With the recent upheaval around the Senate hearing on Personal Choice and Community Impacts or the “Nanny-state” initiated by Liberal Democrat David Leyonhjelm a few things become clear. The ‘left’ have all but vacated the terrain of stemming the overreach of the state. In recent years it’s the whilsteblowers gone public, the Snowdens and Mannings, upon who it has been incumbent to raise the questions of state infringement on freedom.
In Australia, it has taken a libertarian, elected by a combination of good fortune and brand confusion, to ask questions about the overreach of the state. By chance, the formation of the Senate Committee coincided with the releasing of a set of draconian requests by the Parramatta Local Area Command governing the behaviour of Western Sydney Wanderers fans. This added a pronounced class dimension. Continue reading Wanderers Fans ARE a Threat