Rosemary Marshall's Forest of the Fallen in Sydney, a mobile tribute to Covid vaccine victims, is attracting more and more support as people wake up to the tyranny that was the lockdowns and mandates.
20 Apr 2025
Unoriginal Spin!
Political consultant and conservative maverick John Macgowan despairs at the lack of inspiration and originality in the 2025 federal election campaign and explains why the flow of preferences from the increasingly popular fringe parties make the outcome far from predictable.
We also discuss:
• Can the Teals survive?
• Will this election be stolen?
• The weaponisation of ‘racism’
• Why Australia needs Public Servants
• Labor/Liberal’s post-election surprises
8 Apr 2025
Angry Anderson: He Can't Be Beaten
Rose Tattoo singer Angry Anderson is a survivor of pedophilia and grew up amid domestic violence. He admits he still struggles with life, but music and therapy help.
Despite defining himself as an “outlaw” early on, Angry is now a staunch, patriotic conservative who has twice run for parliament, and, having read history voraciously, has no doubts about the malign forces trying to destroy what’s left of western civilisation.
(2:10) Gig in Brisbane’s old Boggo Road jail, 1993
(4:40) From Rock and Roll Outlaw to staunch conservative.
(6:10) Philosophy behind Rose Tattoo
(9:45) Eureka Stockade
(15:30) Australia’s relationship with Britain
(16:15) How pub rock began
(20:20) What I liked about Midnight Oil
(20:50) Sharps v skinheads
(23:40) Growing up poor in Coburg
(26:50) Why I’m still angry
(27:15) Becoming a victim of pedophilia
(28:00) The forced abandonment of childhood innocence
(30:10) Therapy and survival
(38:30) Safe in music
(49:10) Running for parliament
(50:20) Charlie Lynn and the Kokoda Trail
(54:40) Colleen McCullough and the fall of Rome
(59:15) That time Bob Hawke all but confirmed my conspiracy theory
(1:03:40) Falling out with the Nationals
(1:10:50) Politicians don’t solve problems
30 Mar 2025
Tony Nikolic, human rights lawyer and People First candidate
Lawyer Tony Nikolic has provided his legal services for free to some of the most disadvantaged people in Australia. His CV would normally categorise him as a lefty, but he is a staunch conservative, thanks to the values instilled in him by grateful ethnic parents.
He is the People First candidate for Werriwa in the forthcoming federal election, and in this conversation discusses family, culture and the inadequacy of the mainstream political parties.
22 Mar 2025
This is Australia's 'Last Election'
Political adviser and conservative maverick John Macgowan discusses the alarmingly high stakes at the forthcoming Australian federal election, marvels at the disconnect between the major parties and voters, offers advice for frustrated punters and outlines some (albeit slim) reasons to be hopeful.
14 Mar 2025
Craig's List
Craig Kelly was banished from the Liberal Party in 2021, during his third term in the House of Representatives, for daring to challenge the Covid narrative, and lost his seat at the following election.
He has a list of injustices based on mistruths being perpetrated by both major parties, which he hopes to correct if he can win a seat in the Senate as a Libertarian in the forthcoming election.
(4:15) Sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship
(6:15) Australian Human Rights Commission report into Covid
(10:15) How the centre-right parties must co-ordinate to win seats
(14:30) Liberal Party factionalism
(20:00) How would Dutton go as PM?
(20:30) Get Kevin Rudd out of Washington!
(25:00) Australia needs a First Amendment
(25:50) The perils of our new hate speech laws
(36:10) Federal Labor Party and Penny Wong promoting pro-Chinese racism
(38:20) Labor's brilliant ethnic politics
(44:00) The difficulty task of getting conservatives into the Senate
(47:40) Labor abandons the working class
(52:00) Happy 29th birthday to Craig's son Trent, who has Downs Syndrome and autism
(53:50) Vaccines, Trent and mRNA
(57:40) Craig's list: The misinformed policies that are seriously harming Australia
6 Mar 2025
Reasons to be Cheerful
3 Mar 2025
Piers Akerman
Piers Akerman is a patriotic Australian, resolute conservative, provocateur, veteran journalist and columnist who has been sounding the alarm about Islamic immigration and environmental catastrophism, among other leftist disasters, for decades.
Monty Webber is a surfer/artist/filmmaker/writer from Bondi, Australia, who endured more than three years of constant suicidal depression while on, ironically, a mixture of prescribed anti-depressant pharmaceuticals. Sadly, his experience is common in Australia, where the use of such drugs per head of population is the third highest in the world.
Monty has emerged from it with a new type of spirituality that would have shocked his younger self.
Webber's family is well known in Australian surfing circles. The candour he shows in this conversation takes enormous courage.
To buy any of Webber's many amusing books about the seedier side of Australian urban surfing life, search for him on Amazon.
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