I was in the upper level of the main carriage and he was in the vestibule section behind me. And, of course, Nigel Farage was as entertaining as usual and provided another highlight later in the afternoon.ĭAY TWO commenced inauspiciously for me personally when some bloke on the train I was in, decided to have a psychotic episode. ![]() The afternoon included useful presentations from Senator Alex Antic, Mathew Whitaker (former Attorney-General under Donald Trump), Daniel Wild from the IPA and Nick Cater. His message was pretty much what he always says (but there is merit in that) and it was delivered with his usual devastating logic. This was a real highlight of the day, and if you haven’t read Apocalypse Never, do yourself a favour. Michael Schellenberger, author of Apocalypse Never, came next and did not disappoint with his withering demolition of the green playbook, which can be summarised as ‘everything the greens do to supposedly protect the environment is wrong’. Nuclear, being emissions free, could simply replace the 24/7 coal-fired plants that have served us so well for so long. We then heard former Extinction Rebellion member Zion Lights advance a very convincing case for the use of nuclear energy for providing base load power to back up renewables, but, inexplicably, she failed to take the logical next step which suggests that if we adopt nuclear we will not need renewables at all. During the pandemic hysteria, Abbott was very circumspect in his treatment of the disastrous decisions made by the Morrison government while it was still in office, and more credit to him for that, but he clearly no longer feels constrained and made some cogent points.Īfter lunch, we were treated to a recorded message of support from NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet, which was greeted with a boos and catcalls. ![]() Tony Abbott delivered the keynote address and was also given an enthusiastic greeting, which prompted him to lament that more of the attendees did not live in the electorate of Warringah. Senator Jacinta Price kicked off the real proceedings and was greeted with a rapturous standing ovation when she arrived on-stage, a reception she justified by then delivering a powerful address.įred Pawle and Johannes Leak remembered the late, great Bill Leak. Not so for the follow-up act which first sang ‘We are Australian’ and followed that with a full-throated rendition, on the part of all attending, of the National Anthem. Not quite, but the applause was so tepid, it was probably touch and go. ![]() I’d like to say that, at its conclusion, you could have heard a pin drop. They gave us an Aboriginal song and dance routine followed by a ‘welcome to country’. In fact, incredibly, the whole show – the Conservative Political Action Conference, remember – started with a low light. Just back from CPAC 2022 and thought I’d share a few highlights.
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