My guest today is Freya Leach who is, amongst other things, a commentator for Sky News Australia and Director of Youth Policy at the Menzies Research Institute. Today we discuss:

• Her background, how she became involved in politics
• How Australian politicians can do social media better, the hazards and opportunities it presents, and lessons we can learn from the US
• Whether women really are uninterested in "culture wars" and how the right might appeal to them
• Her new interest in "national conservatism" and why the old Howard era policy framework is out of date

And much much more.

https://x.com/FLeach31787

https://x.com/MenziesRC

https://x.com/SkyNewsAust

My guest today is Matthew Grant, National Governor of The Australian Natives' Association.

Today we discuss:

• The history of the Australian Native Association, the role it played in federation and why it has been resurrected today.
• Why Australian history from federation until the 1970s is generally seen as backward socially, culturally, and economically by Australia’s political class
• Immigration – the rationale for the so-called “White Australia” policy, how we should view it, and how the issue of mass immigration and Australian nationalism should be addressed today.
• How the ANA hopes to stop young men falling in to more noxious harmful ideologies
• Their plans for the future and how he believes the nationalist issues will play out in Australia and across the Western world over the next few years

https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/australian-natives-association

https://ausnatives.org/

My guest today is Kenneth Crowther, the founding principal of St John Henry Newman College, an independent Catholic classical school in Brisbane.

He recently completed his PhD in early modern cultural history and Shakespeare. He writes and speaks often about classical education in the liberal arts, and cohosts a podcast all about it, called Educating Humans.

1. The Chinese appreciate and teach their children Classical Chinese. Indians recognize the importance of Sanskrit. Do Europeans need to have a familiarity with Latin and Greek to understand their own civilization?

2. What is his explanation for why classical education has been phased out from mainstream education in the West?

3. Does learning the classics make someone more religious or at the very least a better citizen?

4. Is he optimistic for a rebirth of classical education in Australia and the West more generally?

https://educatinghumans.buzzsprout.com/

https://newmancollege.qld.edu.au/

My guest today is Bridget McKenzie who is a Federal National Party Senator representing the state of Victoria.

Today we discuss:

1. Her recent interesting CPAC speech and how it broke in some ways with the Howard era orthodoxy

2. Whether he need better metrics to assess how we are doing as a nation

3. How John McEwen and the National Party are often misunderstood and whether it can or should move beyond being simply a defender of rural / regional interests

4. How we can make it more attractive proposition for families to work and live in rural and regional communities

5. Other ways the centre-right in Australia needs to change

And much more

https://www.bridgetmckenzie.com.au/

https://x.com/senbmckenzie?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

My guest today is Danny Kruger MP

Today we discuss:

1. What is his explanation for why the British Conservative Party failed so miserably that he felt compelled to leave and join Reform UK?

2. Is Reform UK a conservative party? If not, what would he say is its governing philosophy?

3. Whether there is still a market for David Cameron style progressive liberalism in Westminster?

4. What is the importance and also the limits of attempting to re-evangelize society through politics?

5. What are likely to be the top 3 issues at the next British election and how could it all go wrong for Reform?

https://x.com/danny__kruger?lang=en

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Kruger

My guest today is Angus Taylor who is currently Australia's Shadow Minister for Defence and who previously held senior ministerial roles during the last centre-right government.

Today we discuss:

• What he thinks about the Australian Government's just announced emission reduction targets and "net zero" generally?
• Whether LNP representatives should attend the "March of Australia" rallies and what he thinks of the debate about mass immigration more generally?
• What should be done to address the widening divide between those who own assets (who tend to be older Australians) and those who do not (who tend to be younger)?
• How do we make it a more attractive proposition for families to work in rural communities or to take up farming life?
• What are the top 3 policy issues that will define the next federal election?

And much more.

https://x.com/angustaylormp?lang=en

https://www.angustaylor.com.au/

My guest today is Garth Hamilton, an outspoken Federal MP for the seat of Groom (centred around Toowoomba in Queensland).

Today we discuss:

- What he is doing in New York City and what he hope to achieve there

- The divides in the centre-right in Australia on immigration, net zero, and other matters

- What lessons we can learn in other countries about the future for the Liberal Party

- The lessons his recently departed father taught him

And much more

https://garthhamilton.com.au/

My guest today is Queensland Senator Pauline Hanson.

Today we discuss:

• The Furore regarding Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and whether she should apologize for her suggestion that the Labor Party misusing immigration program for electoral advantage
• Why we have not seen the same type of political change on the right compared to the UK, USA, and parts of Europe
• What originally caused her to become involved in politics and looking back on 1996 election and the issues that dominated and what is similar and different to today
• Why One Nation has not yet had the same success as other nationalist political parties in other parts of the world and her plans for the future

And much more

https://www.onenation.org.au/