Emilie Dye
Australia Falls Back Into Arbitrary Restrictions as Omicron Emerges
When I saw headlines announcing omicron, the newly emerged "worst ever" variant of COVID-19, my heart sank—not because I was worried for...
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Emilie Dye
- Sep 14, 2021
- 3 min
The Dangerous Dream of Zero COVID in Australia
We often hear that "if it saves just one life, it must be worth it," no matter the cost. But COVID lockdowns have a considerable cost—not...
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Jason Reed and Emilie Dye
- Aug 12, 2021
- 3 min
A tax-and-ban strategy won’t help tackle obesity – as Britain shows
Gyms may be closed thanks to lockdowns, but that hasn’t stopped the Australian government from lecturing its citizens about our...
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Emilie Dye
- Aug 11, 2021
- 3 min
Banning Free Porn Won't Make It All Go Away
After rudely booting Brandi Love from a Turning Point US event, the purity squad has decided to try cancelling porn altogether. According...
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Emilie Dye
- Jul 23, 2021
- 4 min
While the world moves on, Australians remain locked up with little hope.
Australians haven’t been let out of their kennel for so long most of us don’t realise the rest of the world is moving on from Covid-19....
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Emilie Dye
- Jul 5, 2021
- 3 min
Is Fulton v the City of Philadelphia Really a Win for Freedom of Religion?
Many are heralding the Supreme Court’s decision in Fulton v Philadelphia as a win for freedom of religion when in fact it is just the...
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Emilie Dye
- May 6, 2021
- 3 min
A gas vehicle ban would leave us stuck in the slow lane
A Senate Democrat recently began pushing the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the sale of new, gas-powered vehicles by 2035 as a...
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Emilie Dye
- Apr 30, 2021
- 3 min
Add up all the charges and fees, and the tax system’s not progressive
Australia has a habit of collecting new taxes without retiring old ones. As a consequence, once all the taxes on earnings, consumption...
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Emilie Dye
- Apr 26, 2021
- 3 min
How much do you really pay in tax?
Income tax is easy to calculate. But filing your taxes and sending your dues the ATO is only the beginning. Australians are taxed not only
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Emilie Dye
- Apr 2, 2021
- 4 min
Dear CDC, Please Stop Extending the Eviction Moratorium
No one likes to think about people being unable to pay rent and losing their homes.
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Emilie Dye
- Mar 10, 2021
- 3 min
An aged care levy would do more harm than good
Following the release of the report of the royal commission into aged care, to government has gotten too trigger happy for new taxes.
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Emilie Dye
- Feb 18, 2021
- 1 min
Why shouldn’t Facebook block news?
Facebook warned us in September that they would block news. Today they have followed through on their word and you can no longer read or...
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Emilie Dye
- Feb 15, 2021
- 3 min
JobKeeper is no substitute for job creating policies
Good parents tell their children, “money does not grow on trees”. Unfortunately, some people did not get the memo and reached adulthood...
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Emilie Dye
- Jan 31, 2021
- 3 min
Let Them Vape Cake
I am a 24-year-old, and I love flavored vapes—grape, chocolate caramel ice cream, and watermelon, to be precise.
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Emilie Dye
- Jan 29, 2021
- 3 min
Bitcoin May Be the New Gold
Last January, you could buy a bitcoin for less than $9,000 — that's roughly the downpayment on a 2018 Ford F-150. Today...
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Emilie Dye
- Jan 4, 2021
- 3 min
Tell Chicken Little to go home and stop making policy
In a state with 8 million people in a city of 5 million, 49 locals this week contracted a virus with a survival rate of 99.3 per cent. On Mo
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Emilie Dye
- Dec 20, 2020
- 3 min
Santa Claws at your cash
The Australian government isn’t into the Christmas spirit, taking when all we want is the gift of a fair go.
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Emilie Dye
- Dec 10, 2020
- 2 min
Making users crims doesn’t help anyone
In 1935, Australian settlers introduced cane toads to Queensland to control the cane beetles in sugarcane fields.
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Emilie Dye
- Nov 24, 2020
- 2 min
NSW budget blazes the trail for post-covid economic reform
These historic changes will help millions of Australians achieve their financial goals.
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Emilie Dye
- Nov 20, 2020
- 3 min
The Death Penalty Doesn’t Justify Itself
The federal government has made its list and checked it twice. In October 2007, a Kansas City court found Lisa Montgomery guilty of murder.
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