Listen to the Full Show podcast of Overnights with Luke Grant on August 30

To extrapolate on the news of the week, Luke Grant is joined by writer for The Spectator Australia and contributor to Sky News, Terry Barnes.

Luke Grant chats with Troy Lennon from the Daily Telegraph for the weekly history segment.

Though it remains to be seen what the Morrison government will do on energy, the signs are pointing towards what could be a potentially profound policy turnaround.

Preliminary indicators suggest the Coalition’s priority may be lowering prices, rather than satisfying Paris emission targets, as Morrison looks to leave the woes of the beleaguered National Energy Guarentee behind them.

Meanwhile in the opposing ideological camp, the Labor Government is touting the credibility of its renewables-orientated policy, which looks to cut Australia’s emissions by 45%- 50% by 2030.

Resources Minister Matt Canavan agrees the Coalition needs to better prosecute the case against Labor’s flagship energy framework.  With the heavy focus on the Liberal Party’s leadership mess, it appears Labor’s policy has escaped the scrutiny it deserves.

 “ I certainly hope people don’t vote for a Labor Government that wants to shut down our energy resources and potentially shut down industry too,” says Matt Canavan.

“We’ve seen what happens when government force-feeds a certain type of energy into the system. In South Australia, they were plunged into medieval darkness. I don’t think anybody wants that around the rest of the country.”

In stark contrast to the dictates of the National Energy Guarentee, Canavan says Australia needs to walk out on the Paris Accord.

“Bill Shorten and the Labor Party want to unilaterally sabotage Australia’s economy, Australia’s birth right of cheap energy, to sacrifice to the gods of an environmental religion.”

“It’s not going to general any practical outcome. There will be no benefit to the environment. We’re too small of a component in the world’s emissions.”

Listen to the Full Show podcast of Overnight with Michael McLaren on August 29

Professor David Flint chats to Michael McLaren on the weeks political news.

Just before the drama of the Liberal leadership coup last week, Malcolm Turnbull’s national security committee voted to exclude two Chinese telecommunication giants from Australia’s soon-to-be-rolled out 5G network.

Declared a betraying “stab in the back” by the Chinese Government’s English-language organ,  Huawei and ZTE should be left out of the 5G intelligence hub due to security concerns, according to the committee. If granted access, the fear is that our sensitive intelligence information could become vulnerable up against a China who might exploit it for personal, security gains.

This comes amid a backdrop of increasing influence and interference from Beijing, as China continues it’s debt trap diplomacy to encroach and build a foothold in the Pacific.

“Think of 5G as being Australia  data central nervous system, connecting business and families to the internet in much deeper ways then the current 4G system,” explains Michael Shoebridge.

“So the concern is about the nature of the Chinese state and a particular national intelligence law. This requires all Chinese companies to comply with Chinese intelligence agencies’ commands. 5G networks provide  a compelling opportunity for those agencies.”

“And the problem is, you get the entity to access Australia’s data with 5G, but  you get the intent to do it with China’s intelligence law.”

Michael McLaren agrees our caution here is warranted.

“If we’re being honest, China is no benevolent superpower. She  is a superpower for sure, but one that is flouting international rules rather than upholding them, challenging the international order more so then joining it.”

“Let’s hope the Morrison Government will be bold enough to deliver more of this down the track.”

Listen to the Full Show podcast of Overnight with Michael McLaren on August 28

Michael Mclaren chats with naturopath Russell Setright to get the latest in health and wellbeing news.

Carly Tonkinson from IT Financial Services joins Michael Mclaren for The Bottom Line.

“ITFS is an independently owned, boutique financial planning and investment advisory firm. It is a testament to the stability we provide to our clients that the founding partners are all self-employed and have worked together for almost 20 years.”