‘My word she’s good.’

The comment is from the woman in the seat beside me at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that brought Americans, Brits, and Australians together in Sydney’s International Conference Centre. It came after we took to our feet for the national anthem and a rousing, goose-bumpy rendering of I Am Australian.

The ‘she’ is newish Liberal Country Party Senator Jacinta Price, who was wearing a pale ochre jacket to remind us that she is the Senator from the Northern Territory.