My guest today is Dr Judith Brett, Emeritus Professor of politics at La Trobe University. We discuss:

• What "liberalism" has actually meant in Australia - from Alfred Deakin to Robert Menzies to John Howard
• How it differs from simply "classical liberalism" or Gladstonian liberalism from the late 19th Century
• Where in her view the modern Australian Liberal Party has gone wrong and how it needs to better understand its history

And much more

https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/jmbrett

https://www.amazon.com.au/Enigmatic-Mr-Deakin-Judith-Brett-ebook/dp/B072HZ22HB

My guest today is Catherine McBride, who is an economist who advises the UK government.

Today we discuss:

1. Whether her views on trade policy have changed over the last 10 years
2. Whether the agreements the UK has signed since Brexit have been a success
3. What the "EU Reset" just announced by Keir Starmer means and whether it has de facto killed Brexit
4. Whether it is realistic to expect a high quality meaningful trade agreement between the EU and Australia
5. What to expect in trade policy over the next 5 years

And much more

https://catherinemcbride.substack.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cate-mcbride/?originalSubdomain=uk

https://x.com/ceemacbee?lang=en

My guest today is Dr Elizabeth Buchanan, a world-leading expert in the geopolitics of the polar regions.

Today we discuss:

- Why Trump wants Greenland

- The Ambitions of China and Russia and other powers in the Arctic and how concerned we should be

- Whether Australia is doing enough with regard to securing our position in Antarctica

- How she expects things to play out at both poles over the next 10 years

And much more

https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/dr-elizabeth-buchanan/

https://x.com/buchananliz?lang=en

https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/so-you-want-to-own-greenland/

https://www.brookings.edu/books/red-arctic/