This week the panel tackles the latest victories for unelected bureaucrats, as Bridget McKenzie takes a hit for the sin of ignoring Departmental advice, and the failed Foreign Interference laws licence snooping and partisan point scoring. Meanwhile the panel wonders how the federal government comes to be funding footy club change rooms in the first place (federalism anybody)? (1:50-10:55) And how Shadow Attorney-General seems to be the only one in Canberra who can get the bureaucracy to act with alacrity (10:55-25:15) And where do the Ministerial changes leave the National Party? (25:15-33:00) Also Scott Morrison shutting the border with China has economic implications for our massive tourism and education sectors; even as the Leninist state in China struggles to contain the crisis. (33:00-46:03) Your hosts Scott Hargreaves and Dr Chris Berg are joined by the IPA’s Morgan Begg and Zachary Gorman to answer these questions and dive into their culture picks. This week’s picks include the horror film Doctor Sleep, Peter Seamer’s Breaking Point, Netflix’s new docuseries on the NFL star Aaron Hernandez, Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez, as well as Amanda Hollis-Brusky’s novel on The Federalist Society’s modern American political history movement, Ideas with Consequences: The Federalist Society and the Conservative. (46:03-1:09:07)
Show Notes:
Announcement of Grants; Australia National Audit Office (ANAO)
https://www.anao.gov.au/work/request/announcement-grants
Culture Picks:
Doctor Sleep; Mike Flanagan
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5606664/
Breaking Point; Peter Seamer
https://www.booktopia.com.au/breaking-point-peter-seamer/book/9781760641290.htmlKiller Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez; Netflix
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11475228/
Ideas with Consequences: The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution (Studies in Postwar American Political Development); Amanda Hollis-Brusky
https://www.amazon.com/Ideas-Consequences-Conservative-Counterrevolution-Development/dp/0199385521
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 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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