Posts Tagged ‘Libertarianism’

Has Joe Hockey Missed the Point on Human Rights?

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

In a recent speech to the Grattan Institute in Melbourne, Federal Opposition Treasury spokesman Joe Hockey argues why he’s a true believer in individual rights but wont support a Bill of Human Rights in Australia (extract from the Australian here). What struck me most upon reading this was the inherent contradiction in his position, a [...]