John Ruddick, Lucy Hood & Ben Hood on The Ross Cameron Show - 19 March 2023

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: John Ruddick grew up in Tamworth and then spent two years working on an outback farm. From 1991 to 1995 he studied history at the University of Sydney and then commenced as a staffer for Ross Cameron MP in the early days of the Howard Government. He had been active member of the NSW Liberal Party and championed democratic reform of that party. In 2018 he published Make the Liberal Party Great Again which was a blueprint on how to optimally democratised an Australian political party in the 21st century. In mid 2021 he joined the Liberal Democrats after his disappointed with the Morrison and Berejiklian governments and their over-reaction to COVID and the associated government debt. John has written op-eds for most of Australia's leading newspapers and has appeared frequently on Sky News and occasionally on ABC. John and his wife run a mortgage broking business.

GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Lucy Hood was recently elected as the Member for Adelaide representing the South Australian Labor Party. Before entering politics as a candidate, Lucy was the Director of Policy for South Australian Labor Leader and now Premier, Peter Malinauskas MP. Prior to this, Lucy was raised in Naracoorte in the state’s south east and was the first in her family to go to university, moving to Adelaide to study Journalism. She later started her career at The Advertiser as a cadet journalist and went on to become Education Editor and Policy Desk Producer.

GUEST 3 OVERVIEW: Ben Hood was appointed a member of the South Australian Legislative Council in February 2023, representing the South Australian Liberal Party. He replaced retiring member Stephen Wade. Hood grew up in Naracoorte, is a director of a web and branding development agency. He co-created the children's character George the Farmer, which featured in a 2018 animated TV series developed with the South Australian Film Corporation.