Campbell Newman is the former LNP premier of Queensland and also served as Lord Mayor of Brisbane, the only person to have held those two roles. He is also son of Kevin and Jocelyn Newman who both respectively served as Ministers in the Federal Government.
In this episode we discuss, among other things;
- Why his parent originally voted for Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and how politics changed since that time
- How the bi-partisan consensus in Australia has changed on trade and immigration
- His views on JD Vance and Donald Trump and why there has not been the same change in the centre-right in Australia as there has been in the United States
- His thoughts on the recent protests in the UK and what this means for Australia