Senator Hollie Hughes & Dr Alan Moran on The Chris Smith Show - 30 January 2024

On today's show, Senator Hollie Hughes discusses the latest stories in Australian politics. Later, Dr Alan Moran discusses the ban for gas connections to new housing developments in the Australian Capital Territory.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Hollie Hughes was elected to the Senate for New South Wales in 2019 following a successful career in communications, government affairs, consultancy and advocacy for rural and regional Australians. Now based in Sydney, Senator Hughes spent almost 20 years living in the country – mainly at Moree in northwestern NSW. In recent years Senator Hughes has also been a passionate advocate for autistic children and their families after her son was diagnosed in 2012.

GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Dr Alan Moran is Principal of Regulation Economics. He is a noted economist who has analysed and written extensively from a free market perspective. Alan was the Director of the Deregulation Unit at the Institute of Public Affairs from 1996 until 2014. He was previously a senior official in Australia’s Productivity Commission and Director of the Commonwealth’s Office of Regulation Review. Alan was educated in the UK and has a PhD in transport economics from the University of Liverpool and degrees from the University of Salford and the London School of Economics. Follow him on Twitter/X: @alan_john_moran