The federal budget shows the Liberals are fighting for reelection, but are they fighting for smaller government and lower taxes? (1:40-14:37) As the release of the French Review approaches, we examine the state of free speech at Australian universities, and the role of universities when so much censorship comes from students? (14:37-33:58) And Labor announces their new climate policy – are electric cars really the future? (33:58-47:29) Scott Hargreaves and Dr Chris Berg are joined by Dr Bella d’Abrera and Professor Sinclair Davidson to discuss these issues and share what they’ve been reading, watching and listening to, including the NRA museum in Virginia, Love, Death and Robotsand two different translations of The Odyssey (47:29-1:01:53)
SHOW NOTES
A Half Good Budget, Media Release by Kurt Wallace: https://ipa.org.au/publications-ipa/media-releases/a-half-good-budget
Free Speech On Campus Audit 2018, Report by Matthew Lesh: https://ipa.org.au/publications-ipa/research-papers/free-speech-on-campus-audit-2018
Labor’s Electric Car Plan Won’t Help Ordinary Australians, article in The Daily Telegraph by Andrew Bushnell: https://ipa.org.au/publications-ipa/in-the-news/labors-electric-car-plan-wont-help-ordinary-australians
The NRA Museum in Virginia: http://www.nramuseum.org/
Love, Death & Robots: https://www.netflix.com/title/80174608
The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson: https://www.amazon.com/Odyssey-Homer/dp/0393089053
The Odyssey by Homer, translated by E V Rieu:https://www.amazon.com/Odyssey-Penguin-Classics-Homer/dp/0140449116
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