Commanding the Narrative - Newsletter 51 - Did World War II Doom the West?

Over the past few weeks and months on Commanding the Narrative, we have been exploring the impact that World War II had on Western Civilisation.

It all kicked off with my interview with Leigh Evans back on CtN94 (watch here), when I asked Leigh why the UK has seen such a decline in basic freedoms and Governance. Leigh’s answer was to theorise that England had lost too many of its strongest and best during World War II.

Commanding the Narrative - Newsletter 50 - Is a Political Realignment Taking Place?

As the Liberal Party and the Coalition continue to fall apart in front of our eyes, it seems that a political realignment on the right side of politics is taking place.

If the polls are anything to go by, the Liberal vote is falling into the toilet, with seemingly the majority of disaffected Liberals turning to One Nation.

Despite what happens at the next Federal election, what is clear is that we are not being represented adequately.

Commanding the Narrative - Newsletter 49 - Inadequate Politicians Have Failed Us

Government intervention - or lack thereof - played a role in Australia's manufacturing decline, through a complex mix of factors.

Historically, Australian governments supported manufacturing, including Adelaide’s automotive sector, through tariffs and subsidies.

However, from the 1980s, federal policies shifted toward free-market reforms, reducing tariffs and subsidies (e.g. the Button Plan, 1984), exposing Australia’s industries to global competition.

Commanding the Narrative - Newsletter 48 - Are Our Political Parties Failing Us?

As I speak with people, a common theme is that people are completely disillusioned with politics and the political parties that are meant to represent them.

Labor are governing with only 34% of the vote and recent polling indicates that the Liberal/National coalition is now under 30%.

It is clear that the major parties are bleeding votes as they become less and less of what their traditional supporters expect them to be.

Commanding the Narrative - Newsletter 47 - Is Australia on a Highway to Hell?

Finally, I spent the weekend at CPAC Australia. Alongside Members of the Australians for Better Government Committee, we worked hard to spread the word of ABG.

Of course, there were many high-profile Conservative voices who spoke at CPAC, but I was left feeling despondent by their lack of vision or strong, nation building solutions. Most of all, there was nothing spoken of the deep structural reforms that need to take place with our system of Government itself.

ARTICLE: Is Former UK PM Liz Truss Heading to Reform UK?

“That’s a YES!” remarked Rowan Dean, the Editor of the Spectator Australia and host of the top-rating ‘Outsiders’ program on Sky News Australia.

This was during Ms. Truss’ live interview on the Outsiders, which took place in front of the audience at CPAC Australia over the weekend.

Commanding the Narrative - Newsletter 46 - Shaping the Future of Australia - Complete the National Survey Now!

We have had over 700 responses to the ‘Shaping the Future of Australia’ National Survey.

The survey is intended to get the real views of everyday Australians, without the noise and spin from politicians and the mainstream media.

It is an important tool to identify the true sentiment of people on a variety of different topics and questions.

SHAPING THE FUTURE OF AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL SURVEY

PROGRESS RESULTS - As of September 2, 2025

Commanding the Narrative - Newsletter 45 - Shadow Banned No More? Commanding the Narrative Triples Its Audience on Facebook

A couple of weeks ago I received a notification from Facebook to say they were going to increase our reach to the public. I took that as doublespeak for ‘we’re not going to shadow ban you as badly now’.

The result was very interesting.

Commanding the Narrative - Newsletter 44 - Let Us Know! Complete the CtN Feedback Survey

The best Commanding the Narrative podcasts are the ones when our great audience engage with us on the chat and by calling in.

The more we hear from our audience, the better the discussion becomes. But it also gives us a sense of what people are really thinking - just like talk-back radio used to.

Now, to understand our audience even better, we have launched the Commanding the Narrative Feedback Survey.

ARTICLE: WHY ‘CHAPTER II: THE EXECUTIVE’ IN OUR CONSTITUTION NEEDS AN OVERHAUL

“Our defence minister – who probably doesn’t know how to fire a gun”

“He’s a Labor Party lifelong hack.”

This was the Hon. John Ruddick MLC speaking of Australia’s Defence Minister, Richard Marles, at the inaugural Australians for Better Government forum, held recently in Sydney.

Commanding the Narrative - Newsletter 43 - The Importance of Independent Media & Grassroots Activism

Despite being super busy with Australians for Better Government and Let’s Rethink Renewables, I am pleased that Commanding the Narrative continues to power on.

Independent media has an evolving part to play in Australia and I believe that CtN is becoming recognised as a platform for honest debate and solutions-based discussions.

Commanding the Narrative - Newsletter 42 - Leaps & Bounds: Australians for Better Government Picks Up Steam

It has been a busy week as Australians for Better Government picks up steam.

I was interviewed by the Daily Australian, Crazzfiles, and 102.1fm Donnybrook radio speaking about ABG - see below for links.

A lot of interest is also gaining for our upcoming event on the Gold Coast in August, with people buying tickets every day - get your tickets here.

ARTICLE: LABOR’S ‘WIN FOR THE AGES’

Labor’s win at the 2025 Federal election was a ‘win for the ages’ as declared by the Guardian and a ‘landslide victory’ by many other media outlets.

Remarkably, Labor increased its representation in Parliament, which is opposite to all first-term Governments of the past 50 years.  

Labor won 94 of 150 seats in the House of Representatives, or 62.7%; the highest percentage since 1996.

Commanding the Narrative - Newsletter 41 - Our Constitution Needs An Overhaul

The structure of our Government has been neglected for too long. It is time for a grassroots, people’s movement to drive Governmental reform in Australia.

That is why we launched Australians for Better Government. Our sub-optimal system, which political parties take advantage of, is far removed from the system of Government that Australians deserve.

Do you remember the John Howard era? The era of sound economic management and stable leadership.

Love him or hate him, John Howard was a man of conviction. In 1998, he took the GST to an election, despite it being deeply unpopular. But he believed it would benefit the Nation. More importantly, he relentlessly sold it to voters.

Commanding the Narrative - Newsletter 40 - World Braces for War

I am troubled by the recent developments in the Middle East as hostilities between Israel and Iran intensify.

Now there is a likelihood that the United States could be drawn into the conflict. This comes as some sources are claiming that Iran already has nuclear weapons.

Commanding the Narrative - Newsletter 39 - Why We MUST Reform the Executive Government

In our Constitution, there is one line that completely wrecks our system of Government - that is the ‘Ministers to sit in Parliament’ line in Section 64.

This limits the talent pool of potential Ministers to the sorry sods we have in Parliament. This is how we get Richard Marles as our Defence Minister, despite having no prior experience in, or exposure to, the military.

Commanding the Narrative - Newsletter 38 - Australia’s Political Future

For too long, Australia’s politicians have focused on feathering their own nests, or representing the will of their political party.

We elect Members of Parliament to REPRESENT US - not to advance the political position and ambitions of their party.

Australians for Better Government aims to push back against this, with a grassroots movement of the Australian People to drive and demand reform.

Commanding the Narrative - Newsletter 37 - The Next Step!

The election is finally over and for a lot of you, you deserve a well earned break.

It certainly was not the result many of us were hoping for, with few silver linings. Instead of good people elected, the silver linings were the bad apples who lost their seats.