Annual Conference

A final reminder of the LDP National Conference with Sir Roger Douglas as keynote speaker      

WHEN    Sunday 24th January

WHERE   Balmain Leagues Club, Victoria Road, Rozelle

TIME       2pm

All members and supporters are welcome.

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On Government

You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without  working for, another person must work for, without receiving. The government cannot give anything to anybody that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for; that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it. 

Adrian Rogers, 1931 ..........................Thanks to Jonatan Kelu for this quote

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Out of 10 government employees, probably 2 do useful things...things that we would willingly pay for if they weren't done for us by the government, though we would almost certainly pay less for them than they cost us now. Five others do things that are not worth doing at all - things that are purely wastes of money. And the other three do things that destroy wealth...things that actually make the situation worse. Those three are economists. Or lawyers. Or who-knows-what.

Of course, people in the private sector do stupid things too. But in so doing they use their own money (or money from willing lenders) and do not force others to finance their schemes. 

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Where's Rudd's Axe??

KEVIN RUDD will take "a meat axe" to the bloated public service and end what he calls the Government's culture of secrecy and ministerial unaccountability. .......... SMH 22 Nov 2007

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Tuesday 2nd Feb, 7:15pm    Jo-jo's, Cnr Queen St Mall and Albert St Brisbane

Further details of the meeting place can be found at www.ldpqld.org.           Click on "Meeting"

We are planning to have a stall at the Gold Coast Motorcycle Show. Details to be discussed at the February meeting.

New South Wales

Thursday 18 February, 7:30pm   Drummoyne Sports Club, 2 Hythe St, Drummoyne

Victoria

Wednesday 3 Feb, 7pm   Madame Brussels Level 3, 59-63 Bourke Street Melbourne

South Australia

Wednesday 10 Feb, 8pm   Historian Hotel, 18 Coromandel Place, Adelaide.

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Contributions

Contributions and details of meetings are welcome up to 6pm on the second Friday of each month, after which the newsletter is submitted for editing.

Send to Graham Nickols at secretary@ldp.org.au

Urgent material missing the deadline should be forwarded directly to David Leyonhjelm at treasurer@ldp.org.au

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Liberty Links

Given the size of the LDP a lot of our members aren't able to make it to our state branch meetings. So here's a list of links of websites that may interest you. None of the listed websites are affiliated with the LDP and none of the views expressed represent LDP policy.

Australian Libertarian Society
Catallaxy Files
Free Market.Net
Introduction to libertarianism
CATO Institute
Centre for Independent Studies
Institute for Public Affairs
US Libertarian Party

If you have a link you'd like to appear here email info@ldp.org.au and let us know about it.