As prime minister, Kevin Rudd (now former Ambassador to the US) in his 2009 Monthly article said,
"Neo-liberal economic philosophy has its roots in the theories of Hayek and von Mises" and "Neo-liberals such as Alan Moran ... blahblahblah".
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Only a genuine buffoon makes such a connection but:-
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Thank You Kevin Read here (if you wish)
Here come the economy-crushing climate measures
Australia backs International Court of Justice climate ruling
Spectator Australia, 27 May 2026
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Last week, the 193-member UN General Assembly backed economy-crushing climate measures that seek to replace hydrocarbons with the fairy dust of wind and solar.
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Endorsing the ‘legally binding’ 2015 Paris Agreement, representatives of nations at the UN approved an International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that countries failing to protect the planet from climate change may be in violation of international law. The ICJ President described supposed human-induced climate change as ‘an existential problem of planetary proportions that imperils all forms of life and the very health of our planet’. ..... Read online .....pdf
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The address from the Monaro
Spectator Australia, 18 May 202​6​
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Watching Angus Taylor’s response to the Budget on Thursday night, many would have wondered why his policy framework of lowering immigration, cost reductions, paring of regulation, and income tax indexation policies haven’t been central to the Coalition’s agenda over the past 10 years.
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Of course, the key reason for the change is the rise in One Nation’s popularity.
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Immigration aside, the about-face is driven by a rejection of the renewable energy policies that have come to dominate the economy over the past quarter-century.