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The Hon. John Ruddick, MLC on The Chris Smith Show - 4 July 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: John Ruddick is a member of the Legislative Council of the Parliament of New South Wales and a member of the Libertarian Party. He was an active member of the NSW Liberal Party and championed democratic reform of that party. In 2018 he published "Make the Liberal Party Great Again" but in mid-2021 he joined the Liberal Democrats after his disappointment with the Morrison and Berejiklian governments and their over-reaction to COVID-19 and the associated government debt.

Craig Kelly & Alex Zaharov-Reutt on The Chris Smith Show - 3 July 2024

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Craig Kelly is National Director of Pauline Hanson's One Nation. He was a Liberal Party member of the Australian House of Representatives for the electorate of Hughes from August 2010. In February 2021 Craig shifted to independent status before joining the United Australia Party later that year. He is a vocal critic of climate change measures, and his opposition to certain health mandates aligns with his strong stance on personal freedoms and anti-corruption.
GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Alex Zaharov-Reutt is TechAdvice.Life Editor. He's one of Australia’s best-known technology journalists and consumer tech experts. Alex has appeared in his capacity as a technology expert on all of Australia’s free-to-air and pay-TV networks on all the major news and current affairs programs, on commercial and public radio, and technology, lifestyle, and Reality TV shows.

Prue MacSween on The Chris Smith Show - 3 July 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Prue MacSween is an Australian television and radio personality, journalist, social commentator, and public relations director. She’s the public relations director of Verve Communications, and as a media commentator, has made a number of comments considered to be controversial. Prue’s extensive career in the media began at Eastern Suburbs Newspapers as a cadet journalist, during which time she studied at the Sydney Technical College and completed an Advertising Certificate in 1972.

Dr Nataliya Ilyushina & Steve Bastoni on The Chris Smith Show - 2 July 2024

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Dr Nataliya Ilyushina is a Research Fellow (Advanced) at the RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub. She received her PhD in Economics from RMIT University. Her other qualifications include Master of Economics from Melbourne University, double degree Master of Professional Accounting, Master of Commerce from RMIT University and Bachelor of Economics from Moscow State University.
 
GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Steve Bastoni is an Italian-born Australian actor, writer and producer with three Australian Academy Award nominations and over 40 years' experience in all facets of showbiz. He became a household name in Australia for his role as Constable Yannis 'Angel' Angelopoulos in Police Rescue and as Steve Parker in Neighbours. His memorable performance in 15 Amore garnered him a nomination for the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

The Hon. Mark Latham, MLC on The Chris Smith Show - 2 July 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Mark Latham is an Australian politician and media commentator, currently serving as an independent member in the New South Wales Legislative Council. He previously served as the leader of the Australian Labor Party and leader of the opposition from December 2003 to January 2005. He is the author of 13 books, including Civilising Global Capital (1998), The Latham Diaries (2005), Outsiders (2017) and Take Back Australia (2018). Mark is one of Australia’s leading advocates of ‘outsider’ politics.

Dr Alan Moran & Grant Newsham on The Chris Smith Show - 1 July 2024

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Dr Alan Moran is Principal of Regulation Economics. He is a noted economist who has analysed and written extensively from a free market perspective. Alan was the Director of the Deregulation Unit at the Institute of Public Affairs from 1996 until 2014. He was previously a senior official in Australia’s Productivity Commission and Director of the Commonwealth’s Office of Regulation Review. Alan was educated in the UK and has a PhD in transport economics from the University of Liverpool and degrees from the University of Salford and the London School of Economics.
 
GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Grant Newsham is the author of the recently published "When China Attacks: A Warning to America". He is a retired US Marine officer with decades of experience in the Indo-Pacific – to include serving as reserve head of intelligence for Marine Forces Pacific. He was the first Marine advisor to the Japan Self Defense Force and helped create Japan’s amphibious force. Mr Newsham is also an attorney with experience in international trade and public international law.
 
 
 

Dr Renee Heath, MLC on The Chris Smith Show - 1 July 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Dr Renee Heath is the Liberal Party member for the Eastern Victoria Region in the Victorian Legislative Council. She was secretary of the Parliamentary Liberal Party from December 2022 to May 2023. Prior to entering Parliament, Renee was a health professional with a Bachelor of Health Science and Bachelor of Applied Science (Chiropractic), treating patients of all ages and backgrounds across Gippsland. She has led rewarding community projects that improved children’s health and the local environment and has a long history of volunteerism and community service.

Bettina Arndt, Dr David Richards and Dean Johnson on the Chris Smith Show - 28 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Bettina Arndt AM trained as a clinical psychologist and worked first as a sex therapist and then a social commentator before becoming a men’s issues activist.
GUEST OVERVIEW: Dr David Richards is an Australian General Practitioner and Adjunct Professor at an Australian University in the faculty of medicine. He graduated from London University in 1984, having also completed an Honours Degree in Human Genetics and Immunology. He has peer reviewed papers for a major European Journal and presented at International Conferences on Genetics and Carotid Ultrasound. He is a co-founder of Australians for Science and Freedom.
GUEST OVERVIEW: Dean Johnson is Mayor of the District Council of Kimba in South Australia. He was appointed to the role of LGA President in November 2022.

Jim Ball on the Chris Smith Show - 28 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Jim Ball is an Australian radio personality, formerly broadcasting with the 2GB and 2UE networks in Sydney.

Russell Broadbent and Celine Against the Machine on the Chris Smith Show - 27 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Russell Broadbent is the Member for Monash in the Parliament of Australia and one of the longest serving politicians in the nation’s parliament. Russell was President of the Shire of Pakenham in 1984-85. He was a member of the Liberal Party from 1980 until his resignation on 14 November 2023. He’s now an independent Member of Parliament.
X: @celinevmachine_ GUEST OVERVIEW: Celine Against the Machine is a content creator and Australian patriot fighting against globalist tyranny.

John Ruddick on the Chris Smith Show - 27 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: John Ruddick is a member of the Legislative Council of the Parliament of New South Wales and a member of the Libertarian Party. He was an active member of the NSW Liberal Party and championed democratic reform of that party. In 2018 he published "Make the Liberal Party Great Again" but in mid-2021 he joined the Liberal Democrats after his disappointment with the Morrison and Berejiklian governments and their over-reaction to COVID-19 and the associated government debt.
X: @JohnRuddick2

Barnaby Joyce, Sall Grover and Alex Zaharov-Reutt on the Chris Smith Show - 26 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: The Hon Barnaby Joyce MP is the Member for New England in the Parliament of Australia. He is a former Deputy Prime Minister, and former Cabinet Minister in the portfolios of Agriculture and Water Resources, Resources and Northern Australia, and Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. He was Leader of the National Party.
GUEST OVERVIEW: Sall Grover is the Australian founder of an independent female-only social media networking platform and app called ‘Giggle’. She created Giggle as a platform centred around women connecting with, and supporting, other women. The purpose was to provide an app that allowed women to safely connect; an important consideration when dealing with strangers. Sall has been taken to court because she wanted her Giggle app to remain female-only.
GUEST OVERVIEW: Alex Zaharov-Reutt is TechAdvice.Life Editor. He's one of Australia’s best-known technology journalists and consumer tech experts. Alex has appeared in his capacity as a technology expert on all of Australia’s free-to-air and pay-TV networks on all the major news and current affairs programs, on commercial and public radio, and technology, lifestyle, and Reality TV shows.

Prue MacSween on the Chris Smith Show - 26 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Prue MacSween is an Australian television and radio personality, journalist, social commentator, and public relations director. She’s the public relations director of Verve Communications, and as a media commentator, has made a number of comments considered to be controversial. Prue’s extensive career in the media began at Eastern Suburbs Newspapers as a cadet journalist, during which time she studied at the Sydney Technical College and completed an Advertising Certificate in 1972.

Tony Wakeham, Rebekah Barnett, Hon Barnaby Joyce MP & Shane Healey on The Chris Smith Show - 25 June 2024

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Tony Wakeham became an 'active' Julian Assange Supporter after Julian's incarceration in Her Majesty's Prison Belmarsh in 2019. He and a small group of other supporters decided to 'gather' on Sydney's Town Hall steps after work every Friday evening until Julian is free.
GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Rebekah Barnett is an independent journalist from Western Australia. She writes for her Substack, Dystopian Down Under, and advocates for Australians injured by the COVID vaccines
GUEST 3 OVERVIEW: The Hon Barnaby Joyce MP is the Member for New England in the Parliament of Australia. He is a former Deputy Prime Minister, and former Cabinet Minister in the portfolios of Agriculture and Water Resources, Resources and Northern Australia, and Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. He was Leader of the National Party.
GUEST 4 OVERVIEW: Shane Healey is a terrorism and youth justice expert. He's a former Australian Defence Force Special Operations Command intelligence operator, and private military contractor. Shane has been deployed twice to Afghanistan (2010/2011 and 2012) as part of Task Force 66 where he provided insurgent threat assessments. When in Australia he was part of the Tactical Assault Group – East and West where he was involved in several real time terrorist incidents.

John Shipton & The Hon. Mark Latham, MLC on The Chris Smith Show - 25 June 2024

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: John Shipton is the father of Julian Assange. A retired builder, he now spends his time campaigning around the world, seeking the release of his son. He has spoken on numerous occasions in many countries in Europe, Mexico, the UK and the US, building a worldwide campaign to free his son Julian Assange
GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Mark Latham is an Australian politician and media commentator, currently serving as an independent member in the New South Wales Legislative Council. He previously served as the leader of the Australian Labor Party and leader of the opposition from December 2003 to January 2005. He is the author of 13 books, including Civilising Global Capital (1998), The Latham Diaries (2005), Outsiders (2017) and Take Back Australia (2018). Mark is one of Australia’s leading advocates of ‘outsider’ politics.

Craig Kelly & Dr Ziggy Switkowski AO on The Chris Smith Show - 24 June 2024

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Craig Kelly is National Director of Pauline Hanson's One Nation. He was a Liberal Party member of the Australian House of Representatives for the electorate of Hughes from August 2010. In February 2021 Craig shifted to independent status before joining the United Australia Party later that year. He is a vocal critic of climate change measures, and his opposition to certain health mandates aligns with his strong stance on personal freedoms and anti-corruption.
 
 GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Dr Ziggy Switkowski AO is one of Australia’s most highly respected technology, innovation and business leaders. He earned his doctorate in nuclear physics before heading Australia’s largest telecommunications companies, including Optus, Telstra and the NBN Corporation. He chaired the Australian Government’s inquiry into uranium mining processing and nuclear energy in Australia before becoming Chairman of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation in 2007.

Dr Renee Heath, MLC on The Chris Smith Show - 24 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Dr Renee Heath is the Liberal Party member for the Eastern Victoria Region in the Victorian Legislative Council. She was secretary of the Parliamentary Liberal Party from December 2022 to May 2023. Prior to entering Parliament, Renee was a health professional with a Bachelor of Health Science and Bachelor of Applied Science (Chiropractic), treating patients of all ages and backgrounds across Gippsland. She has led rewarding community projects that improved children’s health and the local environment and has a long history of volunteerism and community service.

Vikki Campion and Madeleine West on the Chris Smith Show - 21 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Vikki Campion is a columnist in regional Australia who gives a voice to small communities being shafted by foreign intermittent energy companies. She has worked in media and politics since 2002.
GUEST OVERVIEW: Madeleine West is an Australian actress, author and director. She is best known for her television roles, having played "Dee Bliss" and "Andrea Somers" on the soap opera "Neighbours" from 2000 to 2003 and on-off 2017 to 2020, high-class escort Mel on "Satisfaction" from 2007 to 2010, Dimity on "House Husbands" in 2013, Danielle McGuire in "Underbelly" and later "Fat Tony & Co".

Jim Ball on the Chris Smith Show - 21 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Jim Ball is an Australian radio personality, formerly broadcasting with the 2GB and 2UE networks in Sydney.

Shane Healey and Jason Morrison on the Chris Smith Show - 20 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Shane Healey is a terrorism and youth justice expert. He's a former Australian Defence Force Special Operations Command intelligence operator, and private military contractor. Shane has been deployed twice to Afghanistan (2010/2011 and 2012) as part of Task Force 66 where he provided insurgent threat assessments. When in Australia he was part of the Tactical Assault Group – East and West where he was involved in several real time terrorist incidents.
GUEST OVERVIEW: Jason Morrison's extensive career in media started with 2GB in 1989 at the age of 17 as a newsroom cadet. In 1998, he was appointed Director of News at 2GB and remains the youngest person to have ever held that position. He was the director of 7News Sydney for almost eight years until his departure in June 2023.

John Ruddick on the Chris Smith Show - 20 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: John Ruddick is a member of the Legislative Council of the Parliament of New South Wales and a member of the Libertarian Party. He was an active member of the NSW Liberal Party and championed democratic reform of that party. In 2018 he published "Make the Liberal Party Great Again" but in mid-2021 he joined the Liberal Democrats after his disappointment with the Morrison and Berejiklian governments and their over-reaction to COVID-19 and the associated government debt.

Pauline Hanson and Alex Zaharov-Reutt on the Chris Smith Show - 19 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Senator Pauline Hanson was elected to the Federal Senate on 1 July 2016 as a Senator for Queensland. Today, the party she founded in 1997, is now called Pauline Hanson’s One Nation. In July 2006, The Bulletin named Pauline one of the most influential Australians.
X: @PaulineHansonOz
GUEST OVERVIEW: Alex Zaharov-Reutt is TechAdvice.Life Editor. He's one of Australia’s best-known technology journalists and consumer tech experts. Alex has appeared in his capacity as a technology expert on all of Australia’s free-to-air and pay-TV networks on all the major news and current affairs programs, on commercial and public radio, and technology, lifestyle, and Reality TV shows.
X: @alexonline888

Prue MacSween and Andrew Phelan on the Chris Smith Show - 19 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Prue MacSween is an Australian television and radio personality, journalist, social commentator, and public relations director. She’s the public relations director of Verve Communications, and as a media commentator, has made a number of comments considered to be controversial. Prue’s extensive career in the media began at Eastern Suburbs Newspapers as a cadet journalist, during which time she studied at the Sydney Technical College and completed an Advertising Certificate in 1972.
GUEST OVERVIEW: Andrew Phelan was one of four graduates nationwide in Australia chosen for the China skills post graduate scholarship by the then Australia China Council. He's a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American studies and has worked in joint ventures in China in the consumer goods space and for US medical technology companies such as Gore and GE in China and elsewhere across Asia.
X: @ajphelo

Nick Xenophon & Katherine Deves Morgan on The Chris Smith Show - 18 June 2024

On today's show, Nick Xenophon discusses Australia's COVID-19 Vaccine Claims Scheme. Later, Katherine Deves Morgan discusses transgender issues.GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Nick Xenophon is the founder and principal of Nick Xenophon & Co Lawyers. He began his career as a lawyer in 1982 after graduating from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Law degree. From 1997 to 2007, Nick served as an independent member of the South Australian Legislative Council and from 2008 to 2017 served as a Senator for South Australia in Federal Parliament. In 2018, he resumed his professional legal career. https://xenlaw.com.au/
GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Katherine Deves Morgan is an Australian lawyer and co-founder of Save Women’s Sport Australasia, which states that sport must be categorised by sex, not gender identity. She ran as a Liberal Party candidate for the federal seat of Warringah in the 2022 Australian Federal election.
 

The Hon. Mark Latham, MLC on The Chris Smith Show - 18 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Mark Latham is an Australian politician and media commentator, currently serving as an independent member in the New South Wales Legislative Council. He previously served as the leader of the Australian Labor Party and leader of the opposition from December 2003 to January 2005. He is the author of 13 books, including Civilising Global Capital (1998), The Latham Diaries (2005), Outsiders (2017) and Take Back Australia (2018). Mark is one of Australia’s leading advocates of ‘outsider’ politics.

Dr Alan Moran & Matilda Bawden The Chris Smith Show - 17 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Dr Alan Moran is Principal of Regulation Economics. He is a noted economist who has analysed and written extensively from a free market perspective. Alan was the Director of the Deregulation Unit at the Institute of Public Affairs from 1996 until 2014. He was previously a senior official in Australia’s Productivity Commission and Director of the Commonwealth’s Office of Regulation Review. Alan was educated in the UK and has a PhD in transport economics from the University of Liverpool and degrees from the University of Salford and the London School of Economics.
 
GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Matilda Bawden is a forensic social worker a former National Secretary of Whistleblowers Australia. She is a founding member of the Community Linkages, Inclusion & Innovation Centre. Matilda has extensive experience specializing in complex and compounding psychosocial barriers; including child protection, homelessness, poverty, hoarding, squalor and disabilities.

Dr Renee Heath, MLC on The Chris Smith Show - 17 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Dr Renee Heath is the Liberal Party member for the Eastern Victoria Region in the Victorian Legislative Council. She was secretary of the Parliamentary Liberal Party from December 2022 to May 2023. Prior to entering Parliament, Renee was a health professional with a Bachelor of Health Science and Bachelor of Applied Science (Chiropractic), treating patients of all ages and backgrounds across Gippsland. She has led rewarding community projects that improved children’s health and the local environment and has a long history of volunteerism and community service.

Andrew Phelan and Pastor Lou Greco on the Chris Smith Show - 14 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Andrew Phelan was one of four graduates nationwide in Australia chosen for the China skills post graduate scholarship by the then Australia China Council. He's a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American studies and has worked in joint ventures in China in the consumer goods space and for US medical technology companies such as Gore and GE in China and elsewhere across Asia.
X: @ajphelo
GUEST OVERVIEW: Pastor Lou Greco is co-founder and president of The Australian Man Cave Support Group which aims to lower the suicide rate amongst men of all ages. The Man Cave aims to provide a safe place for men where confidentiality is paramount, and judgments are reserved. They meet monthly to form friendships, discuss hardships, build mateships, and form bonds that provide pillars of support for those in need.

Jim Ball on the Chris Smith Show - 14 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Jim Ball is an Australian radio personality, formerly broadcasting with the 2GB and 2UE networks in Sydney.

Shane Healey and Peta Lowe on the Chris Smith Show - 13 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Shane Healey is a terrorism and youth justice expert. He's a former Australian Defence Force Special Operations Command intelligence operator, a former Alice Springs resident and an Indigenous man originally from western NSW.
GUEST OVERVIEW: Peta Lowe is the Principal Consultant with Phronesis Consulting and Training. She is the former Director, Countering Violent Extremism for Juvenile Justice in the NSW Department of Justice. She provides case management and intervention consultancy to range of organisations providing support and intervention to individuals at risk of violent extremism.

John Ruddick on the Chris Smith Show - 13 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: John Ruddick is a member of the Legislative Council of the Parliament of New South Wales and a member of the Libertarian Party. He was an active member of the NSW Liberal Party and championed democratic reform of that party. In 2018 he published "Make the Liberal Party Great Again" but in mid-2021 he joined the Liberal Democrats after his disappointment with the Morrison and Berejiklian governments and their over-reaction to COVID-19 and the associated government debt.

Celine Against the Machine and Alex Zaharov-Reutt on the Chris Smith Show - 12 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Celine Against the Machine is a content creator and Australian patriot fighting against globalist tyranny.
X: @celinevmachine_
GUEST OVERVIEW: Alex Zaharov-Reutt is TechAdvice.Life Editor. He's one of Australia’s best-known technology journalists and consumer tech experts. Alex has appeared in his capacity as a technology expert on all of Australia’s free-to-air and pay-TV networks on all the major news and current affairs programs, on commercial and public radio, and technology, lifestyle, and Reality TV shows.
X: @alexonline888

Prue MacSween on the Chris Smith Show - 12 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Prue MacSween is an Australian television and radio personality, journalist, social commentator, and public relations director. She’s the public relations director of Verve Communications, and as a media commentator, has made a number of comments considered to be controversial. Prue’s extensive career in the media began at Eastern Suburbs Newspapers as a cadet journalist, during which time she studied at the Sydney Technical College and completed an Advertising Certificate in 1972.

Senator Malcolm Roberts & Cristina Talacko on The Chris Smith Show - 11 June 2024

 GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Malcolm Roberts is an elected Senator for Queensland in the Parliament of Australia for Pauline Hanson's One Nation. Prior to parliamentary service, Malcolm was successful in business. He led the operational development of Australia’s largest and most complex underground coal project that successfully set many industry firsts. He has an engineering degree (honours) from University of Queensland.
 
GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Cristina Talacko is CEO of the Coalition for Conservation. She has more than 20 years of experience in executive boards and management of not-for-profit associations. She is an Advisory Board Member of Multicultural NSW and Vice President of the Australia Brazil Chamber of Commerce.

Greg Barns SC & Dr Amanda-Jane George on The Chris Smith Show - 11 June 2024

 GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Greg Barns SC graduated BA LLB from Monash University in 1984. He was a member of the Victorian Bar where he practiced in criminal law from 1986-89 and has been a member of the Tasmanian Bar since 2003. He is also a member of the Victorian, Western Australian and New Zealand Bars. Greg was chief of staff and senior adviser to a number of federal and state Liberal Party leaders and ministers from 1989-99.
 
 GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Dr Amanda-Jane George is the Postgraduate Research Coordinator for the School of Business and Law, and the Research Coordinator for the College of Law. She brings commercial law experience from her career at several major Brisbane law firms, where she practised in intellectual property law, technology licensing, competition law, and commercial contract law issues.

Marcus Bastiaan & Sall Grover on The Chris Smith Show - 10 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Marcus Bastiaan is Director of Specialty Doors. He's a former Victorian Liberal Party Vice-President and an advocate for the timber industry.

Craig Kelly on The Chris Smith Show - 10 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Craig Kelly is National Director of Pauline Hanson's One Nation. He was a Liberal Party member of the Australian House of Representatives for the electorate of Hughes from August 2010. In February 2021 Craig shifted to independent status before joining the United Australia Party later that year. He is a vocal critic of climate change measures, and his opposition to certain health mandates aligns with his strong stance on personal freedoms and anti-corruption.

Dr Alan Moran and Dr Kevin Donnelly on the Chris Smith Show - 7 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Dr Alan Moran is Principal of Regulation Economics. He is a noted economist who has analysed and written extensively from a free market perspective. Alan was the Director of the Deregulation Unit at the Institute of Public Affairs from 1996 until 2014. He was previously a senior official in Australia’s Productivity Commission and Director of the Commonwealth’s Office of Regulation Review. Alan was educated in the UK and has a PhD in transport economics from the University of Liverpool and degrees from the University of Salford and the London School of Economics.
X: @alan_john_moran
GUEST OVERVIEW: Dr Kevin Donnelly AM is one of Australia’s leading conservative public intellectuals and cultural warriors. Since first warning about the dangers of political correctness in 1992, Kevin has engaged in the battle of ideas against the cultural-left’s long march through the institutions. In June 2016, Kevin received an Order of Australia for significant service to education as a researcher and author, to national curriculum development, and to professional organisations.
X: @ESIaustralia
 

Jim Ball on the Chris Smith Show - 7 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Jim Ball is an Australian radio personality, formerly broadcasting with the 2GB and 2UE networks in Sydney.

Shane Healey and Brett Scott on the Chris Smith Show - 6 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Shane Healey is a terrorism and youth justice expert. He's a former Australian Defence Force Special Operations Command intelligence operator, a former Alice Springs resident and an Indigenous man originally from western NSW.
GUEST OVERVIEW: Brett Scott is an author, journalist, economic anthropologist and former financial broker exploring the politics of money systems, finance and digital technology. He’s the author of “Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto and the War for our Wallets” (Penguin & HarperCollins, 2022) and “The Heretic’s Guide to Global Finance: Hacking the Future of Money” (Pluto Press, 2013). Brett has a degree in anthropology in South Africa and a Masters in international development at Cambridge University, UK.
X: @Suitpossum

Andrew Phelan and Alex Zaharov-Reutt on the Chris Smith Show - 5 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Andrew Phelan was one of four graduates nationwide in Australia chosen for the China skills post graduate scholarship by the then Australia China Council. He's a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American studies and has worked in joint ventures in China in the consumer goods space and for US medical technology companies such as Gore and GE in China and elsewhere across Asia.
X: @ajphelo
GUEST OVERVIEW: Alex Zaharov-Reutt is TechAdvice.Life Editor. He's one of Australia’s best-known technology journalists and consumer tech experts. Alex has appeared in his capacity as a technology expert on all of Australia’s free-to-air and pay-TV networks on all the major news and current affairs programs, on commercial and public radio, and technology, lifestyle, and Reality TV shows.
X: @alexonline888

Prue MacSween on the Chris Smith Show - 5 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Prue MacSween is an Australian television and radio personality, journalist, social commentator, and public relations director. She’s the public relations director of Verve Communications, and as a media commentator, has made a number of comments considered to be controversial. Prue’s extensive career in the media began at Eastern Suburbs Newspapers as a cadet journalist, during which time she studied at the Sydney Technical College and completed an Advertising Certificate in 1972.

Vikki Campion & Jason Morrison on The Chris Smith Show - 4 June 2024

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Vikki Campion is a columnist in regional Australia who gives a voice to small communities being shafted by foreign intermittent energy companies. She has worked in media and politics since 2002.
GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Jason Morrison's extensive career in media started with 2GB in 1989 at the age of 17 as a newsroom cadet. In 1998, he was appointed Director of News at 2GB and remains the youngest person to have ever held that position. He was the director of 7News Sydney for almost eight years until his departure in June 2023.

The Hon. Mark Latham, MLC on The Chris Smith Show - 4 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Mark Latham is an Australian politician and media commentator, currently serving as an independent member in the New South Wales Legislative Council. He previously served as the leader of the Australian Labor Party and leader of the opposition from December 2003 to January 2005. He is the author of 13 books, including Civilising Global Capital (1998), The Latham Diaries (2005), Outsiders (2017) and Take Back Australia (2018). Mark is one of Australia’s leading advocates of ‘outsider’ politics.

Craig Kelly & Tom Switzer on The Chris Smith Show - 3 June 2024

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Craig Kelly is National Director of Pauline Hanson's One Nation. He was a Liberal Party member of the Australian House of Representatives for the electorate of Hughes from August 2010. In February 2021 Craig shifted to independent status before joining the United Australia Party later that year. He is a vocal critic of climate change measures, and his opposition to certain health mandates aligns with his strong stance on personal freedoms and anti-corruption.
GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Tom Switzer is the executive director of the Centre for Independent Studies, a Sydney-based libertarian public-policy research think tank that focuses on classical liberal issues. He is a regular contributor to media and has written for major newspapers worldwide.
 

Russell Broadbent MP on The Chris Smith Show - 3 June 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Russell Broadbent is the Member for Monash in the Parliament of Australia and one of the longest serving politicians in the nation’s parliament. Russell was President of the Shire of Pakenham in 1984-85. He was a member of the Liberal Party from 1980 until his resignation on 14 November 2023. He’s now an independent Member of Parliament.
 
 
 

Professor Joseph Siracusa and Jim Ball on the Chris Smith Show - 31 May 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Professor Joseph Siracusa is Dean of Global Futures in the Faculty of Humanities at Curtin University. He is a leading expert in American politics, foreign policy, and international security. Professor Siracusa has supervised to completion 40 PhDs and more than 150 Masters and Honours students, regularly presents at international conferences and has volunteered his time to lecture at high schools.
GUEST OVERVIEW: Jim Ball is an Australian radio personality, formerly broadcasting with the 2GB and 2UE networks in Sydney.
 

Dr David Bell on the Chris Smith Show - 31 May 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Dr David Bell is a clinical and public health physician with a PhD in population health and background in internal medicine, modelling and epidemiology of infectious disease. David has worked in global health and biotech for the past 20 years, managing collaborations across six continents. Previously, he was Director of the Global Good Fund in the USA, Programme Head for Malaria and Acute Febrile Disease at the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), based in Geneva, and coordinating malaria diagnostics strategy with the WHO.
 
 

Stephanie Bastiaan and Peter Tsolakides on the Chris Smith Show - 30 May 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Stephanie Bastiaan is a wife, mother and Research Fellow at Women’s Forum Australia. Stephanie studied Journalism at Deakin University. Stephanie is particularly interested in women’s rights, healthcare and education. In her spare time, Stephanie enjoys French cuisine, travel and keeping up with the Cambridges.
GUEST OVERVIEW: Peter Tsolakides is founder, director, and chairman of Southern Cryonics. He is currently progressing his own projects to make cryonics more accessible and widespread. Peter became interested in cryonics after reading Robert Ettinger’s book, "The Prospect of Immortality" in late 1960s. He has degrees in Science (chemistry) and Business Administration.

John Ruddick and Shane Healey on the Chris Smith Show - 30 May 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: John Ruddick is a member of the Legislative Council of the Parliament of New South Wales and a member of the Libertarian Party. He was an active member of the NSW Liberal Party and championed democratic reform of that party. In 2018 he published "Make the Liberal Party Great Again" but in mid-2021 he joined the Liberal Democrats after his disappointment with the Morrison and Berejiklian governments and their over-reaction to COVID-19 and the associated government debt.
GUEST OVERVIEW: Shane Healey is a terrorism and youth justice expert. He's a former Australian Defence Force Special Operations Command intelligence operator, a former Alice Springs resident and an Indigenous man originally from western NSW.