• People

John Humphreys is the founder and director of the Australian Libertarian Society. He is an economist with the Centre for Independent Studies and director of the non-profit Human Capital Project.

Terje Petersen is a Sydney based small-businessman, and member of the ALS board. He blogs occasionally at “Thoughts on Freedom”.

Jon Hoyle is an ex hedge fund manager who now runs a Sydney-based finance business, and member of the ALS board. He blogs occasionally at “Thoughts on Freedom”.

Tim Andrews is a previous President of the Australian Liberal Students Federation (ALSF) and member of the ALS board.

Jason Soon is an economic consultant, adjunct scholar at the Centre for Independent Studies, the editor of Catallaxy Files and member of the ALS board.

Sukrit Sabhlok is an Arts/Law student at the University of Melbourne. He manages the ALS bookstore and is editor of the ALS blog “Anti-war libertarian”.

Frank Redpath is the web guy.

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• History

The Australian Libertarian Society (ALS) was founded by John Humphreys in January 2000, and is an organisation dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, free markets and small government. Since 2000 the ALS has been involved in many activities over the years, including media campaigns, publishing discussion papers, producing a newsletter (2000-2002), hosting regular dinners around Australia and helping to bring together an online libertarian community. ALS associates have been involved in counter-protests (receiving national media coverage), the Celebrate Capitalism campaign, interviews with JJJ and the ISIL, political campaigns and various policy debates. Some other campaigns have included involvement in politics, economic reform, peace project, Kyoto campaign, and defending individual rights. In January 2003, on its three year anniversary, the ALS moved to its new home at www.libertarian.org.au and started a blog with continuous commentary on current affairs, public policy and libertarian issues. In 2006 the ALS blog merged with the “Thoughts on Freedom” blog. In 2008, ALS board member Sukrit Sabhlok set up second ALS blog dedicated to a non-interventionist foreign policy called “Anti-war libertarian”. The previous webpage of the ALS (including blog posts from 2003-2006) can been seen here. ********************************************************

• Contact

You can contact the Australian Libertarian Society by e-mailing ALS Director John Humphreys at: john.humphreys99 {a} gmail.com Postal mail can be sent to PO Box 6038, Mooloolah, Qld 4553.