Socially Democratic

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly sat down with author and social commentator Jamila Rizvi. Off the back of the United States national women's football team World Cup victory, Jamila talks about wage inequality in sport and beyond; the backlash in the women's advancement space; addressing gendered norms in the home and the masculinity of our parliaments. The presenting sponsor of Soci...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly sat down with ACTU Assistant Secretary Liam O'Brien for an in-depth conversation about the trade union movement. Liam spoke about his entry into the labour movement and his time as a union organiser with the Australian Workers Union. He discussed the Change the Rules campaign and the recent federal election campaign; as well as the future of organising and...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly spoke to former Obama For American alum Sam Schneidman on the line from San Francisco, California. Together they breakdown the state of play in the Democratic primaries. Sam gives his assessment on the leading candidates for the Democratic nomination, they analyse the five voting blocks that will shape the outcome, the changing role of money and campaign financ...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly is joined on the line from Sydney by Executive Director of the Chifley Research Centre - Brett Gale. Together they get their policy wonk on. Brett discusses the challenges of taking big policy ideas into an election campaign, considers the impact of globalisation is having on the make up of the social democratic coalition. They also discuss the policy challenge...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly is joined by Associate Professor in Communications and Media at La Trobe University - Dr Andrea Carson to reflect on the recent federal election campaign.  Andrea brings her excellent insights on the federal campaign from an academic perspective. She compares the two party's campaign narratives, the winners and losers in the digital campaign wars, and the...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly is joined by former Gillard and Blair political strategist - John McTernan on the phone from London. They discuss this week's winners and losers from the European Parliament elections, the Labour Party's disappointing performance, the isolation of Jeremy Corbyn from his base and predictions on the next chapter in the Brexit fiasco.  Support the show S...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly is joined by Victorian Labor Assistant Secretary - Clare Burns to reflect on Labor's shock election loss from the weekend. They discuss the results and seats still in doubt, were the published polls correct, tax and big picture politics, and turn their attention to the up-coming Labor leadership campaign. Support the show Socially Democratic is an opinion-...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly is joined by Dan Andrews’ former Director of Digital Communication - Sabina Husic to breakdown the 2019 federal election.  They discuss the Daily Telegraph’s attack on Bill Shorten’s mother and the declining influence of News Corp, question if this is the climate election, dissect the comms strategy of both campaigns, and breakdown the battleground seats to wat...

Welcome to the first episode of Socially Democratic. Host Stephen Donnelly sat down with Josh Burns, Labor's candidate for Macnamara at the upcoming federal election. They discussed Josh's entry into politics, what's at stake at this election, the leadership of Premier Daniel Andrews, Judaism, the rise of far right politics in Australia and they added in a bit of NBA chat at the end...