The National Conservatism Institute of Australia Podcast

My guest today is Dieuwe De Boer who is a media commentator and one of the more thoughtful voices involved in the new right in New Zealand today.

Today we discuss:

• The current political landscape in New Zealand and its unusual voting system
• What has changed and what hasn't since Jacinta Ardern has left and a new centre-right government has taken power
• The role of the New Zealand First party and its leader Winston Peters who has been one of the few genuinely nationalist politicians who has held senior cabinet positions in an Anglo Commonwealth country and his friendship with Donald Trump
• The divide between boomer and zoomer conservatism in New Zealand

And much more

https://x.com/RCR_NZ

https://www.rightminds.nz/

https://x.com/rightmindsnz

My guest today is Pete North better known by the successful X handle "Northern Variant" who is involved in policy development for the newly establish UK Homeland Party.

We discuss:

• What the UK Homeland Party is and why it is needed
• How it differs from Nigel Farage's Reform Party and the UK Conservative Party
• Why in his view it not possible to change the existing UK political parties in a way that takes immigration and national identity seriously
• The practical problems with "remigration" and "deportations" and how they might be achieved
• His recommendations for Australia

And much more

https://x.com/FUDdaily

https://www.northernvariant.co.uk/

https://homelandparty.org/

https://x.com/Homeland_Party

Rebecca Weisser is an experienced journalist, the editor of Quadrant and former opinion page editor of The Australian.

Today we discuss:

• The 5 year anniversary of the Covid lockdowns and what she learnt from her experience of that time
• Her thoughts on the media today and whether she was surprised the Chairman of the ABC had no idea about Joe Rogan
• Whether there are any ideological elements of the Howard/Bush era that were in retrospect wrong and inappropriate for today
• Where she differs from the Trump agenda

And much more.

www.quadrant.org.au

x.com/rebeccaweisser

My guest today is Rowan Callick, experienced journalist and former China Correspondent and Asia-Pacific Editor for The Australian who still regularly contributes to that newspaper.

I have known Rowan for many years and always found him someone you can have intelligent discussions with about China.

Today we discuss:

• Xi Jinping and whether China would be any different domestically and act any different internationally under a different ruler
• The threat from China to Taiwan, Australia and the West generally and the extent to which this has been overhyped
• Whether he agrees with JD Vance that the "dumbest of all foreign policy solutions for our country is that we should let China make all our stuff and fight a war with China".
• What he think is the most positive and most negative scenarios over the next 10 years with China

And much more

https://rowancallick.com/career-rowan-callick/

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/rowan-callick

Jason Richwine is a resident scholar at the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington, DC-based research institute that examines the impact of immigration on the United States. He earned his PhD in Public Policy from Harvard University in 2009 and his work has been appeared in major publications such as the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and National Review among others.

Today we discuss

- The current status of the deportations of illegal immigrants and the scale of the problem

- What the obstacles are to enacting legislation to back up Trump’s executive orders

- Who is driving immigration policy in the White House and Congress

- What the long terms consequences are for mass immigration in the West and impact on IQ and whether true assimilation is actually possible

And much more.

https://cis.org/Richwine

Stephen McInerney is Dean of Studies and Director of the Centre for the Study of the Western Tradition at Campion College, a leading liberal arts institution in Sydney.

He has a doctorate from the University of Sydney, a first-class honours degree in Arts from the Australian National University where he was awarded the university medal in English. He served for many years as a member of the executive of the Ramsay Foundation.

Stephen is also a published poet.

Today we discuss:

1. What he sees as the major threats to Western Civilization and Australian identity today

2. How his views politically have changed over time and how he grew to better understand the views of his grandfather

3. Whether classical education and “telling a better story” like the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship famously suggests is a sufficient response to the challenges we face

4. How academics should engage with the popular culture and how to get people interested in poetry in the age of TikTok.

And much more.

https://www.campion.edu.au/about/our-staff/dr-stephen-mcinerney/

https://x.com/dr_mcinerney

My guest today is Fleur Meston, young British conservative activist who works in Westminster on a variety of campaigns and is co-host of the podcast, Bombshells.

Today we discuss:

- The fight within the Reform Party and where it is likely to end up?

- The state of the British Conservative Party and whether they truly understand the national conservative movement?

- Her campaign against the assisted dying legislation currently before the British Parliament and the likely outcome of that

- Whether she sees much hope for the UK?

And much more. I hope you enjoy our discussion.

https://x.com/fleurmeston

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1EV-mVxCadeCrwCoYJKpjA

My guest today is Mark Leach who is the co-founder of "Never Again Is Now" an organization seeking to combat the increase in antisemitism in Australia.

Mark has an interesting history: he grew up in Southern Africa, trained as a medical doctor, before becoming an Anglican Pastor and moving to Australia. He is a very well read and thoughtful guy who has had direct experience dealing with a wide range of ethnic and religious differences over the years.

Today we discuss:

1. What he think is causing the increase in antisemitism in Australia?

2. Whether hate speech laws are a good idea?

3. Whether antisemitism is different to other types of ethnic hatred?

4. Whether there is a way to differentiate between the struggles for national self-determination of different ethnic groups?

5. What the impact of mass immigration has been in fostering ethnic conflict in Australia?

And much more.

https://www.neveragainisnow.com.au/

https://www.markleach.com.au

Dr. Frank Salter is a well-known Australian academic and political scientist known for his work in biosocial science, particularly the integration of biology with social and political studies.

Frank has authored several notable books and numerous articles which examine topics such as organisational power, ethnic kinship, and the evolutionary basis of social cohesion.

Today we discuss:

- What he means by terms such as “multiculturalism”, “civic nationalism”, and “ethno-nationalism”.

- Whether a nation can be bound together simply by “values”

- Whether there are any ways to effectively manage multi-ethnic societies

- Why Western nations in modern times adopted different policies compared to many other traditional nation states

- What should be done in future to avoid Australia and other Western nations experiencing the same fate as South Africa.

And much more. I hope you enjoy our discussion.

https://www.amazon.com/Books-Frank-Salter/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AFrank%2BSalter

https://britishaustraliancommunity.com.au/

My guest today is Dr Jamie Q Roberts who is the author of soon to be published book called “The Intellectual Dark Web (A History and Possible Future)”

Jamie Roberts is a Lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/jamie-roberts.html

Today we discuss:

- What he means by the Intellectual Dark Web, whether that term is still useful, and what should and should not be included in that definition

- What unites and what differences there are on the online right

- Whether there is any hope that the new media and online right and will reinvigorate our universities and traditional media

- What the future might hold for IDW types and intellectual life in the West more broadly

And much more.

https://www.amazon.com/Intellectual-Dark-Web-History-Possible/dp/1634312708

https://x.com/jamieqroberts