The Seat Warmers: What Is The Purpose Behind Labor?
In the final week of Parliament, New Politics asks a blunt question about Australian federal politics: what is the Albanese Labor government actually for? This episode turns its focus to Labor’s recor...
28 Nov 202553min
Hanson’s Burqa Stunt and the Political Nihilism of the Right
We look at the political theatre of the right, including Pauline Hanson’s latest burqa stunt in the Senate, the rise of One Nation in the polls, and the growing battle for reactionary votes between mi...
27 Nov 202511min
Retail Politics is Killing the Liberal Party
This week, we examine how the Liberal Party has abandoned serious policy for retail politics, scare campaigns and culture-war theatrics – strategies aimed at clawing back voters drifting to One Nation...
21 Nov 202550min
The International Occupation of Gaza
In this bonus episode, we examine the UN Security Council’s approval of a US-designed International Stabilisation Force for Gaza – effectively handing Washington, and Donald Trump as chair of the new ...
20 Nov 202510min
The Constitution, The Neo-Nazis and The Liberal Party
In this episode of the New Politics podcast, we look at Australia’s broken political structures and rising extremism – from the renewed debate over four-year federal terms and a constitution stuck in ...
14 Nov 202546min
The Ghost of Gough Whitlam
In this bonus episode of the New Politics podcast, we look at the ghost of Gough Whitlam and ask whether a visionary like Whitlam – who delivered universal healthcare, free tertiary education, multicu...
13 Nov 202522min
The War on Dissent and Socialism USA
(00:00:00) The War on Dissent and Socialism USA (00:01:12) Beautiful, Menacing, and Obscene: Australia’s Addiction to War (00:18:18) Robodebt Reborn: The Cruelty That Never Dies (00:29:56) Treaty and ...
7 Nov 202556min
The Great Environmental Backflip and the Joy Division
(00:00:00) The Great Environmental Backflip and the Joy Division (00:01:09) Green Light, Red Flags: Labor’s Environmental Backdown (00:16:40) Nuclear Déjà Vu: The Coalition’s Broken Record (00:29:26) ...
31 Okt 202555min
