The National Conservatism Institute of Australia Podcast

My guest today is Danny Kruger MP

Today we discuss:

1. What is his explanation for why the British Conservative Party failed so miserably that he felt compelled to leave and join Reform UK?

2. Is Reform UK a conservative party? If not, what would he say is its governing philosophy?

3. Whether there is still a market for David Cameron style progressive liberalism in Westminster?

4. What is the importance and also the limits of attempting to re-evangelize society through politics?

5. What are likely to be the top 3 issues at the next British election and how could it all go wrong for Reform?

https://x.com/danny__kruger?lang=en

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Kruger

My guest today is Angus Taylor who is currently Australia's Shadow Minister for Defence and who previously held senior ministerial roles during the last centre-right government.

Today we discuss:

• What he thinks about the Australian Government's just announced emission reduction targets and "net zero" generally?
• Whether LNP representatives should attend the "March of Australia" rallies and what he thinks of the debate about mass immigration more generally?
• What should be done to address the widening divide between those who own assets (who tend to be older Australians) and those who do not (who tend to be younger)?
• How do we make it a more attractive proposition for families to work in rural communities or to take up farming life?
• What are the top 3 policy issues that will define the next federal election?

And much more.

https://x.com/angustaylormp?lang=en

https://www.angustaylor.com.au/

My guest today is Garth Hamilton, an outspoken Federal MP for the seat of Groom (centred around Toowoomba in Queensland).

Today we discuss:

- What he is doing in New York City and what he hope to achieve there

- The divides in the centre-right in Australia on immigration, net zero, and other matters

- What lessons we can learn in other countries about the future for the Liberal Party

- The lessons his recently departed father taught him

And much more

https://garthhamilton.com.au/

My guest today is Queensland Senator Pauline Hanson.

Today we discuss:

• The Furore regarding Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and whether she should apologize for her suggestion that the Labor Party misusing immigration program for electoral advantage
• Why we have not seen the same type of political change on the right compared to the UK, USA, and parts of Europe
• What originally caused her to become involved in politics and looking back on 1996 election and the issues that dominated and what is similar and different to today
• Why One Nation has not yet had the same success as other nationalist political parties in other parts of the world and her plans for the future

And much more

https://www.onenation.org.au/

My guest today is psychiatrist, Dr Andrew Amos who has been an outspoken critic of gender ideology in psychiatry as well as other aspects of the way medicine is practiced in Australia today.

Today we discuss:

1. What is the governing political philosophy is which governs his profession and how and why this politicization occurred

2. What we have lost in abandoning the more paternalistic approach that used to characterise the doctor patient relationship in favour of one which is more liberal and defers too much to the subjective wishes of the individual

3. The threat that over-diagnosis of "mental health" issues poses a risk to demographic self-government and whether therapy is being overused

4. Whether we have lost something in discarding older traditional mechanisms that people used to deal with mental suffering and pain

And much much more

https://mhpn.org.au/panel-member/dr-andrew-amos/

https://x.com/auspsychreview

My guest today is Dr Dani Sulikowski, one of the most interesting and controversial academics in Australia today.

Today we discuss:

- What is female "manipulative reproductive suppression"? Why it is a key driver in civilizational collapse and how it explains a variety of modern social phenomenon from "body positivity", other women encouraging others to cut their hair short, to weigh loss advice.

- How she reconciles her theory with the fact that wealthy women are often having less children than they did in the past

- How her theory is different or related to other anti-natalist ideologies such as Thomas Malthus and Paul Ehrlich

- Whether the pill and the sexual revolution are seperate drivers or form part of her theory

And much much more

https://x.com/drdanis?lang=en

https://www.danisulikowski.com/

My guest today is the Hon Andrew Hastie MP, federal member for Canning and Shadow Minister for Home Affairs.

Andrew is a former SAS solider and an extremely articulate and thoughtful politician on the Australian centre-right. He has long be considered to be a contender for the leadership the Liberal Party of Australia and as a potential future Prime Minister.

Today we discuss:

• Whether there has been an overemphasis on foreign conflicts compared to the risk of domestic turmoil at home
• Why mainstream political parties in Australia and across the West have failed to address mass immigration concerns
• How his foreign policy views have developed since he first enlisted to join the Australian Defence Forces after September 11
• Why there has not yet been a fundamental reassessment of trade policy in Australia like in the United States?
• What explains the increasing radicalisation of the youth in western democracies?
• Why Australia could once lay claim to being arguably the most successful nation in the world and what has caused that to be undone
• What roles he would suggest to young people who might be interested in a rewarding career in the Australian military in future.

And much much more https://www.andrewhastie.com.au/

My guest today is Queensland Senator Susan McDonald.

Today we discuss:

• The serious crisis in Australia's mining processing and smelting industry with potentially 70,000 jobs at risk
• Whether the key plants, and manufacturing more generally in Australia, can survive so long as we continue with "net zero" and other related carbon dioxide emission commitments
• Whether we also need a reassessment of trade policy with China and others in order to reboot manufacturing
• Her views on the potential for expansion of gas, critical minerals, and "green steel".
• What Australian centre-right should learn from the new American administration

And much more

https://susanmcdonald.com.au/

Catch up with Katherine Deves who amongst other things is a former Liberal Party candidate for the Australian Federal seat of Warringah, media commentator, and a lawyer in the high-profile Tickle v Giggle litigation.

Today we discuss:

• How last week's hearing in the Federal Court went in Tickle v Giggle and where to from here
• What is driving the "teal" phenomenon in inner city seats in Australia and the psychology behind why it appeals to professional women
• The potential weaknesses of the teal movement and ways they could potentially be dislodged
• The issues for the future of the right in Australia, what changes are and are not required and Katherine's plans for the future.

And much more

https://x.com/deves_katherine

My guest today is Professor James Laurenceson is an economist and director of the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney.

Today we discuss:

• Whether the 10 year old China Australia Free Trade Agreement has been a success
• The crisis in Australian manufacturing sector and to what extent China is to blame
• Why Australia has not yet undertaken the same type of reconsideration on trade policy as we have seen in the United States
• Whether there has ever been a case of a nation being so split between its most important trading partner (China) and its security guarantor (the USA) and whether this is sustainable

And much much more.

https://profiles.uts.edu.au/James.Laurenceson