Ryan Smith MP was first elected Member of Parliament for Warrandyte District in 2006. Before entering Parliament, his career spanned 18 years in the financial markets working for a number of Australia’s leading institutions including the Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, BP Finance and Pacific Dunlop.

Ryan represents the suburbs of Park Orchards, Warrandyte, North Warrandyte, South Warrandyte, Warranwood, Donvale, East Doncaster, Wonga Park and parts of Ringwood North. In addition to serving as Victoria’s Minister for the Environment and Minister for Youth Affairs during the Baillieu/Napthine governments, Ryan has held Shadow Ministerial roles covering Industrial Relations, Roads and Industry.

He is currently the Shadow Minister for Energy, Renewables & Resources and Shadow Minister for Manufacturing & Innovation.

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Show Notes:

1:10 Victorian opposition is more relevant than ever

3:16 The ignored COAG roadmap

5:23 The alternative government

7:17 Tell stories, not facts!

11:04 Why Ryan got into politics

15:48 The philosophy of ‘make your own way’

18:56 Pragmatism vs Ideology

20:30 Dan Andrews only cares about a small section of the electorate

21:51 What is Dan Andrews like in person?

23:45 How to rattle Dan Andrews

25:28 Who is the real Dan Andrews?

27:39 A shift in mood in the electorate

30:17 Lockdown 3 coming for Melbourne

31:08 A decent and helpful politician

35:39 Woke politics doesn’t appeal to the mainstream

37:17 Diversity of everything but thought

38:05 The Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Bill 2020

43:20 Matt challenging the Liberals

43:45 Referendum to ensure no future government can repeat what happened in VIC

46:36 Will Victorians allow a 3rd lockdown?

47:33 Do lockdowns work?

51:08 Mental health and lagging effects of lockdown are being ignored

53:48 Royal Commission into Hotel Quarantine Deaths

55:41 The stacked bureaucracy in Victoria

1:00:51 Psychological profiling

1:05:20 Ryan is a ‘big sook’ but Dan is a bully

1:06:55 Politicians who just let us get on with our lives

1:09:00 Advice for aspiring politicians

1:13:10 A call for communities to look out for each other