Lara Jeffery is the director of MyChoice Australia and describes herself as a right-wing libertarian. She’s all about pushing back against the “nanny state”, reducing the size of government and letting the free market do what it does.

Here we discuss how she came to this worldview and how that plays out in relation to education, healthcare, social justice, housing, smoking, the environment and more. We also cover the legacy of Ayn Rand, claiming the moral ground and Uber.

Boundless Plains To Share is coming to Perth Fringeworld for 2 shows only!

I’m bringing a Work In Progress to Fringeworld from Tuesday January 31st

I’m also touring to Adelaide Fringe, Brisbane Comedy Festival & the Melbourne Comedy Festival

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mychoice.org.au

taxpayers.org.au

Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance forum: Women In Politics

Cause of the Week: Students For Liberty Australia & New Zealand (studentsforliberty.org/anz)

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Happy 2017 everyone!

Sally Goldner is the Executive Director of Transgender Victoria, the treasurer of the Bisexual Alliance Victoria and the first ever trans woman to be included on the Victorian Women’s Honour Roll.

Boundless Plains to Share is on this weekend at the Belvoir Theatre, 4 shows only

And Boundless is coming to Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane & Melbourne in the coming months, on sale now

My new stand up show Problematic is coming to Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane & Melbourne, on sale now

My piece for Fairfax: A brand new Dutton-worthy citizenship test, with extra values

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Article: Sally Goldner lands top award for her dedication to transgender advocacy

Article: A ten point guide to not offending transgender people

Cause of the Week: Transgender Victoria (transgendervictoria.com), 3CR (3cr.org.au), Bisexual Alliance Victoria (bi-alliance.org)

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The Greens MP for Melbourne Adam Bandt joined me for the first ever live instalment of LIASYO.

Recorded in Collingwood on Sunday afternoon at the Easy Street Concert Hall in Collingwood, Melbourne, this discussion examines how Adam, the only Greens MP ever elected to the House of Representatives, is feeling at the end of what has been, largely, a shitty year for progressive causes.

An eternal optimist, Adam picks apart Turnbull’s legacy, parliament’s effectiveness, Trumpism, neoliberalism, the future of the Greens and how progressives can get better at winning. He even manages to find some good news in all of this.

AND he tells a great story about getting a voicemail from Tony Abbott. AND he tells us what he admires about Christopher Pyne.

This will be the final ep for the year, I’m going to have a break and cry more and drink beer and get sunburnt and think more about the revolution. Never fear: the show shall return in 2017. Thanks for everything, y’all.

My 2017 stand up show Problematic is coming to Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney

Boundless Plains To Share is coming to Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane & Melbourne

Article: Why First Contact was a ratings opportunity for SBS and a bonanza for bigots by Celeste Liddle

Article: When Indigenous Australia becomes entertainment, everybody loses by Jack Latimore

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Article: People Ask Us Why We Protested In Parliament For Refugees. We Ask, Why Didn’t You? by Mara Bonacci, Sam Castro, Kat Moore & Kerry Woodward

Article: Greens in radical new drug legalisation push by Adam Gartrell

Article: Without some serious soul-searching, the Greens will never move beyond the 10% plateau by Osman Faruqi

Cause of the Week: Sea Shepherd Australia (seashepherd.org.au)

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Nayuka Gorrie returns to unpack Episode 2 of First Contact with me. It’s bloody tough going as the episode looks at overcrowded housing and poverty in the NT town of Elliott and survivors of the Stolen Generation.

What does the airing of this show actually mean for Indigenous Australians? Why do some react to the stories of the Stolen Generation with blatant denialism? How can non-Indigenous people (try to) be better allies?

The World Keeps Happening is being filmed for Stan at the Comedy Theatre this Saturday December 3rd

Watch Episode 2 on SBS On Demand here

“It Throws Black People Under The Bus”: Black Reactions to First Contact by Nayuka & Paul Gorrie

First Contact: Poverty Porn And Trauma TV, With Bonus Celebrities by Amy McQuire

First Contact interview: Ray Martin

StolenGenerationsTestimonies.com

A story on Richard Campbell’s beautiful art is here

Cause of the Week: Indigenous Literacy Foundation (indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au)

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Episode 1 of First Contact has arrived.

The kind Nayuka Gorrie joined me for a viewing of the show and to share her thoughts. We discuss #DefineAboriginal, the difficulty in making a show like this and the issues and attitudes it exposes.

Watch Episode 1 on SBS demand here

Read my piece for Guardian Australia on the show here

Hear my previous episode with Nayuka here

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Check out some discussion of the show from Indigenous voices on the NITV website here

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