#110 - Professor B. Beaumont Whitford - "Australia Has Forgotten How To Think"
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hi guys welcome back to two worlds collide podcast on today's episode we have professor brett beaumont whitford i hope you guys enjoy but mate that's how we start the podcast in two worlds collide and uh i would like to introduce professor brett beaumont whitford hey thanks for having me on sam mate you're welcome um now you have a very interesting upbringing and background and because you don't have a massive social media profile I would normally have someone like Pauline Hanson on, everyone knows who she is, or I'd have something like an AFL player, or I'd have a big social media personality, and a lot of people know who they are. For the purpose of people getting to know you before we start the podcast, I don't normally do this, but can you give yourself just a bit of a brief description of...
where you grew up, who you are. You're pretty big in the business venture. You sold some businesses as well. So mate, just give me a bit of a background so people can understand who you are before we start the podcast.
Yes, Sam. Well, I'm arrogant enough to think that maybe I was doing you a favor by coming on, but it seems it's the other way around. But no, look, you're right. I've spent the last two years in monk mode writing my first novel. And writing a novel is different to anything else you'll ever do. You need to isolate yourself from the world. And I got up in Byron Bay where you can imagine I haven't got many friends. And I just locked myself away, walked, did gym exercise, and wrote a novel. And that was it. And so you're right. My following is pretty pitiful. But look, like you, I didn't get along with my stepfather. He liked to drink and give you a bit of a beating. So I left school at 17, four days, halfway through year 11, joined the Royal Australian Air Force.
And look, like you, I probably would recommend it to every kid out there who's not sure what they want to do with their lives. And I wanted to get out of a bad home. My first paycheck was my RAF paycheck out here at Edinburgh in South Australia. RAF Edinburgh, where the Orion's were based. North of Adelaide. Yeah, yeah. And look, from there, I stood for Parliament when I was 20. I was a Liberal candidate. Now, I'm not proud of that anymore. Because, like, you know, as Reagan says, you know, I didn't leave the Liberal Party. The Liberal Party went to the left of me. That's what they say about left-leaning people as well. They didn't leave the left. The left left them. Well, I certainly can't get farther right these days.
And look, just full disclosure, I'm a libertarian. My beliefs are about freedom of the individual, about low tax. Freedom of speech. Freedom of speech, absolutely. You're an absolutist. You have to. Defend to the death. You know Voltaire. You might not like what either of us have to say, but we'll defend to the death your right to say it.
That's right. I even defend lefties for going to pro-Palestine marches up in Brisbane saying, Well, they now can't say from the river to the sea. And David Katzafuli, whatever his name is, the Queensland Premier, he banned that slogan or banned that sentence. And I thought, you can't do that. Like, even though I'm the right side of politics, I don't agree with these blue haired, you know, non-binary people. people coming out uni students coming out and you know being at these pro-palestine rallies you can't ban speech no and like what is this set for the generations to come you ban this word now what's next exactly and and it's all very well when your side's in power mate just keep going i'm going to go to the remote for the air conditioner in here because i forgot to get it next to me because i might be cooking in here later all right so so yeah i um
Left school, joined the Air Force, stood for Parliament. After I lost, I worked for a business magazine for a few months. Sorry, did you stand in South Australia? No, I stood in Western Australia. I stood against a big left winger, the deputy premier of Eric Ripper. And I was only 20. And I got an 8.5% swing, which shows how bad he was.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00β4:00
2
Who is Professor B. Beaumont Whitford and how did his early life shape his views?
4:00β15:58
3
How did Whitford go from the Air Force to founding multiple businesses and achieving major exits?
15:58β44:04
4
Why does Whitford argue the new capital gains tax will hurt startups and staff equity?
44:04β1:04:37
5
What is Whitfordβs case for stronger defence, nuclear power, and compulsory service?
1:04:37β1:28:34
6
How does Whitford describe being excluded from the Byron Bay Writers Festival and free speech concerns?
1:28:34β1:38:36
Speakers
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