Michael Arbon
@arbsmichael
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The truth will set you free.
South Australia
Joined February 2022
Today Senator Babet will table a bill in the federal Senate to fully repeal the rushed and ill-considered under 16s social media ban. There is no doubt social media can harm kids, but prohibition is not the answer. This repeal bill must be supported because the blanket ban
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Australia's blanket social media ban on under 16s begins next month. It's clear that social media can negatively impact children, but a blanket ban is not a solution. History shows that when government claims to be “protecting” us, it often means taking something from us in
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Modern politics and social media have turned some loud voices into trusted ones, even when they shouldn’t be. Alexander Pope put it plainly: "A little learning is a dangerous thing." In front-bar speak: "he's got just enough brains to be dangerous." The Dunning-Kruger effect
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Wrong. The most important things the government can do to make housing more affordable over the long term are: 1. End all taxpayer-funded demand-side stimuli. No more grants, 95% loan guarantees, shared equity schemes, or anything else that inflates demand without adding homes.
The most important thing the federal government can do about the housing crisis is build more affordable homes. And that’s exactly what we’re doing. Through the Housing Australia Future Fund, we’re making a major investment in social and affordable housing. Today we’ve announced
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In mid-2024, @eSafetyOffice Commissioner @tweetinjules pushed back on calls to ban children from social media, comparing it to banning them from the ocean. "We do not fence the ocean or keep children entirely out of the water, but we do create protected swimming environments
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The taxpayer-funded Energy Bill Relief Fund (EBRF) didn’t fix anything, it simply masked the soaring cost of a failed "green" energy transition. Government temporarily propped up its own policies by raiding taxpayers and subsidising electricity bills. When the socialism stops
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There’s a worrying trend in the West today. Our youth are drifting toward an ideology that has undermined individual rights and proven economically destructive wherever it has been tried. A recent survey shows 62% of Americans aged 18–29 now view socialism favourably, and 34%
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A big part of Australia’s economic malaise circles back to the fundamental lack of fiscal responsibility in Canberra. The International Monetary Fund’s latest financial report card has laid bare the Albanese government’s worsening spending and debt problems. The IMF
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Taxes and regulatory costs add substantially to the cost of housing in Australia. - $576,000, or 49 per cent, of the cost of a new house and land package in Sydney is government taxes, regulatory costs and charges. - In Melbourne: 43%, Brisbane: 41%, Perth: 36%, Adelaide: 37%,
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By killing our livestock export industries, the federal government is denying regional businesses and communities a livelihood while doing nothing to promote animal welfare. Excellent piece by @TheIPA
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Good riddance
#BREAKING: Adelaide has lost its bid to host United Nations COP31, despite a three-year campaign to hold the high-profile summit in Adelaide. 📌 READ MORE: https://t.co/sqCeuwVRQ1
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Money has value because we all agree to trust it, despite history showing that trust can wane. We keep using it because it makes trade effortless, and effortless trade makes life better. Early Australia didn’t have that luxury. New South Wales ran on barter and rum until Spanish
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Far too often, people slip into exaggeration, lies, and convenient omissions. Sometimes it’s laziness, but often it’s just for attention. They forget one simple thing: the truth is bad enough. It doesn’t need dressing up. It just needs telling.
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