Senator Leah Blyth - How to Turn South Australia Around, Industrially and Politically

About this episode

Senator Leah Blyth discusses the challenges facing the Liberal Party in South Australia and potential policy solutions.

My guest today is Leah Blyth, federal Senator for South Australia and President of the Liberal Party of South Australia. Today we discuss: What explains the decline in the Liberal Party's fortunes in her state? Whether the voters blame the Liberal Party for the deindustrialisation and loss of the car industry? Her views on trade policy, Andrew Hastie's comments on "neoliberalism", and what a new policy framework for the centre-right might look like The resurgent defense industry in South Australia Why current child care policy is not working and what to do about it? And much more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah_Blyth https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=315170 https://www.spectator.com.au/2025/10/protectionism-free-trade-and-small-government/

People in this episode

Host: Dan Ryan

Guest: Leah Blyth

Topics covered

• politics
• industrial policy
• trade policy
• defense industry
• child care policy

Keywords

• Liberal Party
• South Australia
• deindustrialisation
• trade policy
• defense industry
• child care policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Liberal Party of South Australia, Liberal Party

Places: South Australia

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