The National Conservatism Institute of Australia Podcast

John Roskam: Senior Fellow at The Institute of Public Affairs


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My guest today is John Roskam who is the the former long-time executive director and now senior fellow of the Institute for Public Affairs (IPA), a well-known centre-right think tank based in Melbourne, Australia. He writes a regular column for the Australian Financial Review, which he has done for over 20 years.

In this episode we discuss:

  • How the philosophy of the Institute of Public Affairs has changed over the years and why it originally supported tariffs among other things
  • His views on Australia's Federation and the "Australian Settlement" and whether the criticism from liberal free market types is justified
  • Why he thinks the "Washington Consensus" has changed and what this means for the Canberra bipartisan consensus and how it might need to change going forward.
  • His current views on foreign policy, immigration, trade and much, much more.
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The National Conservatism Institute of Australia PodcastBy Dan Ryan