https://www.liberaltimes.com.au We Live in Liberal Times Wed, 16 Mar 2016 22:17:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.liberaltimes.com.au/content/2018/09/logo-square-100x100.png https://www.liberaltimes.com.au 32 32 https://www.liberaltimes.com.au/2015/07/government-announces-emissions-reduction-target/ Wed, 15 Jul 2015 09:08:48 +0000 http://www.liberaltimes.com.au/?p=844 The Abbott government today announced Australia's 2025 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target to be -5%.]]> https://www.liberaltimes.com.au/2015/07/abbott-goes-nuclear-in-war-on-error/ Fri, 10 Jul 2015 16:28:25 +0000 http://www.liberaltimes.com.au/?p=828 Tony Abbott has escalated his targeting of the ABC, suggesting that a nuclear strike is not out of the question.]]> https://www.liberaltimes.com.au/2015/06/government-to-stop-piracy-by-blocking-entire-internet/ Tue, 23 Jun 2015 04:20:24 +0000 http://www.liberaltimes.com.au/?p=819 The Labor party has backed a move by the government to curb piracy by blocking the entire internet.]]> https://www.liberaltimes.com.au/2015/06/hockey-encourages-youth-to-create-paradoxes/ Sat, 13 Jun 2015 18:38:41 +0000 http://www.liberaltimes.com.au/?p=807 Treasurer Joe Hockey has come under fire for encouraging young people to create temporal paradoxes.]]> https://www.liberaltimes.com.au/2015/02/abbott-cops-to-good-government-bad-government-ploy/ Wed, 11 Feb 2015 08:33:09 +0000 http://www.liberaltimes.com.au/?p=782 Tony Abbott has admitted that the Liberals have been employing a "Good Government/Bad Government" routine on the people of Australia.]]> https://www.liberaltimes.com.au/2015/02/pm-rejects-ice-bucket-leadership-challenge/ Tue, 03 Feb 2015 07:06:13 +0000 http://www.liberaltimes.com.au/?p=764 Despite growing concerns, Mr Abbott has rejected the need to respond to a supposed "Ice Bucket Leadership Challenge" video from Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.]]> https://www.liberaltimes.com.au/2015/01/abbott-awards-knighthood-pope/ Thu, 29 Jan 2015 07:27:27 +0000 http://www.liberaltimes.com.au/?p=733 Prime Minister Tony Abbott has courted controversy by awarding a knighthood to the infallible head of the Roman Catholic Church and earthly representative of God.]]> https://www.liberaltimes.com.au/2014/12/abbott-dances-the-cabinet-shuffle/ Mon, 22 Dec 2014 07:31:31 +0000 http://www.liberaltimes.com.au/?p=707 Prime Minister Tony Abbott has sought to reinvigorate his party with an end-of-year cabinet shuffle.]]> https://www.liberaltimes.com.au/2014/12/abbott-imagines-no-environment/ Mon, 15 Dec 2014 07:08:27 +0000 http://www.liberaltimes.com.au/?p=697 Although Prime Minister Tony Abbott is not attending the Lima climate talks in person, he has nonetheless made a big impression there by declaring his disbelief in the environment.]]> https://www.liberaltimes.com.au/2014/11/george-brandis-entirely-redacted/ Sun, 30 Nov 2014 01:25:50 +0000 http://www.liberaltimes.com.au/?p=686 Following his refusal to answer questions in parliament, Attorney General George Brandis has taken the unusual step of redacting himself entirely.]]> https://www.liberaltimes.com.au/2014/11/libs-raise-profile-opposite-day/ Fri, 21 Nov 2014 05:00:14 +0000 http://www.liberaltimes.com.au/?p=672 The Liberal party has announced a campaign to raise public awareness of Opposite Day, celebrated nationally each year on the 6th of September.]]> https://www.liberaltimes.com.au/2014/11/removal-carbon-tax-bolsters-flagging-emission-levels/ Wed, 12 Nov 2014 01:13:04 +0000 http://www.liberaltimes.com.au/?p=643 The Liberal government's repeal of the carbon tax seems to be having the desired effect, with a record rise in emissions predicted this financial year.]]> https://www.liberaltimes.com.au/2014/11/libs-improve-housing-availability-by-increasing-homelessness/ Wed, 05 Nov 2014 03:08:18 +0000 http://www.liberaltimes.com.au/?p=625 The government has revealed that recent policy moves are part of a plan to improve the availability of affordable housing by forcing more people into homelessness.]]> https://www.liberaltimes.com.au/2014/10/joyces-staff-assure-his-place-in-history/ Tue, 28 Oct 2014 03:46:22 +0000 http://www.liberaltimes.com.au/?p=629 Members of Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce's staff attempt to alter history by changing Hansard records without his knowledge.]]> https://www.liberaltimes.com.au/2014/10/cormann-publishes-taxonomy-of-girlie-men/ Tue, 21 Oct 2014 07:40:55 +0000 http://www.liberaltimes.com.au/?p=606 Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has added another string to his bow with the publication of a formal treatise on the taxonomic categorisation of Girlie Men.]]> https://www.liberaltimes.com.au/2014/10/silent-movie-villain-syndrome/ Mon, 20 Oct 2014 01:47:41 +0000 http://www.liberaltimes.com.au/?p=603 Here we see Mathias Cormann, Joe Hockey, Tony Abbott and Warren Truss, the members of the Expenditure Review Committee who will meet in mid November to decide the ABC’s fate. What’s worrying about this photo is that all four are already well on the way towards turning into moustache-twirling silent movie villains. It’s no longer […]]]> https://www.liberaltimes.com.au/2014/10/abbott-touts-big-future-australian-coal/ Thu, 16 Oct 2014 05:18:20 +0000 http://www.liberaltimes.com.au/?p=550 Prime Minister Tony Abbott has given a passionate speech touting the many benefits of coal at the opening of the $3.9 billion Caval Ridge Mine in Central Queensland.]]> https://www.liberaltimes.com.au/2014/10/abbotts-negative-energy-explosion/ Wed, 15 Oct 2014 00:41:42 +0000 http://www.liberaltimes.com.au/?p=600 It’s a little known fact that all that hand-shaking isn’t just for show: politicians must regularly shake hands in order to discharge any build-up of negative political energy in their bodies, or risk a potentially catastrophic meltdown. Unfortunately, Tony Abbott skipping the UN Climate Summit in September caused a major build-up and it’s now resulted […]]]> https://www.liberaltimes.com.au/2014/10/asio-insists-new-laws-give-it-too-much-power/ Fri, 03 Oct 2014 00:55:34 +0000 http://www.liberaltimes.com.au/?p=531 The head of ASIO has stated that while he appreciated the additional powers granted by the recent National Security Amendment Bill, he was concerned that they went too far.]]> https://www.liberaltimes.com.au/2014/09/abc-replace-current-affairs-friends/ Thu, 25 Sep 2014 07:13:46 +0000 http://www.liberaltimes.com.au/?p=520 The ABC has announced that it will be replacing most of its current affairs programming with re-runs of old Friends episodes in order to meet its budget cut obligations.]]>