Month: November 2025

Voice for Victoria’s Emily Coltraine returns to Discernable to teach us why promises of ‘free stuff’ keeps winning elections, why it won’t work long term, how to solve Victoria’s spiking crime crisis, and how we should think about immigration, assimilation, and multiculturalism.

Plus, machetes.

Socialist ideas are taking hold in Australia as young people retaliate against a system they feel doesn’t support them, and whether deliberately or by stealth, the momentum to rewrite the social contract is rising.

This is the debate between two leaders in political thought: Jordan Dittloff (Libertarian) and Daniel Lopez (lecturer, editor at Jacobin, organiser for the Victorian Socialists.

Sadly, the socialist speaker withdrew their attendance just before the live event.

What followed is Matt grappling with his socialist sympathies as a renter and criticism of a world where the deck is increasingly stacked against young people, versus Jordan who was willing to engage deeply on the issues to make the case that socialism will only deepen Australia’s woes.

https://x.com/Dittloff4Sense

Adam Craig is a barrister from Victoria, Australia. Growing up in a Labor voting family, he was quickly disabused of that notion when he worked in Canberra for the Australian Federal Government.

Adam now believes that Australia should be ‘broken up’ into a competing set of jurisdictions, and that tax in Australia is out of control, wielded by a government that can do nothing properly.

This conversation went in many directions, exploring the use of AI in self-transformation as Adam opened up about his personal life and path to becoming a legal professional.

https://x.com/ProjVictoria