Young, Dumb & Politically Disengaged

Tim Wilson: Liberal Federal Member - Goldstein


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First elected in 2016 then re-elected in 2019, Tim Wilson's the Liberal federal member for Goldstein in the House of Representatives. Before politics, Tim was a policy director at the Institute of Public Affairs and Australia's Human Rights Commissioner. Tim is proud of what has been achieved over the past five years whilst in public office, including stopping the China Extradition Treaty, reforming MyHealth records to increase medical privacy, improving superannuation policy and delivering marriage equality. Tim has recently published a book: The New Social Contract: Renewing the liberal vision for Australia.

July brought changing financial support, a four-phase national COVID-19 plan and the continued sluggish vaccination rollout. We discuss why so many essential workers are still unvaccinated, how long before we're likely to reach 80% double dose vaccination rates, and the one question that Tim was finally able to ask.

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Young, Dumb & Politically DisengagedBy Lesley Pianella