Pollie Bites Podcast

We're back with Matt for another week of recapping politics as we head into the last sitting week of the Victorian Parliament before the election, with Labor also dropping their new campaign slogan. The media around this change was drowned out by the thoughtless comments of the Education Minister in relation to a cancer patient, while both sides of politics continue to drop big policy and spe...

This week Matt and I are back to talk politics, starting with the impact the death of the Queen is having on Australian politics, the ongoing drama of the 000 (ESTA) report the government tried to sweep under the rug and the warfare declaration from the UFU trying to corner Labor into doing what they want. Dan offers 'an apology' following 000 report claiming deaths were linked to underf...

We are back for another week in Victorian politics with Matt from Discernable talking about everything from Red Shirts being in the media (again) to the latest decision from the government to pledge 'free' study for new nurses and midwives. Red shirts whistle-blower police statement leaked to media. Shane Patton on 3AW talking about the latest leak. Libs tell government not to sign contr...

Matt and I are back for another week talking about politics and what a week it's been with the Liberal party dropping their big policy announcement to shelve the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) to put the funds into healthcare, only days before a new costing analysis shows that it's blown out by a record amount before it's even started being built. Libs announce their big policy to shelve...

The team is back together as Matt joins me once again to discuss a week in politics in Victoria. This week was all about the internal dramas of the Liberal party only mildly overshadowing the chaotic mess in Victoria that is our collapsing health system and hypocritical government. If you want to hear more from Matt you can find him in his Locals community here - https://discernable.locals.com/  ...

We are back this week talking everything politics at both a state and federal level, from looking at if Albanese touring Ukraine during the latest floods really was his 'I don't hold a hose moment', to Victoria where our government just will not let go of the pandemic orders. Links to referenced materials: How the fuel excise impacts the trucking industry. Pandemic declaration exten...

In this week's episode we are back to talk about politics just in time to catch the news of a decent chunk of the Victorian Cabinet Ministry abandoning ship only a week after the government suddenly and unexpectedly ripped most of the vaccine mandates off without so much as a whiff of a presser. Adam Bandt removes Australian flag. Ministers abandon ship in Victoria. Victorian treaty legislati...

This week's episode we are back to talk politics and this time we really got carried away talking about everything that is going on - this is a long one! From Albanese having his first 'I don't hold a hose' moment as PM while the economic situation in Australia continues to decline, to looking at the week in Victoria where we're trying to bribe our healthcare staff to stay...

In this weeks episode I am once again joined by Choc and we cover the major political events of the week, such as Albo forming a majority government while the economic situation continues to rapidly decline. In Victoria it's been another week of bad media and corruption headlines for the state government with the delivery of the toxic soil dumping report, an ABC special into Dan secretly gett...

Following the federal election and the state continuing to have various industries fall apart there was no shortage of things to talk about this week as I co-opted a friend into joining me for this recap episode. We talk about the brand new Labor government, what it means that the 'teals' may end up with no more power than a backbench and what the election result told us about the mood o...

It's the last recap before the election and what better special guest to have for the episode than Victorian MP turned Senate hopeful David Limbrick. In this episode we get into the hits and misses in the last week of the federal campaign, from Albo muddling up borders to Scomo body slamming a child in a non-contact sport and the AEC managing to cause mass confusion for those who have covid b...

In this special guest episode is with Ken Phillips from Self Employed Australia following his article in the Spectator raising concerns about federal Labor's policy to change the laws around 'employee-like' work that may affect self-employed business owners.  While I had Ken we also caught up on the progress with the Not Above The Law Campaign, which is where he is leading the charg...

It's been a busy time as we head into the final week of the federal election campaign. Matt once again joins me for this episode but is off after this week to focus on building his fancy new studio, so next weeks pre-election-night episode will feature a special guest co-host. In this episode we discuss just how feral the campaign has become, which was epitomised during an out of control elec...

In this weeks episode I am once again joined by Matt from Discernable to discuss the developments in another week of the federal campaign trail, including Labor launching their housing policy and Albanese continuing to have 'gaffes' with the media. On a Victorian note we had the state budget drop this week which looks disturbingly like the promises the government made 4 years ago and did...

This special guest episode is a bonus double interview where I ask the exact same questions to 'both sides of politics'.  I am joined by Kos Samaras from the polling and advisory firm Red Bridge Group, who was also previously the campaign director for the Labor Party, and Evan Mulholland, a Liberal Party member who works as the Director of Communications at The IPA, a right-leaning publi...

We're back for the week with Matt from Discernable talking about how things are going as  we hit midway in the federal election cycle and see the Victorian government face even more scandals as the preliminary IBAC report gets leaked to the media. In this episode we talk about political debates and if the public even pays any attention to them, the new ad getting pushed by the Liberals to lin...

Matt from Discernable joins me again this week to recap everything that has been going on in both federal and Victorian politics. It's been a big news week with the federal election campaign in full swing and the first leaders debate, while in Victoria they suddenly ripped off the majority of the restrictions from midnight Friday - all except the ability for the unvaccinated to work. Leaders...

Our weekly episodes are back, this time featuring special guest Matt from Discernable (who will hopefully be sticking around). In this episode we recap a big week in politics as the federal election is finally announced but the campaign gets off to a train wreck start for Albo, while the Victorian government is finally starting to feel the heat on when they'll pull back their obsession with a...

This week on the Pollie Bites Podcast I am joined by Evan from the Australian Electoral Commission to talk about, you guessed it, the upcoming federal election. In this episode we cover the basics; on voting - how can we vote & how to they get counted,  on preferences - where do they go & what are how to vote cards, on viral rumours - do we use counting machines in Australia & can peop...

We're back with the Pollie Bites podcast and this special guest episode is with Victorian Shadow Treasurer David Davis to talk about the federal budget that was delivered yesterday.  In this episode we run through a lot of the basics, like what the budget does, what it pays for, how federal budgets affects states and go into some Q+A on longstanding rumours, like can the federal government th...

We get to the end of the January holiday period with elective surgery being the topic of the week as we head into Victorian Parliament kicking off again next week and the election campaigns will no doubt start to heat up at both a federal and state level.  Elective surgery to partially resume in Victoria - https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-victoria-updates-new-case-numbers-deaths-surge...

In the latest episode of our Special Guest series I am joined by Kos Samaras, currently the Director of polling and strategy agency Red Bridge Group and was previously Labor’s Victorian Deputy Campaign Director from 2005 to 2019.  Kos was one of the longest serving and most experienced campaign strategists in Australian Labor Party history and in this episode we discuss everything from the basics...

This week feels like the eye of the storm as things quieten down a little after the Novak saga, although this still hasn't disappeared completely and start to ramp up again with Parliament resuming next month in what will be a huge election year for those living in Victoria. Correction in this: in this podcast it references that Australia does not recognise the Sputnik vaccine, however as of...

This week looked similar to last in terms of what people were talking about: namely Djokovic and shortages. We watched Djokovic go from being allocated in the AO on Friday to spending the weekend in/out of court and detention (again) before finally getting booted out of the country on the same day he was meant to start playing. Staffing shortages in hospitals in Victoria also escalated into a code...

For the first Guest Episode I was joined by David Limbrick MP (Victorian Liberal Democrat leader and sitting Member of the Victorian Upper House of Parliament) where we discussed how and why he got into politics, his background, many of the LibDem policies, the upcoming elections and more. A special thank you to the VFV Ambassadors on Patreon who submitted some great policy questions for David.  ...