 No. 40 (October, 2012) Freedom Quote of the Week'The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern. The law of liberty tends to abolish the reign of race over race, of faith over faith, of class over class'.
— Lord Acton
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The right to drink
| 12 Oct 2012
Not everyone behaves responsibly when consuming alcohol, and some restrictions on alcohol are arguably necessary for a civil society to exist.
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Abusing the logic of human rights
| 12 Oct 2012
Parents of school-aged children who will be moved from Parenting Payment to Newstart Allowance are not victims of human rights abuse.
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The dangerous idea of abolishing private schools
| 12 Oct 2012
Abolishing private schools is a dangerous idea.
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Fiscal discipline isn’t austerity but good government
| 12 Oct 2012
Demonising austerity will result in a continuation of the reckless government-funded spending spree.
