Conrad Natoli

Father. Husband. Strategic communicator.
Writing about policy, culture, and the stories we tell about progress.
Perth. Pasta is life.

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@RyanNorthover Interesting! These stats indicate a likely hung parliament if an election was held today. If the Coaltion added One Nation to form a sort of 'trumvirate' they likely win before preferences.

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Productivity isn’t an abstract Treasury metric. It’s the engine that ultimately funds living standards, wages, services and opportunity. Without it, less new wealth is created.

That’s part of the argument I explored in my recent piece for @SpectatorOz: https://t.co/xeD4rfhfQ4

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In this historical clip, former Prime Minister John Howard delivers a blunt assessment of Labor's economic management — arguing that the government has no coherent plan for productivity and that obsessing over minor interest rate movements misses the real problem.

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Australia’s economic debate increasingly feels trapped at the surface level.

But beneath it sits a deeper question:

Why has productivity growth stalled - and what does that mean for Australia’s long-term prosperity?

My latest for @SpectatorOz :

https://t.co/I252wcEEXA

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Buried in the budget papers is one of the most important economic admissions in years.

Treasury has lowered Australia’s long-term productivity assumption from 1.5% to 1.2%.

Sounds small? It isn’t.

Productivity growth is how living standards rise without simply taxing more.

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Australians are right to question whether we’re getting a fair return on our gas wealth. But the current debate risks collapsing a complex structural problem into a slogan. My latest for the @SpectatorOz:
https://t.co/QGCYrP5ttw

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It’s an argument for remembering that there are some things governments cannot provide:

Purpose.
Belonging.
Responsibility.
The dignity of building something for yourself.
I explore the idea more fully here: https://t.co/ts99dSEkJ6

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The biggest shift in modern politics isn’t wealth trickling down.

It’s reassurance trickling down.

Not money, but mood.
Not opportunity, but sedation.
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And over time, something cultural changes too.

Risk appetite declines.
Initiative softens.
Dependence starts to feel normal.
This isn’t an argument against government.

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I just wrote my first note on Substack https://t.co/fdERM07u5J

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New article in @SpectatorOz exploring the idea of trickle-down government: how modern states increasingly regulate mood, not opportunity, and why that matters for aspiration, agency and civic culture. https://t.co/76QhJIturn

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@CarltonFC Deserves to be All Australian this year.

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@UptheBaggers If there was a forced change I feel this might be a good one. Need more run instead of carrying the two ruckmen.

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The “everything sucks” doomerism of the far left and right is wrong. Worse, it needlessly radicalizes people. Today is better than yesterday and tomorrow is going to be even better. So here’s a list of 50 areas where we're seeing progress. 1/

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@kirovkate It's maybe a response to fourth-wave feminism, but very much a response to wokeism and most likely academic feminism. The focus on individual empowerment and personal identity is inherently feminist, but - like the trad-wife movement - quite reductive. No space for nuance.

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@dieworkwear I think in the late 80s Britain actually had some great fashion.

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@1116sen @WhateleySEN And for that matter, Steve Waugh after 20 tests averaged 26.25

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@1116sen @WhateleySEN Matthew Hayden after 10 Tests: 25.81