John Howard | The Contemporary Political Landscape
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- John and former Prime Minister of Australia John Howard reflect on their time in public office together and examine the challenges facing Australia today. John Howard served as the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1996 to 2007. Only Sir Robert Menzies has served in the position longer.
Howard’s achievements as Prime Minister included the establishment of tougher gun laws, the introduction of a nationwide goods and services tax, immigration reform, and industrial relations reform. Under his leadership, Australia contributed troops to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and led the International Force for East Timor. He also committed $1 billion in aid following the 2004 Indonesian tsunami.
His government returned ten out of twelve budget surpluses; unprecedented in the post war period.
#Howard #PrimeMinister #Reform #CounterTerrorism
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00:00 Introduction
6:33 Relationships: The Most Important Thing
15:22 What Australians Expect of their Leaders
24:05 The Intolerance of Tolerance
36:45 The Purpose of Politics: Good Policy
50:32 Intergenerational Theft
1:01:27 Why did you support gun reform?
1:08:22 The Rise of One Nation
1:20:18 9/11 and Counter-Terrorism
1:27:55 Australia and the Rise of China
1:37:00 History: Avoid Repeating Mistakes
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More of this please. It’s riveting to hear mature political figures reflect on the current social nightmare we are enduring. This type of discussion provides much needed historical understanding and balance to current events. Thank you both.
More than that. Current leaders that don't stand up for free speech rights or stand up too much. Commonsense and middle paths completely discarded...
They were a nightmare then and they set the stage for the current crop who are now unashamedly corrupt and greedy.
That little creep Howard made sure that immorality in office became unaccountable as the norm.
"The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal." - Aristotle
"Arseholes are arseholes" - Me
@john Andreson, you're a game changer, I love how your passion for Australia is so strong and you still put up a good fight even if you not running the country. We need much more of this to see grown men have thought-provoking ideas. I for one was a left-wing idealist but have seemed the damage it cause first hand. I really want to stand up and make a different and Im so glad I have great mentors to learn fomr.
Thank you John for putting the work in to create these long form discussions.
As a New Zealander I knew who John Howard was , but had only heard sound bites from him on the news . What an intelligent man that does not seem to have lost anything in old age . He speaks like a very clever man in his prime
I’d love to see how he’d handle the current situation as pm although it’s a state thing.
Freedom of speech is absolutely paramount. If it goes, we all go....
Intelligent conversation for today's world by 2 great Australians.
unheard of access to an Australian Political leader. Thank you very much. I am a former lefty who is slowly becoming more conservative and I am only 30
The access is amazing . Great to hear from these leaders while we can
Now here is what a good team looks like. This team clearly shows why it was extremely successful. We long for stability today.
Now here is what a couple of lowlife douchebags look like - the kind of team that we most certainly do NOT need today or EVER .... there was a reason Howard was so overwhelmingly kicked out of parliament
I had no idea that this "John Anderson" guy was so incredibly intelligent and well-spoken. He is by far the greatest interviewer I have ever heard. His ability to listen and understand and ask great questions is shocking. I suppose my expectations for people to be so brilliant are really low given how awful the media is here in the States. I'm pouring through his interviews and each time I am amazed at how thrilling it is to hear someone know how to balance perfectly the art of when to speak and when to listen. His insights and opinions are brilliant and he really knows how to get the most out of each guest. You can see and hear how at ease they are with him. By far, this guy is my all-time favorite interviewer. I'm so glad I found him!! CZcams can be magnificent sometimes.
He should have got on his knees and given old Johnnie a gobbie
Greetings from the US of A
This guy took most of our guns away and jacked up our taxes
So the down vote may have been the discussion of the gun issue...I think it’s arrogant to think that a tiny county would think they have something to tell another country... the USA has a population of 326,625,792 and Australia 23,232,412
I wouldn’t tell Australia what is right or wrong for them...
In the USA we have statistical evidence that guns have saved many more lives than they have taken! We are a very different and to apply to all countries the same measure can’t be done!
I loved listening to these leaders.
Michael Taylor really? I keep seeing a stat that more people have been killed by guns in American homes, streets and public places than have died in all the wars Americans have fought.
Australia lost 62,000 killed in WW1, 25,000 in WW2 and probably less than 2,000 others in all other wars, so less than 90,000 killed. I don’t have the precise stats on gun deaths but I would be totally amazed if 10,000 (or even 3,000) had ever died in the 230 years since European settlement in Australia, from non-military gun deaths in Australia.
The US approach to guns is a simply regarded by almost all Australians as just plain stupid because over and over again, we keep seeing innocent people dying en-masse.
And I think your comment about guns saving more lives than they’ve taken simply begs the question of what sort of a society you live in if hundreds of thousands of people have to die with guns in the community and this is somehow saving lives. No other first world (or even functioning developing country) would have this situation. It certainly isn’t the case in Australia and for that reason Howard and Anderson simply reflect the overwhelming consensus in Australia that the US has this tragically wrong.
Totally agree these guys missed the mark on the 1996 NFA. John Howard is part of the authoritarian right and IMO one of Australia's worse leaders. Never give up your rights because you won't get them back.
1996 NFA - what does this mean?
PaulBKal National Firearms Agreement which btw is non binding as firearm laws are a State issue not a Federal issue. Not surprising then that Mr Howard is a federalist.
@@momouppa John Howard is a traitor and an authoritarian, international socialist. Australia's worst PM ever
Great conversation guys :)
Took so much away from this video. Thank you. It's so refreshing to hear candid, mature and intellectual conversation about the state of affairs in Australia. Also, to clarify that the Opposition Party *supported* America's Invasion of Iraq.
the instability and chaos of the last 12 years has made me appreciate how good this man was. he mentions at 44:12 how voters are more going to minor parties from 20% of people to 40% This is a big worry because fringe issues takes over instead of mainstream issues which affect everyone.
Good at jacking up taxes and taking away firearms rights
His time as pm was marked by almost constant hostility. Trump exemplified governence through crisis, Howard never needed to learn that lesson by a johnny come lately.
John Howard was prez while I lived in Australia, not everyone agreed with him but I got the sense he was universally respected by normal citizens. Good times.
10:45 I can now understand why.
Get the big things right - so true.
1:27:46 "People want to come to Australia not because of what they want it to become, but because of what it is at the moment. And we should never lose sight of that." - John Howard
I really enjoyed this discussion :)
Great Talk. John Howard was a great Prime Minister of a great government that did a lot of good things for oz. Current pollies take note; no matter what you do you're going to lose popularity so you might as well do something good for the country while you can and playing identity politics isn't doing anything good for the country.
John Howard is a traitor. He gave us higher taxes and less rights. Just another authoritarian, international socialist, UN/NWO puppet
With all due respect, the mass immigration multiculturalism we've seen over recent decades, which the Howard years did nothing really to abate, despite some noble rhetorical efforts, is the chief corrosive element on our self belief in our traditional institutions and values. How on Earth are we supposed to maintain what are essentially British Christian values when we have a policy of the increasingly culturally disempowering of people of British ancestry and Christian belief?
Growing GDP is fine, but ultimately, the purpose of prosperity is to serve the country, not that the country damages itself in serious ways merely in pursuit of higher GDP figures. The fact is, per capita GDP has been stagnant through the period of mass immigration multiculturalism, whilst the cultural issues it has given rise to have been substantial. This - for many people - makes it a net negative. I certainly wouldn't support the destruction of our culture and identity merely in pursuit of a slightly higher GDP figure.
@@listsforthecurious I think multiculturalism can work, and I think it did work for many years, but it depends on the respect that all parties have for the original culture and its values. Sadly that respect (and the culture itself) is diminishing more and more these days, but I don't think you can solely place the blame for that on multiculturalism.
There are other factors like the nihilism of atheism and the identity politics of the left that have to be taken into account.
Without multiculturalism my friend, the Christian churches in this country would be empty.
I think we should have a limit on immigration and be very strict on who we let in, deporting all illegal immigrants. I do think multiculturalism has put Australia in a tough spot, a society needs an organised culture and having so many creates a lot of issues. I don't think Australia should be exclusively British Christian's however.
great chat to listen to experience of a long gone era that i would like to see back in our parliment.
tho re Hanson She was right for the time and necessary the votes for her shows that. and was treated badly for her win.
John Howard, my favourite prime minister and I’ve voted both left and right
No you've only voted right because no person with a sense of decency and fairness would ever vote for this backwardly thinking imperialist who squandered a great opportunity to further advance Australia after Hawks and Keating had given him a first world economy only to waste that opportunity
Russe So basically your saying without knowing anything about what sort of person I am. that I have no sense of decency and fairness...
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@@russe19642 Howard did alright. Hawks and Keating is debateable.
@@benjamin9120 based on what?
Brilliant
Not a bad podcast!
John Howard is one of three prime ministers that I’ve thought did some actual good for this country. Keating and Hawk the other two.
The main stream media in the UK & US have gone down the rabbit hole of 'Gotcha' and soundbite/gobbet interviewing. This style is a bit like junk food in that it gives instant gratification but is really lacking in substance. John ANDERSON takes the time to draw his interviewees out and to give real insight to what they think and believe. A far more rewarding and informed experience which helps drive real debate not shallow shouting matches. Thanks JA and to your interesting guests.
There will be no GST under his government.
Correct. My union took a view on a Debatable social issue. They then announced it to me. I disagreed vehemently and let them know my view. Conflict of interest. In this case my interest.
cognitive dissonance affects us all. Although I admire what John Howard did, his comment regarding Ansett's excessive redundancy payouts is a bit rich. Who's on a defined benefit pension indexed for inflation until death?
These guys loose me when it comes to weapons. Look at the result of their actions.
1:01:28 yeah
John Howard we need u back
Why? Do we need to pay more taxes and take the rest of our gun rights away now?
Said no one
The Howard government was coming off the back of a mining boom, this played a big part in the country having money in the bank . The labor party had a big job but did it well. We got out of the gfc under labor almost unscaved
Why didn't you ask why
Martin Bryant didn't get a trial?
He knows the answer already
Everyone talks about how great this man is one monumental error he made everyone failed to mention enough is the involvement of Australian troops in Iraq supporting the Americans there thereby killing more than 100 thousands of Iraqis and destroying the lives of millions of civilians as a result not to mention properties and infrastructures. I am sure this won't be mention here in this interview.
You don't think 9/11 was a sufficient justification for the war?
He was a liar
God, let the past be the past. At the time, majority of Americans and Australians wanted a war with Iraq, simple as that. We can look at specific situations within the war and call them out, but we can't discredit the entire war. It was necessary especially after 9/11.
@@benjamin9120We were lied to. There were no WMDs and we had no evidence of them. That alone discredits the entire war. Iraq didn’t do 9/11, and our invasion of the country split our focus on Afghanistan, giving Al Qaeda time to slip through our fingers for the better part of a decade.
@1:08 I was agreeing & Symptomatic With Him & The Farmers & Obvious Splitting of Opinions I'm Sure & Makin The Extremely Difficult Decisions That Were Taking & I'm Also Sure Friends Were Lost & Allies Distancing Themselfs It Must Have Been A lonely Sad Hard Position He Bravely Felt HE Had To Take, BUT 4 SUCH AN SEEEMLY INTELLIGENT MAN I WAS STUNNED TO HERE HIM TALK HOW BRAVE THE YOUUTH IN AMERICA GOT OUT WITH DAVID HOG TO MARCH & ADVOCATE AGAINST GUNS IT JUST SHOWS ME HOW NIAVE & STUPID HE LOOKS WHEN HIM OF ALL PEOPLE ONLY HAS TO CHECK & SEE THE PERMIT FOR THE YOUTH MARCH HAD BEEN APPLIED FOR 2 MONTHS BEFORE THE SHOOTING & THE IDEOLOGICALNESS OF HIM , HE SHOULD SCRATCH D SURFACE &HE'D FIND OUT DAVID HOGG NEVER WENT TO THAT SCHOOL OR ANY SCHOOL FOR THAT MATTER & HE IS THE SON OF AN DEMOCRATEIC HACK OFF A POLICE OFFICER & POLITICALLY DRIVEN IDENTENTITY WANNABE DIRTY POLITICIAN THAT PULLS STUNTS LIKE THAT ONE ,THE SAME ONES THAT THE MAN HAD JUST SAID HE HATES PEOPLE WHICH USE IDENTENTITY POLITICS THESE DAYS, YOU SOUND LIKE AN OUT OF TOUCH OLD MAN OR A SIMPLE HYPOCRITICAL OLD OUT OF TOUCH FART WITH ALL DUE RESPECT SIR ,John Anderson is still a Class Act Though💯%Respect John👌
Always good to talk to a War Criminal who is a legit part of the NWO and who ought be executed over his role on the Port Arthur Massacre?
How do you spell Tell Aviv?
Don't fuck up your sincere and remember the panties.
Smh lol lolzz
Hey grandfa
Best thing John Howard ever did was ramp up net overseas migration from 70k to 280k.
Without his actions we would of likely remained a predominately Anglo Christian nation instead of the diverse, vibrant, multicultural nation we have today.
There is nothing wrong with being an Anglo Christian nation just as their is nothing wrong with being a multicultural nation (feels unecessary to say both diverse and multicultural as they imply the same thing and you can have Vibrant Anglo Christian nation as well). And in all cultures their are aspects that are bad and should not be defend simply on the basis of multiculturalism.
@@jorgancrath2885 umm he's being sarcastic
@@russe19642 50/50
How is making millions of Australians guilty of the actions of Martin Bryant an achievement John Anderson you of all people should know better you allowed John Howard to impose the laws and said nothing.
Shame on you both.
Oh look it's Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dummer
Kristen - Discuss...
nothing to discuss - what I said is accurate
Just because you are inept of understanding good conversation, perhaps its best if you say nothing.
Please dont take half of your prozac needs, clearly its not working, take the full tablet you idiot.
@@kristentaylor1655 I hate him for completely different reasons. I know you'd be intolerant and bigoted to me if I told you why though
Poor john is not as Sharp, also I think he is still living in the 1980s
Really?i thought he was always that way
Can't even get half of his subscribers to watch this crap,worst prime minister ever
Howard took govt debt from 18% of GDP in 1996 to zero by 2007 and unemployment went from 8% in 1996 to 4% by 2007. Howard is the only govt since 1972 to reduce govt debt and reduce unemployment
@@Neil-yg5gm haha
@@russe19642 What i said was true. Howard is the only govt since 1972 to reduce govt debt and to reduce unemployment
@@Neil-yg5gm haha
@@russe19642 We were debt free in 2007. Howard took debt from 18% of GDP in 1996 to zero by 2007