Who can beat Daniel Andrews? An interview with Brad Battin MP

Brad Battin MP recently challenged Michael O’Brien for the leadership of the Victorian Liberal Party. I invited him to interview not only on why he took aim at the top job to take on Daniel Andrews, but also to investigate what type of person he is. He lives with his wife and daughters in Berwick in South East Melbourne and before becoming a parliamentarian Brad worked in the prison system and as a police officer at VicPol. Disillusioned with the management of Victoria Police Brad later left to open his own Baker’s Delight Bakery before becoming the Member for Gembrook in 2010. During his time in Parliament he has been the Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment, Shadow Minister for Environment, Emergency Services, Building Industry, Youth Justice, Crime Prevention, Roads (Metropolitan) and Road Safety and the TAC. -------------------------------------------- Listen to this episode on the It Is Discernable Podcast: http://discernable.io/listen Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/FgVdAXUhqi0 Subscribe to Discernable on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/discernable?sub_confirmation=1 Join the Discernable Crew (email list) to never lose access to our content: https://www.discernable.io/crew Matt's Speed Reading Course Discount Link: https://www.udemy.com/course/learn-super-reading-hack-your-productivity-10x-guaranteed/?couponCode=PPLSPROJ -------------------------------------------- Follow Brad: https://www.facebook.com/BradBattinMP https://www.instagram.com/bradbattinmp https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeqX-vlxf68jhdxZ74xF9DQ https://twitter.com/bradbattinmp -------------------------------------------- 2:12 Why Brad left Victoria Police 5:41 Selective policing at protests 10:55 How the government dictates to VicPol 17:00 Brad’s growing political ambitions 18:15 ‘New Australians’ not ‘immigrants’ 20:00 What is Harmony Week? 22:38 Michael O’Brien and the leadership spill 28:43 Losing the leadership challenge 32:10 ‘Scotty from Marketing’ and the need for Team in politics 34:15 Gladys – the Queen of COVID-19 Management 39:59 We don’t trust politicians 44:42 Presidential style politics 50:27 Australians like a mummy/daddy government 52:20 Labor States will have to change how they govern 54:46 QLD lockdowns destroying their tourism economy 56:45 Will Dan Andrews pivot re: lockdowns? 57:25 We need to trust Australians 1:01:26 Mask culture in Melbourne 1:11:00 Growth corridors in Melbourne 1:13:58 Don’t be ‘Labor Lite’! 1:15:55 How Brad takes the pulse of the community 1:19:00 MPs should only ask “what is best for my electorate?” 1:20:00 Bring back Jeff Kennett? What about Peta Credlin? 1:26:30 Future plans for Brad 1:28:28 What is Dan Andrews like behind the scenes? 1:34:17 Brad’s Magic Wand is not so magic