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Bridie and Freddie kick off their interviews at Parliament House by chatting to Independent MP Dr. Monique Ryan! Monique is the Member for Kooyong (Freddie's electorate!) and a former paediatric neurologist. She joins Bridie and Freddie to talk all things budget, the story behind her sudden career shift and where she sees the imminent election going! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

Bridie and Freddie are (not) live from Canberra where they're locked away in Parliament House scrutinising over the latest budget. The duo break down the budget we shouldn't have gotten, going over all the promises contained within and fill you in on all the big bits and the most important ones for you. What are your thoughts on the latest budget? Tell us!! Text or voicemail: 0489 998 441 Instagra...

Freddie's out and it's Bridie's time to shine as she replaces him with TWO very exciting guests on this weeks Represent! Bridie welcomes Member for Macnamara Josh Burns and Independent Candidate for Wannon Alex Dyson onto the show! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bridie interviews Labor MP and Member for Macnamara Josh Burns! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bridie talks to radio presenter, author and Independent candidate for Wannon Alex Dyson.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're hyped to launch our new text line for the show! Text us anytime or leave a voicemail at 0489 998 441 to get featured on the show! After gushing over our new toy and the newest Severance (two episodes to go!!), Bridie and Freddie dive into the messy worlds of tariffs and bail reform. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bridie and Freddie welcome Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan to the show! They talk all things housing and get the inside scoop on what it's really like to be a state premier. Afterwards, the duo debrief on the Oscars at the latest Severance and dive into the Liberal's commitment to eliminating work from home for public servants. Wait... they're not eliminating it? Or maybe they are? Maybe they shou...

We're extremely honored to welcome Jacinta Allan to Represent! Jacinta Allan is the Premier of Victoria and member for Bendigo East. She's here to talk about housing in Victoria with her new policies aiming to boost home ownership, while sharing what a day in the life is really like for a state premier. This interview aired as part of the March 6 2025 edition of Represent. See omnystudio.com/liste...

Hear Bridie and Freddie discover their shared love for Severance (your homework is to watch the whole show before next week btw!) then dive deep into two massive spending sprees from our picks for PM. Albo announced a massive $3.3 BILLION for road and rail projects in Victoria with a focus on the airport rail (our favourite!). The most intriguing part? The funding is immediately available and not...

Federal Greens leader Adam Bandt chats to Bridie for a pre-election chat! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, leader of the Federal Greens Adam Bandt joins Represent to give us the (semi) exclusive scoop on his new policy! Afterwards, Bridie and Freddie break down everything going on in the Trump wannabees world with Clive Palmers newly announced political party (generated by AI?) and Temu Trump taking on his daddy in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...

Bridie and Freddie return with a vengeance for the second Represent of 2025! Victoria saw two byelections on Super Saturday, one with a winner and one that's a lot more complicated. Bridie fills us in with the details as we ponder what it means for the upcoming federal election. There's new rules that will make it easier for HECS debt holders to secure a mortgage. But does it live up to the hype?...

The team are together again in the studio for a rundown of politics from across the globe! In case you needed more U.S Election in your life, we run through the events 24 hours on from Trump's historic victory. After that we fly back home to look at how Queensland's new government has already started disappointing the Indigenous community and we discuss the finally confirmed age minimum coming to...

Live while votes were still being counted, Represent hopped on the airwaves for a special one hour episode covering the day so far and what's to come under Trump's America. We cover reactions from the U.S and back home and discuss what the future holds. During this episode we break the news, just minutes after it was announced, Donald Trump crossed the 270 electoral college vote threshold to win t...

Nyah is back from Adelaide, Bridie has crawled out of her AirBnB and Freddie has broken free of uni to return after a week off and bring you the latest in politics! Abortion has made it's way into the Australian political conversation, why are we talking about it and could we follow the United States by rewinding reproductive rights? Greens senator Lidia Thorpe made international headlines by heck...

After cheating death for two weeks, Nyah makes her triumphant return to the Represent studio! After a brief(ish) catchup, we dive into the world of social media age restrictions, Liz Truss' visit to Australia (spoiler alert: nobody cares!) and how our leaders commemorated October 7 (spoiler alert: with crazy double standards!). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bridie and Freddie (sans Nyah again) are back again with more news and a new playlist! While you won't get to hear the playlist (listen live for that!), you'll hear us talk about the evolving crisis in the Middle East, how bored we were with the Vice Presidential candidates' first (and probably only) debate, our frustration with the government's inaction on gambling advertising and our excitement...

Mum (Nyah) is out sick so the children (Bridie and Freddie) come out to play after a week off! In this episode we cover the massive gas bill that comes with the Coalition's nuclear plan, contemplate morals and ethics in political donations, sponsorships and endorsements and see if we kept up over our week off with a quiz. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Represent is in their mouserat era (but you can't just put full songs in podcasts) in this episode covering the Kamala v Trump debate, Taylor Swift's endorsement, aged care reforms and the new social media minimum age laws! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bridie, Freddie and Nyah are back for another roundup in Australian politics! Bridie covers the sudden exit of Labor stalwart Bill Shorten, Freddie deep dives into the federal government's LGBTQ+ census backflips and Nyah has been on patrol to get all the info around the new Victorian Police industrial action. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bridie, Freddie and Nyah are back to break down a decently quiet week of Australian Politics. Bridie fills us in on the drama engulfing the Jacqui Lambie Network. Nyah works overtime with two segments on a State vs Council spat and celebrating beginning of our Right to Disconnect. Also, we finally have the numbers on the controversial caps on international students and Freddie has them along with...

Bridie, Freddie and Nyah are back in the studio for your weekly dose of the week that was in politics! On our roll call for this week: Freddie fills in the class on the states vs Commonwealth spat over public school funding and the team discuss whether private schools deserve any taxpayer dollars. Nyah talks about all the new NDIS reforms. Do you find them confusing? Don't worry, we do too. And go...

Two extra episodes this season and this week is an election week! Listen in for the latest on the UK and France's Elections (spoiler alert, Nyah's very excited about the hung parliament in France) and an update on the Presidential Debate. (And of course a long discussion of our weekends!) Please let us know what you thought of the show on our socials, @synrepresent on Twitter/X, Instagram, Threads...

Bridie and Freddie are in the studio this week with your political news update (and three international elections!) First up on the show, Fatima Payman’s resignation from the Labor Party and what the future could look like for her as an independent. Next, the USA Election continues to progress with the Presidential Debate sparking discussions of Joe Biden’s fitness for leadership. In Europe, Franc...

This week, Bridie, Freddie and Declan are in the studio to bring you the latest in politics. The big news of the week takes us over to the USA after an assassination attempt on Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump. The team discuss where they were when the news broke and what this will mean for the continuation of Trump’s presidential campaign. Also in the US, the Republican National Con...