The government is pushing ahead with plans to extend trials of the cashless welfare card, but with it will we see the start of drug testing Newstart recipients? (1:36-14:50) The Federal Circuit Court has awarded Peter Ridd $1.2 million following the decision that he was unlawfully terminated by James Cook University. With JCU likely to appeal, is it finally time for Education Minister, Dan Tehan, to step in? (14:50-28:01) Robert Mugabe, leader of Zimbabwe post-independence, has passed away at the age of 95. What does the post-colonial mess that is Zimbabwe tell us about the vital role of institutions in fostering development and freedom? (28:06-40:30) Your hosts Scott Hargreaves and Dr Chris Berg are joined by the IPA’s Evan Mulholland and Dr Zac Gorman to answer these questions and dive into their culture picks such as Samuel Gregg’s book Faith and the Struggle for Western Civilisation, Scott Pape’s economic bestseller The Barefoot Investor, new movies, Apollo 11 and First Man, on the historic moon landing and the great Victor Davis Hanson’s podcast on the lessons of the Versailles Treaty (40:30-59:40).
Show Notes:
Robert Mugabe: From Liberator to Tyrant
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27519044
U.N chief lauds Mugabe role in fighting apartheid
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/latest-robert-mugabe-zimbabwe-leader-dies-95-65425412
Culture Picks:
Faith and the Struggle for Western Civilisation, Samuel Gregg
https://www.amazon.com/Reason-Faith-Struggle-Western-Civilization-ebook/dp/B07F6P81DX
The Barefoot Investor, The Only Money Guide You’ll Ever Need, Scott Pape
https://www.amazon.com.au/Barefoot-Investor-2018-Update-Money/dp/0730324214
Apollo 11, Todd Douglas Miller
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8760684/
First Man, Damien Chazelle
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8760684/
The Lessons of the Versailles Treaty, Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2019/07/24/the-lessons-of-the-versailles-treaty/
The Classicist: Versailles at 100
https://www.hoover.org/research/classicist-versailles-100
The Looking Forward Podcast Episode 73: High Court Next Step For Ridd
The Looking Forward Podcast Episode 72 "Parliament Must Do Its Job"
The Looking Forward Podcast Episode 71 "Conspiracy Theories Dismissed (Again)"
Looking Forward Episode 70 "Double Déjà vu in Dan's Victoria"
Looking Forward Episode 69 “Would You Like Fries With That?”
Ep 68: Falling Statues & Falling Elites
Ep 67: Policing Under Pressure
Ep 66: Where to Now?
Ep 65: Liberalising Australia: Then and Now.
Ep 64: Can WHO Be Cured?
Ep 63: A Return To Freedom?
Ep 62: Let's Get Back to Work
Ep 61: Download Or Else
Ep 60: Restoring Dynamism After Deep Freeze
Ep 59: Only the First to Bail Out?
Ep 58: Government Models Can't Guide Us Back
Ep 57: Of Moral Panics and Spendathons
Ep 56: Our Values will Sustain Us
Ep 55: The Patient Needs to Survive the Cure
Ep 54: The Cracks in Our Ivory Towers
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