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- Labor's bid for local control, The Australian
- Advocates of a nanny state assume we are all children, Courier Mail
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- Indifference to regulatory price rises a problem, Australian Financial Review
Tag Archives: Nanny State
Advocates of a nanny state assume we are all children, Courier Mail
Nanny state critics understand that incremental attacks on our freedom to choose are single steps down a longer road to remove individual choice and responsibility. In these pages last week Paul Williams attacked the rising groundswell of Australians who are … Continue reading
Fat chance scare tactics will trim us, Courier-Mail
In yesterday’s Courier-Mail, a senior Queensland health bureaucrat proposed graphic health warning labels be put on sugary, fatty and salty foods to help tackle obesity. The assumption behind using such labels is that because they worked in cutting smoking rates, … Continue reading
Oh no! Australia not leading the world in nanny statism!
An opinion article in the Fairfax press criticises the failure to replicate the tactics used to cut tobacco consumption on sugary and fatty foods and drinks. First up the public health activists want new taxes on sugary drinks, and they’re using … Continue reading
I’ll bet we can’t ban banning politicians
Independent Fun Police Senator Nick Xenophon has clearly decided to out-do Julia Gillard in spectacular announcements this election cycle. According to the Senator: “Betting on elections should be banned“. He’s clearly been seeking inspiration from some of the stupid bans listed … Continue reading
Both sides of politics should cease nanny-state meddling, The Australian
Stopping the assault on people’s freedom requires an attitudinal change to the role of government. Last week Nick Cater wrote on this page, in “Do-gooder laws nothing but a drag” (January 3), about the dodgy social economics of anti-tobacco advocates … Continue reading
