99 - Senator James Paterson

Like I'm A Six-Year-Old

English - April 04, 2017 07:36 - 1 hour - 58.4 MB - ★★★★ - 10 ratings
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James Paterson has been a Victorian senator for the Liberal Party for just over a year now. He's been making a name for himself as a passionate advocate for freedom of speech in regards to the reforming of Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act and by proposing that Australia help deal with its debt problem by selling off Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles.

Here the Senator and I talk about our first meeting years ago, his position as something of a political anomaly within his own family, why he's so strident on 18C, racism, offshore detention and corporate tax cuts.

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Article: The Senate blocks the government's changes to Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act

Article: Even among Australians worried about political correctness 18C is not a big issue

Article: A history of Section 18C and the Racial Discrimination Act

Article: 18C Debate is not over say both Liberal Senator and Labor MP

Senator Paterson's first speech