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David Flint

Professor David Flint AM, Australian legal academic, National Convenor of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy and former Chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Authority (1997–2004).

Oct 9, 2026

5:55
Over and over again.
5:57
Yes.
5:58
And as Mr. Albanese himself said, if I've told you once, I've told you 50 times.
6:06
And then he decided to completely ignore that.
6:08
And now he is signifying an interest in our superannuation savings system.
6:17
And it would not be beyond them in taking those superannuation savings.
6:23
Over $4 trillion of superannuation savings that belong to the people, and they're talking about how that should be invested.

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15:20
What are we going to do, Professor?
133:39
Now they're intellectuals and academics.
133:41
is if you go into the parliament and you just check who was a manual worker, because most of them have come through, as with many in the coalition, particularly the Liberal Party, most have come through from becoming lifetime career politicians.
134:00
And that means when you're at the university, you work in the party or you work for a politician who, And you really start from that.
134:11
And then you learn all of the ways to manipulate people, which seems to be the principal activity of politicians in Australia.
134:24
And then you're on the lookout of having somebody who will be your protector so that you can get a safe seat in So we have these people who famously have had no other career than being a politician, and both parties are doing it.
134:42
And we're losing out.
134:44
We're not getting people who have real experience.
135:20
She actually reads books, gets information, talks to people and searches for people that can give an independent opinion.

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