Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Dr Alan Moran & Monica Smit on The Chris Smith Show - 19 December 2023
On today's show, Dr Alan Moran discusses the ban for gas connections to new housing developments in the Australian Capital Territory. Later, Monica Smit discusses Queensland's premier being replaced and more.
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. X: @alan_john_moran
GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Monica Smit has been on the front line of Australia’s freedom movement since August 2020 when she founded Reignite Democracy Australia. She hit the international stage after spending 22 days in prison for refusing to sign draconian bail conditions after being charged with incitement. Her 'crime' was publishing an anti-lockdown protest poster on social media.
X: @monicamsmit