Gideon Rozner is the Director of Policy at the Institute of Public Affairs, an Australian policy think tank that focuses on economic and political freedom. This was the longest and most fun interview I’ve done in all of 2020. ---------------------------------------- Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/6anZS59Jwoc Listen to this episode: https://www.discernable.io/podcast/episode/32ac0a25/political-psychology-series-episode-5-gideon-rozner Follow Gideon: www.facebook.com/TheFullRozner ---------------------------------------- Show notes: 3:15 Is Gideon a climate change denier? 7:44 Why Gideon loves politics 15:28 Shout out to Bev McArthur MP 15:57 The state of politics in Australia 18:38 The Western World has descended into a ‘frenzy of sub-rational, paranoid, needless, nihilistic destruction’ 22:07 The love of big government 25:40 Civil disobedience is everywhere 31:36 Policing through fear and intimidation 35:23 Why VicPol went bad (thanks to Topher Field) 37:18 Will experts feel guilty after the hysteria subsides? 42:09 The technocracy and our democracy 45:02 Personal success, finding purpose, peaking early 47:48 The failures of the Liberal government 49:56 Youth unemployment and industrial relations reform 55:06 The realities of politics 57:53 Lawyers love big government 59:24 The political ‘swamp’ in Australia 1:01:15 Renegotiating the relationship between the people and their government 1:04:28 Disasters of Victorian bureaucracy 1:05:59 Prime Minister Bill Shorten! 1:07:48 Culture determines politics – where is Australia at? 1:11:58 The Left lose elections but still win policy 1:13:39 The Left tell stories and the Right respond with statistics 1:18:17 ‘The Little Government Who Could’ by Topher Field 1:21:40 The right wing should welcome the disillusioned left wing. 1:25:22 The end of leftism? 1:29:36 Liberal politicians doing it right 1:34:46 What makes Gideon so confident in his opinions? 1:39:00 Words are not dangerous 1:40:47 Hope vs pessimism 1:43:54 Victoria is at a crossroads in history ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6anZS59Jwoc

I put it to the former Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police that the force is increasingly seen as a political arm of the Labor government. To my surprise, he agreed with this characterisation. He went on to defend the current Chief Commissioner and expects to see Shane Patton undertake 'remedial work' to rectify the legacy attitudes inside Victoria Police. Full interview with Kel Glare AO APM: https://youtu.be/YsVpjQYB_tY #VictoriaPolice #VicPol --------------------------------------------- The CAA Petition for recall elections: https://www.change.org/p/petition-to-the-legislative-council-of-victoria-give-democracy-back-to-the-people-with-recall-elections Kel’s autobiography ‘The Angry Ant’: https://caainc.org.au/product/the-angry-ant-an-autobiography-by-glare-kelvin-ao/ DISCERNABLE The Podcast: http://discernable.io/listen The Crew Mailing List: https://discernable.io/crew The Video Archive: https://www.youtube.com/discernable https://www.discernable.io/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUlYmNh3pxc

Here is 6 minutes of clear thinking that summarises the amazing interview I had with Alexandra Marshall. If you loved this, you'll love the full interview: https://youtu.be/pXMoqNbPBAc She is a voice of reason in a sea of confusion. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUP6w6M2iAw

Former QLD Premier Campbell Newman is mounting a come back to politics. Is he returning as a victor or as a failure? Damian and Matt consider whether breakthrough or incremental change is the better approach to governance and reforming the ABC to actually reflect the Australian community. Watch the full conversation here: https://youtu.be/aug-I0xN6BY ------------------------------------------ DISCERNABLE Our Private Community: https://discernable.locals.com The Crew Mailing List: https://discernable.io/crew The Podcast: http://discernable.io/listen The Video Archive: https://www.youtube.com/discernable & https://odysee.com/@discernable DAMIAN COORY https://www.linkedin.com/in/coory https://theothersideaustralia.buzzsprout.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUaFGNz6NTvrA2dHWUTy7RQ https://www.facebook.com/TheOtherSideAus ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKpgd8sML5I