Welcome to another edition of Geopolitics and Empire.

This time, we'll call it the Australia edition.

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And joining us for the first time is Michael Arbon, who's an advisor to Australian Senator Ralph

Babbitt in Victoria of the United Australia Party. Welcome to Geopolitics Empire, Michael.

Thank you so much for having me.

Chavoyer, is that how I say your name? We're not very good at rolling out ours in Australia.

You're not. You got it, but you've got a lot of Croats in Australia.

You know, there's this old joke. Someone told me some years back when in the World Cup,

when Australia plays Croatia, it's like Croatia playing itself. Maybe the demographics there have changed over the years. But, you know, I found you somewhere on social media. I like the work that you're doing. We're on the same frequency. And, you know, it's nice to get an update from Australia once in a while. Maybe to start real quick, because I understand it,

you're a family man, you're a businessman, you're involved in politics now. If you could just

tell us a bit about yourself. Yeah, so I'm a husband and a father first. I've got three young

kids and I live in the beautiful Adelaide Hills in South Australia. I grew up in the country

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