New Politics: Australian Politics, News, Analysis & Commentary

This week, we expose the real costs of privatisation in Australia’s essential services – early childhood education, health, aged care, and universities – highlighting how deregulation, outsourcing, and profit-driven policies have undermined safety, quality, and public accountability. We revisit the collapse of ABC Learning, rising fees, unqualified staff, and controversies like Julie Bishop’s lavi...

In this episode, we dissect the media frenzy over whether Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will meet US President Donald Trump, arguing that diplomatic theatre won’t protect Australia from the fallout of Trump’s chaotic trade policies and that Canberra must look beyond Washington to secure its economic future. We cover the police assault on former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas during a pro-Palesti...

In this episode, we examine the United States’ bombing of Iranian nuclear sites and Australia’s delayed yet predictable support, driven by hollow “alliance obligations” rhetoric. We unpack the media’s biased framing of “Iranian aggression”, the ABC’s platforming of compromised figures like Scott Morrison and Mike Pezzullo, and question whether Penny Wong has abandoned Australia’s national interest...

In this explosive episode, we unpack the escalating Israel–Iran conflict, exposing the deadly airstrikes, retaliatory missile attacks, and the West’s ongoing hypocrisy around “the right to defend”. We challenge the double standards on nuclear weapons, dissect the real motives behind U.S. and Israeli aggression, and warn against another fabricated “weapons of mass destruction” crisis. Back in Austr...

In this episode, we unpack the shocking decision to award former Prime Minister Scott Morrison the Companion of the Order of Australia, despite his disastrous COVID-19 response, economic mismanagement, and culture war legacy – raising serious questions about the integrity of Australia’s honours system. We explore the deepening chaos in the US under Donald Trump, including the National Guard’s shoo...

In this hard-hitting episode, we expose the Labor government’s climate betrayal through its approval of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas expansion, locking in emissions until 2070, while new coal and gas projects surge across Queensland and NSW. We question why Australia – despite being the world’s second-largest gas exporter – collects just $1.1 billion in resource taxes compared to Qatar’s $26 bi...

In this episode of the New Politics podcast, we unpack the continuing fallout from the 2025 Australian federal election, exploring the fractured two-party system, the Coalition’s deep divisions over energy, climate, and regional issues, and the Liberal Party’s existential crisis—echoing the 1943 collapse of the United Australia Party. We debate whether Labor can use its strong mandate for bold ref...

In this extended episode, we analyse the historic 2025 federal election, where Anthony Albanese led the Labor Party to one of the most decisive victories in Australian political history – winning up to 92 seats, achieving a 3% swing, and securing 55% of the two-party-preferred vote. We explore how Labor broke new ground in metropolitan seats across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and beyond, wh...

In the final week of the 2025 federal election campaign, we unpack Peter Dutton’s total campaign collapse, Anthony Albanese’s edge in the polls, and why a Labor victory now looks inevitable. From debate disasters and media blunders to desperate culture war tactics and vanishing credibility, we break down the major moments, analyse the role of independents and the Australian Greens, and predict the...

Week four of the federal election campaign shrank to three working days – bookended by Easter Monday and ANZAC Day – and was upended by the death of Pope Francis, briefly halting campaigns by Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton. Nearly two million pre-poll votes now bank Labor’s incumbency edge while the Coalition flounders after three chaotic weeks. Dutton’s own mis-fires – touting a $21 billion de...

In this extended episode, we dissect week three of the 2025 federal election campaign, where Peter Dutton’s Coalition descends further into chaos – facing a credibility crisis driven by misinformation, fear campaigns about Russia, China and Indonesia, and a housing stunt involving his own son. While Anthony Albanese and Labor’s upbeat campaign launch in Perth focused on economic progress, the Libe...

We analyse the turbulent second week of the 2025 federal election campaign, where the Liberal–National Coalition’s strategy descended into chaos. The week’s headline issue – the Port of Darwin lease to a Chinese company – was rebranded by Peter Dutton as a national security crisis, only to be politically outplayed by Anthony Albanese, exposing the Coalition’s hypocrisy in approving the deal back i...

In this bumper episode, we analyse the first week of the 2025 federal election campaign, covering rising tensions over Chinese research vessels and national security scare campaigns, Dutton’s Kirribilli House gaffe, and the resurgence of Cold War-era rhetoric, and Prime Minister Albanese’s responses. We speak with Ellie Smith, the Climate 200-backed independent challenging Dutton in Dickson, and e...

The federal election has been announced for May 3, and we unpack Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ pre-election Budget – marked by cautious politics, modest tax cuts, and the usual barrage from conservative media. Despite early signals of a deficit, the Budget offered little reform, continuing Labor’s trend of incrementalism and risk-averse fiscal policy, with no major action on tax reform, resource royalti...

In this episode, we speak with Jordan Van Den Lamb (Purple Pingers), Victorian Socialists Senate candidate and founder of shitrentals.org , about housing affordability. We also look at the upcoming federal budget and the media's selective portrayal of budget deficits, often negative under Labor but positive under Liberal governments. We then explore the ongoing debates surrounding Australia's cont...

The WA election delivered another massive win for Labor, securing a third term – despite a 10 per cent swing against Labor, votes shifted to Greens, independents, and One Nation, signaling dissatisfaction with the Liberals rather than enthusiasm for their return. With a federal election looming, the Liberal Party’s lack of readiness for government could impact key seats, while poor gender represen...

This episode explores Australia’s emerging economic recovery from a per capita recession under both the Morrison and Albanese governments, spotlighting improved interest rates, lower inflation, and rising employment and wages that bolster Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ positive narrative ahead of a potential federal election. The show then shifts to international affairs, examining Donald Trump’s Oval Of...

In this episode, we question whether Australia should remain aligned with an increasingly unpredictable United States and explore how this sudden shift in American foreign policy, after years of condemning Russian aggression, is forcing Australia to reconsider its security ties under ANZUS and the AUKUS agreement. We also explore the domestic fallout from AUKUS, including the lack of public transp...

In this episode, we examine the influence of Zionist groups in Australian media and politics, exposing how News Corporation and right-wing activists manipulate public sentiment and suppress criticism of Israel. A failed Daily Telegraph stunt at Cairo Takeaway in Sydney reveals the media’s role in fueling Islamophobia. We also discuss the suppression of pro-Palestinian voices in academia, the arts,...

This episode examines Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s phone call to President Donald Trump over looming US steel and aluminium tariffs, the AUKUS agreement and its US$500 million payment, and the potential political fallout ahead of the federal election. It also explores the Closing the Gap report and the need for structural reform on Indigenous issues, the failed 2023 referendum, Victoria’s by-...

We examine the return of Parliament in 2025, the government’s shelving of the Environmental Protection Agency, and stalled gambling advertising legislation that may never advance. There’s a lot of announcements but drawing parallels to Morrison-era inertia, we question whether the government is stuck rehashing old plans rather than delivering genuine reform, highlighting stalled measures like trut...

In this first New Politics podcast episode of 2025, we examine conservative calls to celebrate Australia Day (Invasion Day) despite widespread ambivalence, Sussan Ley’s bizarre comparison of the First Fleet to an Elon Musk Mars mission, and highlight Grace Tame’s “Fuck Murdoch” T-shirt controversy. We also look at the start of Donald Trump’s second term – marked by grandiose threats to seize the P...

In this episode of New Politics, we explore the key issues that will shape Australia’s 2025 federal election, from economic challenges and leadership struggles to the growing influence of independents. As Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton prepare for a high-stakes battle, we analyse their strategies, the shifting political landscape, and what it all means for the nation’s future. #auspol Support N...

In this episode, we explore the key issues that shaped Australian federal politics throughout 2024, examining the highs and lows, the moments that truly mattered, and those that didn’t. The state of the economy, the role of the media, the ongoing housing crisis, the conflict in Palestine, Indigenous affairs, and the performances of political leaders Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton. Join us for a...

In this episode, we explore the media's exaggerated reports of a rift between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek—a conflict that appears more fiction than fact that was triggered by yet another failed approach to the environment. We look at the Australian Greens' proposal for a progressive alliance with the Labor Party, a move that has sparked dissatisfaction...