Labor Is Using Your Taxes to Fund Radical Gender Treatments – Here’s Why It Must Stop

The Australian government is using taxpayer dollars to fund gender treatments, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries—even for children. While other nations are banning these procedures due to serious risks, Labor has stalled, allowing public funding to continue for at least three more years. The Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance is fighting back to end taxpayer-funded gender ideology and hold the government accountable. It’s time to stop Labor’s reckless spending.

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Brian Marlow
Trump’s Tariff Gambit: How Economic Pressure Could Recalibrate the West

Trump’s latest tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China aren’t just about trade—they’re a political weapon. By pressuring left-wing leaders like Trudeau, Albanese, and Starmer, Trump is pushing for regime change in key Western nations. The strategy is clear: economic strain until allies align with US interests. Social media was phase one; now, economic leverage is accelerating the transformation of the West.

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Brian Marlow
Economic analysis of 2023/24 budget

The government gets one star for allowing the 2022/23 budget balance to improve to a cash surplus (small fiscal deficit), but this budget includes yet more tax and spending and a disappointing lack of serious reform, and the 2023/24 deficit was unnecessary and inappropriate.

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Defending the UK tax cuts

The UK has a new government, and one of their first steps has been to reverse some planned tax increases and make other tax cuts. Great news for British taxpayers and the broader UK economy, but it has sparked controversy as the usual crowd of big-government apologists condemn any policy that reduces the power of politicians.

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John HumphreysComment
Interest rates & recession

Fundamentally, the issues of inflation and recession must be addressed with different types of policy. Inflation can only be addressed through more responsible macroeconomic policy, while sustainable economic prosperity can only be achieved through microeconomic reform that boosts productivity.

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Declining real wages

One of the defining features of the economy over the last year has been the decline in real wages. Nominal wages have increased by 2.6%, but consumer prices have increased by 6.1%. The sad reality is that many working Australians are getting poorer.

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