Episode 162 – Who is Scott Morrison?

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Everything you need to know about our new Prime Minister.

We review our predictions from episode 54

Scott Morrison is the fifth prime minister in five years. 

Leadership changes in summary

The Liberal Party seems to be falling for “Balmain basket weavers” syndrome. This is what Paul Keating called Labor members who put ideological conviction ahead of electoral success.

Essential Report

What kind of prime minister will Scott Morrison be?

Scott Morrison maiden speech – Australia is not a secular country—it is a free country. This is a nation where you have the freedom to follow any belief system you choose. Secularism is just one. It has no greater claim than any other on our society. As US Senator Joe Lieberman said, the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, not from religion. I believe the same is true in this country.

Prosperity Christianity and Neoliberalism – a match made in Heaven

You will NEVER be settled in Australia

Who stopped the boats?

We’ve been here before. The DLP was an earlier version of Catholics destroying a Party from within. Let’s revisit some history.

It could be worse, we could be stuck with an all-powerful President safely tucked behind a requirement for a 2/3 majority impeachment vote.

We are now in a situation in which the three parts of the left—radical, liberal and identitarian—are locked in an unproductive deadlock.

The University of Adelaide resorts to a female-only job ad

The youth branch of Queensland’s Liberal National Party is calling on its state parliamentarians to reject abortion laws introduced to State Parliament this week.

Belgian children, aged nine and 11, youngest ever to be euthanised