Backbench Drivers

Matthew and John gave their scorching hot takes on the brand new Stan documentary covering the life and controversies of Premier Joh Bjelke Peterson, last king of Queensland.

We also examined the myriad political lessons to be gleaned from his life, where Joh was right and where Joh went wrong.

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Malachi Brogden Hearne joined John to discuss the Liberal-National split and remarriage, the collapse of the centre-right at the 2025 election and the complete reputational destruction of One Nation and Family First!

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This week the Trumpet of Patriot’s nationalist candidate from Queensland joined Matthew to give the case for voting ToP and an analysis of the impending federal election!

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This week John and Matthew were joined by Liberal Party exile and conservative operator Barclay McGain to discuss Dutton’s electoral prospects and missed opportunities as well as the Trump tariff debacle!

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This week we were joined by Professor Eric Louw to hear his first-hand account of South Africa’s decline, the ideological movements at the root of it, the Afrikaners trying to rebuild civilisation and whether we should replicate this in Australia!

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Former Liberal Party operator John MacGowan weighs in on the upcoming Federal Election, will Albo get a second term? Will Dutton scrape in by the skin of his teeth? Should we even care?

All this and more answered on our latest episode!

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This week Matthew and John were back from a short hiatus and were joined by Prof. Stephen McInerney to discuss Australia’s changing demographics and the topic of the ethnogenesis of Australians, has it occurred? Or are Australians simply British?

All this and more in the latest episode!

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This week John was joined by UBERSOY to discuss right-wing progressivism, its foundations and real-world application, with a focus on the Australian context. We also touched on the Russia/Ukraine conflict and PM Albanese’s assertion of independence.

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This week Matthew was joined by UKMallard writer Ilija Dokmanovic who is currently residing in the land of the free to discuss the bombastic first few weeks of the Trump presidency and its implications for Australia!

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This week I was joined by former Liberal Party operative John MacGowan to cover the rise and precipitous fall of the NSW Liberal Party’s Right Faction as well as the main players: David Clarke, John Howard, Tony Abbott and Alex Hawke among many many others.

This episode is part 2 of a series with John MacGowan that begun with a telling of Lyenko Urbanchich’s fascinating story. You can watch or listen to the episode in full HERE

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