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Praise for Political Troglodytes and Economic Lunatics

This is the story of the last great shift in Australian politics, a tale of plutocrats and reactionaries who defied the times to drag Australia to the right.

DAVID MARR

A lucid and compelling account of the men and advocacy groups that drove Australia to the right.

JUDY BRETT

If you hope to understand the rightward drift of our recent politics, Dominic Kellys calm and clear, fascinating and fair-minded account of the work of Australias three hard right amigos Hugh Morgan, John Stone and Ray Evans is the place to start.

ROBERT MANNE

This is a controversial subject about polarising figures, but Kellys approach is fair and honest. An important contribution to the literature on modern conservatism and neoliberalism.

ANDREW HARTMAN, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY

Political Troglodytes and Economic Lunatics contributes to a deeper understanding of the Right in Australia, which has been relatively neglected.

DAVID MCKNIGHT, AUTHOR OF Populism Now AND Beyond Right and Left

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Copyright 2019 Dominic Kelly

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For Sarah

ABBREVIATIONS

ABC	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
ACF	Australian Conservation Foundation
ACM	Australians for Constitutional Monarchy
ACTU	Australian Council of Trade Unions
AEF	Australian Environment Foundation
AIGN	Australian Industry Greenhouse Network
AIPP	Australian Institute for Public Policy
ALP	Australian Labor Party
AMIC	Australian Mining Industry Council
ATA	Australian Taxpayers Alliance
ATR	Americans for Tax Reform
ATSIC	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
BCA	Business Council of Australia
CAI	Confederation of Australian Industry
CEI	Competitive Enterprise Institute
CIA	Central Intelligence Agency
CIS	Centre for Independent Studies
CNI	Council for the National Interest
CPRS	Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
CSIRO	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
DLP	Democratic Labor Party
ETS	Emissions Trading Scheme
IPA	Institute of Public Affairs
IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
MUA	Maritime Union of Australia
NFF	National Farmers Federation
NRA	National Rifle Association of America
SEC	State Electricity Commission of Victoria
UAP	United Australia Party
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFCCC	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UWA	University of Western Australia
WMC	Western Mining Corporation
WWF	Waterside Workers Federation

INTRODUCTION

5 December 2016. The Australian Minister for Environment and Energy, Josh Frydenberg, suggests that the government will consider implementing an emissions intensity scheme effectively a carbon price for power companies as a way to reduce carbon pollution. The next day, after a furious response from the conservative wing of the Liberal Party, Frydenberg backs down. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull denies that the scheme was ever under consideration.

27 October 2017. The Turnbull government announces its rejection of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, which called for the establishment of a First Nations Voice to Parliament, enshrined in the Constitution. The prime minister says that such a proposal is inconsistent with Australian notions of equal civil rights, and infuriates Indigenous people by misleadingly referring to a potential third chamber of parliament.

1 January 2018. Turnbull, who was chairman of the Australian Republican Movement in the 1990s, is asked about the prospects of Australia becoming a republic in the near future. The once passionate republican is notably cautious, warning that the Australian people have shown themselves to be very conservative when it comes to constitutional change. There is no point pretending that there is an appetite for change when there isnt one at the moment. But he nevertheless floats the idea of a plebiscite or postal survey to begin the process, should Queen Elizabeth die during his prime ministership. Faced with an insurgency from the Liberal Party right, Turnbull is forced to walk back his remarks within twenty-four hours.

25 January 2018. The Fair Work Commission, applying the legislation set out in the Fair Work Act 2009, orders New South Wales rail workers

24 August 2018. Having spent the majority of his prime-ministership appeasing the hard right of the LiberalNational Coalition, Malcolm Turnbull is torn down by his own party. Conservatives hope to install Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton as prime minister, but they are thwarted by the marginally more moderate treasurer, Scott Morrison.

27 August 2018. Morrison chooses Angus Taylor, a prominent climate change sceptic and anti-renewable energy campaigner, as his energy minister. Morrison says Taylor will be the minister for getting energy prices down, while resources minister Matt Canavan calls for a new era of energy and resources abundance. Morrisons chief of staff is John Kunkel, who was the deputy CEO of the Minerals Council of Australia for six years and a senior political lobbyist for mining giant Rio Tinto for two.

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