Damian Coory Returns from the USA to find Australia in Ruins (but wants to fix it)

Damian Coory is a crisis management expert who spent 20 years in Asia leading corporations such as Edelman Asia Pacific. He later rose to fame as a political commentator on his show The Other Side Australia and is now running for the lower house seat of Ryan, QLD in the 2022 Australian federal election. Disillusioned with the Liberal party which has become decidedly illiberal in Damian’s view, he joined the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) because of what he describes as a rational and logical understanding of history, government and policy. Watch this episode: 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 ------------------------------------------ 5:46 Matt told Damian to enter politics 6:28 Campbell Newman failed QLD 8:19 Incremental vs breakthrough change 9:31 How would Matt reform the ABC? 12:01 How the LNP should lead the narrative 13:52 Damian’s experience at LNP meetings 14:45 Virtue signalling by supporting the Greens even when you’re a Liberal Party member 17:00 The Greens Party has peaked 19:30 Australia is split politically 21:15 The Tall Poppy Syndrome 22:36 Australia’s psychological mindset – we are convicts AND jailers 24:45 The beginning decay of a healthy society 27:45 Matt is angry at the government and takes it out on a red light 29:00 Damian’s review of the USA 30:20 LA smells like marijuana and is full of homeless people 33:10 Covid compliance and panic in the USA 35:20 We suck at collecting clean Covid data 36:35 In the USA, no one believes the 800k death toll 38:00 Australians believe the government rhetoric more than Americans 40:52 Australians are not questioning the media or government 41:45 Florida vs California – who fared better against Covid-19? 44:07 The debate around masks 46:08 Damian wants to cap all fines 48:00 Mobile phone and seatbelt cameras are wrong 50:58 Reducing rural speed limits 53:17 Is Damian’s using the LDP or does he really believe in their mission? 57:02 Does the LDP represent what the LNP used to be? 1:02:48 Your vote cannot be ‘wasted’