EPISODE · Aug 5, 2026 · 1H 1M
Paul Kelly, editor-at-large, The Australian newspaper - The Twilight of Australian Exceptionalism
from The National Conservatism Institute of Australia Podcast
My guest today is Paul Kelly, editor-at-large of The Australian newspaper and author of the recently published book: "The Twilight of Exceptionalism: The Liberal and Conservative Era 2013 - 2022".Today we discuss:Why, of the many books he has authored, he found this one the most difficult to writeWhy the traditional Australian centre-right is in crisis Whether we over-mythologize the Hawke-Keating-Howard-Costello era in Australia and what he makes of the critiques of people like Andrew Hastie and Matt Canavan His view on Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter / X in 2022 and what responsibility journalism has for he problems the west facesAnd how we can make Australia exceptional again?And much, much, morehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kelly_(journalist)https://www.mup.com.au/books/the-twilight-of-exceptionalism/9780522882339
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