Good times create weak men. Weak men create bad times. Bad times create strong men. And strong men create good times.

Decades of prosperity have allowed us to become complacent. Complacent with our freedom, our culture, and our education system.

As patriotic Australians, it’s time to stand up and do something about it.

This is why I told the Senate this month that “too many of our modern leaders seem to think that defending our values is beneath them and we have time on our side”.

“We need more brave men and women to stand up for future generations of Australians and hand them a culture that is greater than the one left to us.”

I concluded that “the time has come for our leaders to stand up for what is right”.

But that sentiment clearly didn’t resonate with everyone.

Millions of Aussies are talking about the decline of this great nation. And as I voiced their concerns, all I could hear were the hysterical shrieks from Victorian Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe who was allegedly accusing me of being racist!

Then after being called into order by the Acting Deputy President she moaned, “this is not a safe workplace!” and declared that she “feels violated”.

Her conduct was rightly condemned, and she eventually returned to withdraw the comment.

This is what we’re up against. A resort to name-calling and playing the victim.

They are hellbent on shutting down debate about important ideas and policies because they can’t justify their dogmatic commitment to Net Zero, an Indigenous Voice to Parliament and scrapping Australia Day.

The left needs to understand that we will no longer allow our culture, our democracy or our institutions to be trampled upon.