It's a global High Vis vest frenzy, because whether or not he’s President going forward the global legacy of Trump is a realignment of politics, with heartland conservatives switched on and centre-right parties around the world looking for blue collar voters. To what extent can this be said about Australia and can it explain what's happened this week in the ALP as the Shadow Cabinet dissolved into a brawl over climate versus coal?
This realignment in the USA brought populist policy change on trade, taxes and social security, but could anyone other than Trump have withstood enormous media pressure surrounding the Paris Climate Agreement, as well as getting through the deregulation and massive tax cuts that he did? Can we ever imitate this in Australia or is our political system too dissimilar to America’s? Did State LNP organisations blow themselves up chasing populist positions? What will the Biden administration look like for the future of the USA and the rest of the world?
Joining Scott and Chris in this week’s episode to discuss these riveting questions is IPA Director of Communications, Evan Mullholland.
Culture Picks this week include Chris’ Children of Ash and Elm by Neil Price about Vikings; Scott’s podcast, Noise Before Defeat by Senator Jim Molan about Australian national security; and Evan’s pick of the American, deep-state action-thriller series, Condor by Tom Katzberg, Ken Robinson and Jason Smilovic.
Ep 53: Governments Fresh Out Of Ideas
Episode 52 - Sanders: Back To The Future!
Ep 51: What Drove Holden Away?
Ep 50: The High Court And Third Class Australians
Ep 49: Freedoms Lost As Unelected Bureaucrats Unleashed
Ep 48: Sir Roger Scruton and the Truth in Conservatism
The Looking Forward Podcast Christmas Special – The IPA’s Great Books for The Summer Break Part 2
Christmas Special - The IPA’s Great Books For The Summer Break Part 1
Ep 46: Are We Haunted By Turnbull's Ghost?
Ep 45: Westpac: Woke Capitalism and the Compliance State
Ep 44: What's Next As China Slams Door On Liberal MPs And Hong Kong Protestors?
Ep 43: Is Tony Abbott Our Biggest National Security Threat?
Ep 42: Fall Of The Berlin Wall - 30 Years On
Ep 41: Driving Economic Growth - Lessons From The USA And Canada
Ep 40: Whose Right to Know?
Ep 39: Enter the Dragon's Den
Ep 38: Who's Afraid Of The Nation State?
Ep 37: The Anti-Trump Movement Strikes Again
Ep 36: Coal Is Good
Ep 35: Woke Museums And The Parisian Nonsense Machine
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