The National Conservatism Institute of Australia Podcast

The National Conservatism Institute of Australia Podcast

di Dan Ryan

"Bookish and Based" - Catch up Chat - We discuss questions you are not allowed to ask on ABC's QandA

Regular catch up on contemporary issues between Jordan Knight, founder of Migration Watch Australia and Dan Ryan, Executive Director of The National Conservative Institute of Australia.

John Roskam: Senior Fellow at The Institute of Public Affairs

My guest today is John Roskam who is the the former long-time executive director and now senior fellow of the Institute for Public Affairs (IPA), a well-known centre-right think tank based in Melbourne, Australia. He writes a regular column for the Australian Financial Review, which he has done for over 20 years. In this episode we discuss: How the philosophy of the Institute of Public Affairs has changed over the years and why it originally supported tariffs among other things His views on Australia's Federation and the "Australian Settlement" and whether the criticism from liberal free market types is justified Why he thinks the "Washington Consensus" has changed and what this means for the Canberra bipartisan consensus and how it might need to change going forward. His current views on foreign policy, immigration, trade and much, much more.

Senator Gerard Rennick

Interview with Gerard Rennick, Senator for the State of Queensland, Australia. Always interesting chatting to Gerard who is, whatever you may think about particular policy positions, a very authentic guy and has given a great deal of thought to where Australia is going. We cover issues such as (a) how government decisions actually made both in Australia and internationally (b) what explains why governments across the world increasingly seem to move in lockstep (c) his criticism of the bipartisan consensus on trade, foreign policy, and immigration.

Dr Zachary Gorman, in-house historian of the Robert Menzies Institute

Interesting discussion/debate with Dr Zachary Gorman in-house professional historian at the Robert Menzies Institute in Melbourne. www.robertmenziesinstitute.org.au We cover issues such as (a) how Australian Liberal Party different from British version (b) how Australian Liberal Party differs at all from other centre-right parties in other Anglo nations (c) whether many academic liberals have a spiteful view of the Australian Settlement and Australia history more generally and whether that is fair (d) whether liberalism can be seen as a destructive political philosophy and what restrictions can or should be placed on it.

Timothy J Lynch - Professor of Political Science at University of Melbourne

Discussion with Prof Timothy Lynch, head of political science at the University of Melbourne. He writes on contemporary America and its intersections with Australian life. Among other things we discuss: His recent article in The Australian and areas which touches on various "natcon" themes: We discuss where we agree American conservatism has changed (trade, foreign policy), important areas his article did not touch on e.g. immigration, and also whether there is much of a difference on social issues/culture war between JD Vance and Ronald Reagan https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/win-or-lose-vance-has-sparked-a-revolution-across-conservatism/news-story/813282f509ac255fa39562d5fa8cab95 We also discuss his general views on foreign policy, the realism of Prof John Mersheimer, and how Prof Lynch's own views have changed We finish with some questions about Australian universities and liberalism generally and whether what and how we are teaching students today advances the interests of students and the West more generally

Dr Sam Gregg - leading liberal market economist and moral philosopher

Dr. Samuel Gregg is the Friedrich Hayek Chair in Economics and Economic History at the American Institute for Economic Research. He is a moral philosopher who has written and spoken extensively on questions of ethics in public policy, jurisprudence, and bioethics. He has an MA in political philosophy from the University of Melbourne, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in moral philosophy from the University of Oxford. He has written and spoken extensively on questions of political economy, economic history, monetary theory and policy, and natural law theory. He is the author of seventeen books, including On Ordered Liberty (2003), The Commercial Society (2007), Wilhelm Röpke’s Political Economy (2010); Becoming Europe (2013); Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilization (2019); The Essential Natural Law (2021); and The Next American Economy: Nation, State and Markets in an Uncertain World (2022). In this episode we discuss a variety of topics including: What should trade policy be towards China (both for America and Australia)? How the "Washington Consensus" on trade and other matters has changed since 2016 American trade policy over the years and whether periods of high tariffs have been justified in the past

Stewart Paterson, Economist and Author of "China, Trade & Power"

Stewart Paterson is an economist and banker and spent 25 years in capital markets as an equity researcher, strategist and fund manager. He has worked in London, Mumbai, Hong Kong and Singapore in senior roles with Credit Suisse, Credit Suisse First Boston, CLSA, among others. He is a senior research fellow at the Hinrich Foundation and author of "China, Trade & Power". It was this book which calls for a more realist assessment of trade arrangements with China that caught my attention when I read it several years ago. In this episode we discuss: How his views on China trade and investment changes over the years What the view is like from London and how UK is in many ways behind Australia and the United States in its understanding of China and a reassessment of trade more generally What appropriate trading arrangements should be like with China going forward.

Campbell Newman - former Premier of Queensland

Campbell Newman is the former LNP premier of Queensland and also served as Lord Mayor of Brisbane, the only person to have held those two roles. He is also son of Kevin and Jocelyn Newman who both respectively served as Ministers in the Federal Government. In this episode we discuss, among other things; Why his parent originally voted for Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and how politics changed since that time How the bi-partisan consensus in Australia has changed on trade and immigration His views on JD Vance and Donald Trump and why there has not been the same change in the centre-right in Australia as there has been in the United States His thoughts on the recent protests in the UK and what this means for Australia

Dr Gary Johns - writer and former Keating government minister

Dr Gary Johns is a former minister in the Keating government. In his post political career he has been deeply involved in a variety of public policy matters impacting on Australia. Among other things he has been a regular columnist for The Australian, Commissioner of the national charities regulator, and the author of many books including "The Burden of Culture" and "The Charity Ball". He is the founder of the think tank, https://closethegapresearch.org.au/ focusing on aboriginal disadvantage. In this episode we discuss among other things: His early political career and how his views changes since the Hawke/Keating era His views on trade generally and the new challenges since the Hawke/Keating/Howard era and the rise of China His views on foreign policy and whether there is a need for a reassessment after the last 30 years His views on immigration what possible solutions there might be to the challenges that have arisen

Matt Canavan - Senator for Queensland

Matt Canavan, is a senator for the state of Queensland. In this episode we discuss, among other things: What exactly should our trade and investment be like with China and more generally? How his thinking of foreign policy has changed since Iraq War? Why the "Washington Consensus" has changed but how the "Canberra Consensus" has not His views on mass immigration and what should be done including building new cities

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