Alex McDermott - Why Exactly Don't We Properly Celebrate Australian Federation?
About this episode
Alex McDermott discusses the reasons behind the lack of celebration for Australian Federation and its historical implications.
My guest today is Alex McDermott who is a Melbourne-based historian, writer, and curator at the Robert Menzies Institute. He recently collaborated with Tony Abbott on his book "Australia: A History". Today we discuss: His recent article entitled "Forgetting Federation" about why the formal establishment of the Australian nation state is ignored Whether centre-right appear to have a negative view of federation and whether modern neo-liberalism might help explain this Menzies' view of Federation and whether one can detect in his politics a one nation Disraelian conservatism as well as a Gladstonian classical liberalism The parallels between the Federation era and our own. And much more https://quadrant.org.au/magazine/history/forgetting-federation/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-mcdermott-000128309/ https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/alex-mcdermott https://substack.com/@alexmcdermott1?utm_source=top-search
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