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  • čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
  • In this wide-ranging interview, John and John Howard delve into the major political, social and economic problems facing Australia. They cover rising debt and inter-generational theft, political correctness, civic culture, familial health, immigration, foreign alliances, our relationship with China and the legacy and future of Australia and the West more broadly.
    John Howard served as the 25th Prime Minister of Australia,
    in office from 1996 to 2007.
    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.
    This interview coincides with the
    25th anniversary of the election of the Howard Government.
    John has previously interviewed Mr Howard. Their 2018 interview can be seen here: • John Howard | The Cont...
    #Debt #Covid #PoliticalCorrectness
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    00:00 Introduction
    02:35 Has COVID-19 accelerated history?
    15:55 Australia’s national security preparedness
    23:27 Australia’s COVID response
    30:38 Energy affordability
    33:07 Australia’s needed fiscal recovery
    49:37 The rise of wokeism
    57:22 The great influences on Australia
    1:09:29 A strong civil society
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Komentáře • 129

  • @ross7668
    @ross7668 Před 3 lety +29

    I’d almost forgotten how sensible a true leader could be.
    It took a few years for Mr Howard to gather steam...but to hear his sensibility, is so refreshing... even for an old codger.
    Thank you.

  • @thinkbeforesaying244
    @thinkbeforesaying244 Před 3 lety +15

    At one time I might have agreed with John Howard about Australians not like being told what to do, but as a Victorian under Dictator Dan, I am shocked at how compliant everyone is and how much they defend Daniel Andrews tactics or just can't see through them, even to the point of being angry at someone who disagrees.

    • @Mike-br8zt
      @Mike-br8zt Před 3 lety +1

      I tend to agree with you on this point but I also think fear played an important part.

  • @sandracoombs2255
    @sandracoombs2255 Před 3 lety +8

    What a tragedy for Australia that we no longer have leaders like Howard in this country.

  • @petahagan1782
    @petahagan1782 Před 3 lety +11

    Wonderful interview Johns. You deserve all the respect for your work as Australian leaders.

  • @highendbutthurt2781
    @highendbutthurt2781 Před 2 lety +4

    Honestly this is the reason he was around for as long as he was, what an amazing man

    • @paperclip612
      @paperclip612 Před 2 lety

      And John Anderson, a very good interviewer who let's people talk without incessantly interrupting.

    • @AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc
      @AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc Před rokem

      And don’t forget the media, Hawke and Keating lambasted John for years before the dumb voter listened to him. To the point of ridicule.

  • @jurisranger
    @jurisranger Před 2 lety +3

    I was brought up in a household that hated John Howard and it no doubt influenced that way I grew up thinking he was terrible but as I look back now I realise how great a leader he was for our nation. We need leaders like Howard for such a time as this. Thanks for the great interview John.

  • @Brian-dq2jc
    @Brian-dq2jc Před 3 lety +5

    God Bless Australia🇺🇸❤️🇦🇺

  • @jimbrown5268
    @jimbrown5268 Před 2 lety +3

    I really wish we could have these two Johns back in the halls of leadership in this Country

  • @jetnavigator
    @jetnavigator Před 3 lety +18

    Gun laws, dependence on China, rampant immigration, spiralling housing costs, the collapse of manufacturing, sacrificed at the altar of golbalism are what come to my mind of his legacy. Apart from that he was a stellar P.M.

    • @nicolaiitchenko7610
      @nicolaiitchenko7610 Před 3 lety +1

      You don't think that the Mandarin spouting KRudd sold us out to his dream home of China and his dream governmental system which he is still, to this day, defending?
      Not to mention the lying bovine who never won an election selling out our entire defense potential to the same Communist Masters that have owned the Labor Party for ever.

    • @jetnavigator
      @jetnavigator Před 3 lety +2

      @@nicolaiitchenko7610 but muh Krudd. This is about Howard. Same arse. Different cheeks.

    • @comradesomo
      @comradesomo Před 3 lety

      Don't forget having a fire sale on our gold reserves.

  • @craigball2732
    @craigball2732 Před 2 lety +2

    Another terrific interview John. Thank you. It’s always a welcome relief to listen to a conversation that is filled with common sense, rattan than the woke nonsense that the world is currently being subjected to.

  • @elizabethblackwell5702
    @elizabethblackwell5702 Před 3 lety +3

    Welcome back, John. Best news the country has had in ten years. I'll do anything to help.

  • @larrys5509
    @larrys5509 Před 3 lety +7

    Outstanding chat gentlemen.
    John, keep these long form conversations going as I find them far more interesting than anything the media here has to offer. Rogan is the long term proof.

  • @googlesamsung545
    @googlesamsung545 Před 3 lety +2

    I came to Australia in 1997 and initially not very impressed by the appearance of John Howard😀but over time, I was fully convinced by his leadership and wisdom...I could only wish one thing that he could have done better---i.e., left the primary minister role to Peter instead of hanging on the power until he was defeated...

    • @simonwallace699
      @simonwallace699 Před 3 lety

      I'm sure he regrets his decision to hold on for too long, because yes, it was the wrong decision. And yes, if he'd handed over in early 2007 they probably would have retained power, but coulda/woulda/shoulda. No point wondering about it any more.

  • @jenniferwilson5358
    @jenniferwilson5358 Před 3 lety +15

    Such an inspiration and insight. John Anderson is a great interviewer and this was a gold interview.

    • @BlinkyBillNo1
      @BlinkyBillNo1 Před 3 lety +4

      The two Johns are national living treasures.

  • @Roadrunnerz45
    @Roadrunnerz45 Před 3 lety +2

    thank you for having mr howard on. we need his views on things before he steps back into retirement. i hope he will be around a while yet.

  • @bayblues5623
    @bayblues5623 Před 3 lety +4

    Brilliant! Wish I was an Australian!

  • @bosse641
    @bosse641 Před 3 lety +7

    Covid ? How about you have a talk with Jon Rappoport about that, John ?
    The whole world has fallen for the pathetic lies.

  • @mattt6355
    @mattt6355 Před 3 lety +12

    Overall a great government. I wouldn’t put high levels of immigration as an achievement. That was their biggest failing.

  • @JC-oy9ou
    @JC-oy9ou Před 3 lety +1

    John Howard may you live your remaining years with dignity.

  • @dadbosworth6838
    @dadbosworth6838 Před 3 lety +22

    will never forgive Howard for the gun laws lowest of the low

    • @zakblue
      @zakblue Před 3 lety +3

      and yet not one fuck is given by Howard

    • @HappyAccident06
      @HappyAccident06 Před 3 lety +8

      I was born around the time they were banned. I harbour a great deal of resentment for the generations who let it happen.
      A time will come in this century that we will wish for a means to protect ourselves.

    • @zakblue
      @zakblue Před 3 lety +2

      @@HappyAccident06 all those time i've needed mah semi automatic down at 7-11 and didn't have one SMH

    • @Kenneynrg
      @Kenneynrg Před 3 lety +1

      @@zakblue those days are ahead.. and when you realise it oh how your going to want to punch yourself in the face.

    • @anitamaguire7640
      @anitamaguire7640 Před 3 lety +1

      @@HappyAccident06 That time is close judging by how tyrannical governments have become.

  • @krankywitch
    @krankywitch Před 3 lety +4

    A very enjoyable hour listening to The Two Johnnies 😄 Thank you. I do think QEII was a bit mean - should be Sir John by now

  • @HappyAccident06
    @HappyAccident06 Před 3 lety +12

    Both disappointing and insightful.
    I suppose I was naive to think that 2 career politicians would speak their mind about the sickness that is festering in our society and the hard times to come.
    Regardless, thank you John. These conversations are more value than anything that comes through the Tele.

  • @skeletorrobo
    @skeletorrobo Před 3 lety +2

    Very illuminating.

  • @christopherrobbins9985
    @christopherrobbins9985 Před 3 lety +3

    Great discussion. John Howard is sharp as a tack at 81. Nobody better than John Anderson doing these kinds of civil interviews.
    Australia should be proud of the way its handled the COVID pandemic. I (American living in Sydney 5 + years) think the Aussie hybrid public/private healthcare system is a model for the western world.

  • @BlinkyBillNo1
    @BlinkyBillNo1 Před 3 lety +8

    John Howard looks like everyone's favourite uncle. He was a very good Prime Minister too.

  • @hayekfriedman9078
    @hayekfriedman9078 Před 3 lety +1

    Cricket reference snuck-in in under an hour. Well done!!

  • @stevenlyhne1
    @stevenlyhne1 Před 3 lety +1

    Great to hear from John Howard again. I agree with 99% of what he says, but the US election wasn’t transparent.

  • @harrybarber4391
    @harrybarber4391 Před 3 lety +1

    Excellent

  • @thinkbeforesaying244
    @thinkbeforesaying244 Před 3 lety +1

    The cooperation between the government & the business sector has been enforced, as opposed to cooperative. As a result, many lives have been hugely impacted by the collapse of small businesses in particular. I just have to go down to my local shopping strip to see the consequences!

  • @hubris9167
    @hubris9167 Před 3 lety

    Brilliant.

  • @NH-vo7ch
    @NH-vo7ch Před 3 lety

    He was a great leader. He certainly went against the tide, we in the UK had New Labour who spent money like a drunken sailor, the state massively expanded, immigration went unchecked. Fortunately for them their incompetence was hidden by a housing bubble and credit boom that filled the coffers but when the inevitable bust came we were left totally exposed, and Labour conveniently scapegoated the 'Bankers'. Truth is we have never recovered from that disastrous period economically or societally and probably won't. Had we had someone like Howard in charge I am certain we would be in a much better place.

  • @chrisdraper5067
    @chrisdraper5067 Před 2 lety

    Love your videos John. As a Kiwi who has lived and worked both sides of the Tasman for decades - I would love to see you examine that special relationship. The media love to focus on superficial sporting rivalry and differences of opinion, but our bonds run much deeper of course. What does the long term look like from the constraints of leadership, geopolitics and alignment of trade objectives with the wider world?

  • @ronti2492
    @ronti2492 Před 3 lety +8

    John Howard's middle name says it all- Winston. Mr '18 percent' came back from the almost political dead, never gave up, never quit, and persisted, just like his namesake.

  • @nicolaiitchenko7610
    @nicolaiitchenko7610 Před 3 lety +4

    What are the views of yourself, Mr. Anderson, and perhaps several of your recent Australian guests - especially Mr. Howard, to issues like the Bradfield water for Queensland (and the agricultural assistance to the rest of the country that this would bring) and more interestingly, the suggested plan to build two major steel producing plants one on each northern coast, with a rail corridor feeding iron ore one way and coal the other? Would these be viable and - more importantly - could the government bodies get out of the way enough to allow private enterprise to create these schemes?
    Finally - with all evidence now becoming clear - do you believe that there will be a time 'post covid' when we see governments in some places in Australia, taking more advantage of this crisis than the freedoms we enjoyed in the time of Mr. Howard should allow?

  • @shaneemanuelle6243
    @shaneemanuelle6243 Před 3 lety +2

    I’d be interested to know what the two Johns would think about some sort of coalition against China that includes nations like Australia, Vietnam, Japan, India, and even Russia.

  • @icey35
    @icey35 Před 3 lety +4

    40:30 - The standard boomer "but muh 12% interest rates in 1991" argument, as if 12% of a 3x single income mortgage is even remotely comparable to 5% on 10x a two earner household income mortgage. Come on guys, you're not that dumb, don't act like we are.

  • @DouglasHPlumb
    @DouglasHPlumb Před 3 lety +3

    A free society would not have a department of health. Doctors would be allowed to be doctors rather than ahents of public policy. Germ theory is an article of faith not a fact of science. Terrain theory has been suppressed.

  • @nytm3559
    @nytm3559 Před 3 lety +1

    hi john, good to hear that you are back to politics rather than to have a luxury lobbyist life with ccp's money.

  • @malhenning1608
    @malhenning1608 Před 3 lety

    thanks for recognising that fixed asset prices are hidden inflation

  • @zel3888
    @zel3888 Před 3 lety

    The issue with the French submarines wasn't just that they were contracting on a submarine design that had yet to be built in France ... it was also that they were basing it on an original French nuclear design but asking the French to transpose that to an diesel-electric design for Australia. So in effect - a completely different submarine.

  • @australiasindustrialage689

    Excellent discussion with some common sense, I agree, though we draw people from all parts of globe, we should unite behind common values, Australia should have one flag, not be a federation of cultures.

  • @hayekfriedman9078
    @hayekfriedman9078 Před 3 lety

    John, Sky News tells us that you are considering a return to politics. Please. Please. Do so. I'd campaign for you in a heartbeat.

  • @liammcenerney6743
    @liammcenerney6743 Před 3 lety +1

    love the chat

  • @Xylos101
    @Xylos101 Před 3 lety +2

    Trump isn't done. He will continue to be the most influential personality of the early 21st century.

    • @rafal5863
      @rafal5863 Před 3 lety

      I agree. Twitter should reinstate his humanity rights.

  • @jcarroll558
    @jcarroll558 Před 3 lety

    Just a side point your audio is very low.

  • @Roadrunnerz45
    @Roadrunnerz45 Před rokem

    35:00 - inflation has now come back very strongly. and we need to get on top of it. wages have not increased except for the top end so most people are as a result going backward.

  • @Andrew-mv2qb
    @Andrew-mv2qb Před 3 lety +2

    I miss level headed thinking

  • @skeletorrobo
    @skeletorrobo Před 3 lety

    34:11 Inflation
    52:18 Social Welfare

  • @Jopacob
    @Jopacob Před 3 lety

    John Howard at 40.33.
    You were paying a higher interest rate on your Mortgage.
    Yes but, paying 2.5% on $500,000 is going to take longer than $250,000 at 7% at the same dollar level

  • @tomsuibney9093
    @tomsuibney9093 Před 3 lety

    Time & time again on right leaning podcasts , the sound (volume ) is turned down low , this show no exeption , ile have to replay later .....

  • @bobbebbington5356
    @bobbebbington5356 Před 3 lety

    I used to be John Howards biggest fan until Port Arthur happened. When they put the blame on Martin Bryant when it was blatantly obvious it was a false flag and he did not do it, I lost faith in government and the law in this country.

  • @md8590
    @md8590 Před 2 lety

    I like John, but just want to say, who cares if China is authoritarian, that system works for them. Let's maintain good friendly business relations with China and keep our existing military alliances healthy and seperate from our economic partnerships (if the USA allows us to)

  • @mrj3nk044
    @mrj3nk044 Před 3 lety +2

    Note the tendency of both speakers to frame topics like 'our oil', 'our income', 'our exports', 'our resources' etc in nationalist-collective terms. This is collectivism with a disregard for private property- its in name only. You own nothing unless the group, the nation, gives you approval to own it, to trade it, to make a profit on it or to dispose of it. They view the nation state as primary. Then they both uturn and pay lip service to the advantages of individual liberty and freedoms. A bet both ways.

  • @AlI-zk6em
    @AlI-zk6em Před 2 lety

    Too much of unjustified praise makes me take all the words this gentleman says with a grain of salt, especially on how he described Australia handled covid. This country implemented the most draconian measures towards its citizens. For a more balanced overview of covid in Australia, one should refer to the interview with Jordan Peterson and John Anderson

  • @AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc

    The LAST Prime Minister with any nouse. The idiots’ parade since 2007 leaves much to be disgusted with; Elbow and Bowen being a class act. 😢

  • @philgowan6298
    @philgowan6298 Před 3 lety +1

    Nuclear nuclear nuclear. Simple.

  • @_l735
    @_l735 Před 3 lety

    Capitulant right.

  • @mattt6355
    @mattt6355 Před 3 lety +1

    They talk about their high immigration and say it is great but the people have to assimilate. Well vast numbers of them just haven’t. They have come with different values and have largely maintained their own values and cultures. What was the Australian identity is now on an unassailable path to being lost.

  • @tomac8551
    @tomac8551 Před 2 lety

    No post covid for Australia.

  • @Michael_Mears
    @Michael_Mears Před 3 lety +6

    Gun laws, little Johnny. If your lips are moving, you're telling porky pies. What a weasel.

  • @pacifiststormtrooper8839

    Two things, the population at large does not has not and in my estimation will not agree that immigration is a good thing. GDP per capita has been falling for some time, congestion and overcrowding not to mention dilution of Australian culture and values, it takes time absorb an immigrant and localise them, the rate at which they are/were brought it far exceeds the countries ability to fully digest them. Secondly, inflation is non existent? Honestly? Measure it properly along with unemployment then have the debate, I think you would find from any credible pollster that for many years now the general consensus is living standards are falling and those at the bottom disproportionately feel it the most.

  • @_l735
    @_l735 Před 3 lety

    He also nearly caused outright war in Indonesia, certainly risked civil war, you both also banned weaponry for self defence, both of which are deep disgraces you perpetually ignore.

  • @ricksantilli4637
    @ricksantilli4637 Před 2 lety

    Australia WAS doing well in COVID. This interview came before the chaos we're in now

  • @ClementPoh
    @ClementPoh Před 3 lety

    Your intro is too long, this is CZcams not TV

    • @rafal5863
      @rafal5863 Před 3 lety +1

      That is what the scrub bar is for.

    • @chadjcrase
      @chadjcrase Před 2 lety +1

      that comment says a lot

  • @AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc

    Stuff the vax rollout.

  • @deadmanswife3625
    @deadmanswife3625 Před 3 lety

    🙄

  • @johnathanosopoulos5110
    @johnathanosopoulos5110 Před 3 lety +3

    It seems only liberals are saying nice things about Howard. I haven't.

  • @bushbuddyplatypus
    @bushbuddyplatypus Před 3 lety +1

    the worst of the worst, of the worst.