Australian Liberty Network

16/06/2022

Hi everyone,

For those of you who have been following Australian Liberty Network or the Gumtree of Liberty podcast, we would like to thank you for your ongoing support. However, with some of our staff leaving, we sadly have to announce that we are shutting down.

Thanks all for your support

14/06/2022

"These figures suggest that the Liberal Party's voter base is trending away from that of the Liberal Party of Menzies and Howard, with the Labor Party similarly moving away from Hawke and Keating"

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https://australianliberty.network/news/liberal-households-earn-less-than-labor/

10/06/2022

So John Barilaro won his defamation case against Google, but is it all over yet? And why did the judge award him almost $750,000? Find out the answers to those questions and more in our breakdown of the case.

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This verdict comes after over one and a half years of defamation, political battles, and legal proceedings, and at a time when defamation is a popular topic of discussion

09/06/2022

"Former NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro has been awarded a $715,000 payout from Google in a court decision that has wider implications for social media and tech platforms operating in Australia."

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Former NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro has been awarded a $715,000 payout in a court decision that has wider implications for social media and tech platforms operating in Australia.

05/06/2022

As with many things in Australian politics, the answer to the question 'does the Prime Minister need to sit in the House of Representatives?' is 'yes, but actually no'

LIBERTY REVIEW from Stuart/LibertyDownUnder

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The following day, Gorton was sworn in as Prime Minister. But there was just one problem: Gorton was a Senator

03/06/2022

Some of the best movies ever made were Anti-Authoritarian.

From RoboCop to Minority Report, we made a list of the Top 5 cult classics that predicted the rise of tyranny.

What's your favourite freedom flick?

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The new generation of films exploring themes of totalitarianism would be genre films. These films would be more accessible, delivered in easy to digest packaging like action, sci-fi and satire. Many of them would receive mixed reactions on release, but would go on to be cult hits, lasting the test o...

29/05/2022

"With the Greens expected to have 12 Senate seats, 3 up from their 9 before the election, it seems that Queensland and Victoria will be at the front of the “Green wave” in Australia."

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With the Greens expected to have 12 Senate seats, it seems that Queensland and Victoria will be at the front of the "Green wave" in Australia.

21/05/2022

We will be continuing our coverage of Australia Decides 2022 with an election night live stream on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter in just under two hours, hosted by CentristOzzy and with political analysis from Stuart Jeffery!

Join us as we continue our coverage of the election on election night, from 6pm AEST/4pm AWST.

14/05/2022

"Although Australia possesses a written constitution, there is no constitutional bill of rights, with rights instead found in legislation and judicial precedent."

In this article from The Australian Government series, Stuart discusses the court hierarchy, the right to trial by jury, and how the common law system works.

Read here: https://australianliberty.network/liberty-review/the-australian-government-13-the-judiciary/

10/05/2022

Did you know that the immunity of the Crown means that the monarch cannot be tried for treason, which meant that it was legally impossible to try King Charles I for treason after the English Civil War?

In this article from The Australian Government series, we look at the various powers of the executive branch of the Australian government. But because our constitutional framers didn't include much about it in the constitution, the powers have to be inferred by the High Court, so this is going to be a more complex article.

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The immunity of the Crown means that the monarch cannot be tried for treason, which meant that it was legally impossible to try King Charles I for treason

27/04/2022

"The deal has been met with mixed reactions, with some fearing that Musk’s approach to free speech will lead to malevolent influence from foreign actors, as well as increased levels of online bigotry and harassment."

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Elon Musk's attempt to buy the social media giant Twitter inc has been approved by the Twitter board who accepted the Tesla founder's offer on Monday, April 25, 2022.

12/04/2022

“Earlier today I made a mistake. I am human. But when I make a mistake, I’ll fess up to it and I will set about correcting that mistake,” Albanese said.

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Earlier today I made a mistake. I am human. But when I make a mistake, I’ll fess up to it and I will set about correcting that mistake,” Albanese said.