In @dailytelegraph in defense of Andrew Hastie and the need for a "new politics".
The Australian centre-right need to move on from the excessively Gladstonian liberal approach of Howard era + appreciate again the Disraelian conservative perspective @NatConOz@danryanonline
A chat with Barnaby Joyce - his explanation for One Nation's recent meteoric rise, whether they are just a party of protest or offering something new in terms of governing philosophy, and where he thinks this all ends @Barnaby_Joyce@OneNationAus@NatConOz@danryanonline
A great chat with Parnell Palme McGuiness about her early life/intellectual influences, how the Howard era right need to change, her research on young Australians, and whether AI is going to kill journalism
@parnellpalme@CISOZ@Aus4Prosperity@smh@NatConOz@danryanonline
Great to talk to Dr James L Nuzzo about how he became involved gender politics, the consequences for him personally and for society as a whole about failing to deal with the subject honestly, and what might be done to correct things
@JamesLNuzzo@NatConOz@danryanonline
A pleasure to chat with British journalist David Goodhart about whether, 10 years on from the Brexit vote, we any closer to bridging the divide between the "Somewheres" and the "Anywheres" and much more @David_Goodhart@Policy_Exchange@NatConOz@danryanonline
Chat with the former head of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs - Peter Varghese - about his views on Trump, the new geopolitical challenges, the need for greater contestability of policy-making in future, and much more @NatConOz@danryanonline@dfat@UQ_News
The Australian legacy right can’t propose to do broadly the same thing the UK has done on mass immigration and somehow expect a different result. A radically different approach is required. Latest piece in @SpectatorOz@NatConOz@danryanonline
Pleasure to talk to Drew Hutton - founder of The Australian Greens - about the history that political party, how it has changed in recent times @DrewHutton45645@Greens@NatConOz@danryanonline
Pleasure to chat to Leah Blyth - Federal Senator and President of the Liberal Party of South Australia - about declining electoral success, deindustrialisation, trade, defense, childcare policy and more @SenatorBlyth@LiberalAus@NatConOz@danryanonline
Pleasure to chat with Philip Pilkington about what Viktor Orbán's defeat means for Hungary and the future of "post-liberalism", and his new book "The Collapse of Global Liberalism".
@philippilk@InstituteDanube@hiia_budapest@NatConOz@danryanonline https://t.co/T48Y2fdXJB
A chat with academic Dr Simon Kennedy about his recent paper "Young Men in Crisis: What Can Australia Do?", the related issue of the feminisation of our institutions, and what this means for our society/politics @spkenn1@page_research@NatConOz@danryanonline@gerardgholland
NatCon Australia submission to Australian Government's review of the 10 year old China-Australia Free Trade Agreement @natconoz https://t.co/roMMm9ZN1y
Good to talk to academic Salvatores Babones about his new book on Indian democracy and the extent to which Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party the BJP are similar to other nationalist leaders and parties taking power globally @BabonesBhai@NatConOz@danryanonline
Her take: “When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting next to Mr. Disraeli, I thought I was the cleverest woman in England."
Liked anecdote @ChrisWillx told last night about Winston Churchill’s mother, Jennie Jerome. She dined with perhaps Britain’s great conservative and liberal Prime Ministers, Disraeli and Gladstone, in the same week.
Chat with technology investor Misha Saul about his recent article in the Manhattan Institute's City Journal about "How AI will reshape society" and what this new technology means for jobs, politics, and much more.
@NatConOz@danryanonline@ManhattanInst@CityJournal