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In praise of Australia's Liberal Democrats

Far from being dismissed, David Leyonhjelm may spark a genuine libertarian renaissance

21 September 2013

9:00 AM

21 September 2013

9:00 AM

Anyone of good sense, or with a political sensibility placing them to the right of Lenin, couldn’t help but celebrate on Saturday 7 September. Electoral defeat of a disintegrating and duplicitous Labor government was a glorious event. But for Australians whose souls burn with the flame of liberty, that day delivered an additional and more important victory: the election of David Leyonhjelm to the senate.

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