News, analysis and interviews from the Institute of Public Affairs, Australia's voice for freedom.
Episodes
Friday May 18, 2018
Friday May 18, 2018
This week James and Pete talk the Royal Wedding (kind of), the ongoing saga of ABC cuts and Spotify's campaign against "hateful music". We talk to Professor Mark Bauerlein from Emory University about his recent article on the disappearance of great books from universities and how identity politics is destroying the teaching of literature (10:13-32:48). We also talk to IPA Research Fellow Gideon Rozner about his time in the US, how he ended up speaking at a tax cut rally in a small town in Iowa and his take on the government's ban on $10k card payments (33:09-49:52).
Friday May 11, 2018
Friday May 11, 2018
This week James and Pete recap the budget and the ABC cuts that weren’t, the near death of press freedom in Britain and the return of the citizenship scandal in federal politics. We talk to Senator James Paterson about the budget, the libertarian moment happening in the US and the secret to a politician’s high-vis vest & hard hat photoshoot (15:55-29:35). We also talk to IPA Research Fellow Daniel Wild about his experiences in the budget lockup and in the United States (29:44-43:29).
Friday May 04, 2018
Friday May 04, 2018
This week James and Pete discuss next week’s federal budget, Karl Marx’s 200th Birthday and the White House Correspondent’s Dinner. We talk to Herald Sun columnist and Sky News presenter Andrew Bolt about Marx, Kanye and whether liberals and conservatives can become a Hollywood force (11:56-34:39). We also talk to IPA Research Fellow Georgina Downer about what she wants out of Tuesday’s budget and her work with the International Republican Institute in the upcoming Timor-Leste election (35:05-48:25).
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Friday Apr 27, 2018
Friday Apr 27, 2018
This week James and Pete discuss the Royal Commission into the banks, Kanye West’s big week on Twitter and two free speech cases in Britain. We talk to IPA Policy Director Simon Breheny to get his views on the major stories of the week and his appearance before a Senate inquiry on corporate tax (14:10-33:11). We play a bonus clip of Professor Robert Tombs discussing the future of democracy (33:15 – 38:17) and we talk to the Executive Director of the Australian Taxpayers Alliance Tim Andrews to preview the upcoming Friedman Conference (38:32-45:28)
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Friday Apr 20, 2018
Friday Apr 20, 2018
This week James and Pete talk the anniversary that has the whole nation talking, the latest with Sam Rahim, the hot water than Sean Hannity is in, the ACTU’s call to increase the minimum wage and the reason you should watch Q&A next week. We talk to Andrew Bushnell about his new PhD and what he makes of the big issues in the Australian media this week (12.08-27:55). We also play part 3 of Dr Bella d’Abrera’s interview with Profesor Robert Tombs where they talk Brexit and the way elites now view the regular public (28:15-35:46)
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Friday Apr 13, 2018
Friday Apr 13, 2018
This week James and Pete talk the IPA’s new report into GST, the Andrews government giving $220m to the AFL, Paul Ryan resigning and the Sydney barber taken to the Human Rights Commission for not cutting a girl’s hair. We talk to Dr Chris Berg about his new essay in The Conversation about the state of libertarianism in Australia now and in the future, whether there is a divide in Australian politics between conservatives and libertarians, and his upcoming book with the IPA’s Professor Sinclair Davidson on why the ABC should be privatised (12:20-30:36) We also air Part 2 of Dr Bella d’Abrera’s interview with Professor Robert Tombs on his new book and what it means to be English (30:54-38:12).
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Friday Apr 06, 2018
Friday Apr 06, 2018
This week James and Pete talk about last week’s interview with PragerU founder Dennis Prager, the Monash Forum, the Greens’ push for a Universal Basic Income and the ALRC’s report into Indigenous incarceration rates. We play part one of Dr Bella d’Abrera’s interview with Professor Robert Tombs, who recently toured Australia with the IPA, on what Western Civilisation means to Professor Tombs (13:26-21:49), and we talk to IPA Research Fellow Morgan Begg about his report into religious freedom in Australia, the Palaszczuk government’s proposed reforms to Queensland farming and the firing of Kevin D Williamson at The Atlantic (22:15-37:50)
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Friday Mar 30, 2018
Friday Mar 30, 2018
This week James and Pete talk ball tampering, Turnbull’s retreat on corporate tax cuts and the latest update on the Count Dankula controversy in the UK. We play part 2 of our chat with PragerU founder Dennis Prager on what young people are telling him, the success of PragerU and how to be happy (13:26- 32:42). We also talk to IPA Campus Coordinator Renee Gorman to talk about USyd Student Union’s new gender quotas for university debate teams and how O-Week was for the IPA’s Generation Liberty (32:52-42:23)
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Friday Mar 23, 2018
Friday Mar 23, 2018
Huge show this week! James and Pete talk the IPA’s latest two videos, Cambridge Analytica, Liberty Victoria giving the Young Voltaire Award for free speech, the dark day for freedom of speech in Britain after Count Dankula’s conviction and Clive Hamilton’s op-ed on identity politics. We play part 1 of our interview with influential conservative commentator and founder of PragerU Dennis Prager on Israel, the state of free speech around the world and the state of American universities (15:30-34:29). We also talk to Andrew Hastie MP about his time in Afghanistan, what led him to a career in politics and what he hopes to achieve (34:43-49:15).
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Friday Mar 16, 2018
Friday Mar 16, 2018
This week James and Pete talk the IPA’s new report that shows how government involvement in an industry leads to increase costs, Rex Tillerson’s firing and Labor’s new tax grab. We talk to Wall Street Journal Board Member Mary Kissel about Tillerson, his replacement Mike Pompeo, the dispute between Russia and Britain and the announcement of US/North Korea talks (7:35-24:31). We also talk to IPA Research Fellow Daniel Wild about his new report and this weekend’s South Australian elections 24:48-35:29)
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