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Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by political consultant, Jack Milroy. Jack is back to fill us in on all the updates in the Tasmanian State Election campaign between Labor’s Rebecca White and Liberal Premier Jeremy Rockliff, what’s happening in the polls, issues that have shaped the debate, and what to expect come this Saturday when the good people of the App...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by one of the most experienced journalists in the country - former state political reporter and former deputy director for communications for the Andrews’ Labor government, Brendan Donohoe. On our annual St Patrick’s Day episode, son of Erin’s Isle, Donohoe brings a unique perspective to the topic of media and politics having...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly hands the mic over to McKell Institute’s Rebecca Thistleton, Member for Jajajaga, Kate Thwaites MP, and ANMF Assistant Secretary, Madeline Harradence, for the 2024 International Women’s Day special episode. Together, Rebecca, Kate, and Madeline chat about the representation of women in politics, in particular the impact of the late Linda...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by the former Labor Campaign Director and federal MP, David Feeney.  This week Socially Democratic is launching our new, monthly episode “The Feeney Files”.  Every month, David and Stephen will recap the month in #auspol and on the inaugural Feeney Files, David discusses how 2023 ended for the government and dictated the direc...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by digital comms consultant, Jack Milroy. Jack returns to Socially Democratic to give us the rundown of the 2024 Tasmanian State Election campaign, which was called early, and sets the stage for the contest between Labor’s Rebecca White and Australia’s last standing Liberal Premier, Jeremy Rockliff with a month until voters he...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Socially Democratic’s resident pop culture expert, Tess Farrell.  In the midst of Swifty fever thanks to her upcoming Australian tour, Tess returns to the show to talk about the phenomenon that is Taylor Swift, her influence in getting young people to vote back in 2020, and the conspiracy that she is a PsyOp to help get Bid...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Democratic consultant and state director for the Georgia Run-Off, Jonae Wartel. Jonae (and Stephen) is back to break down the GOP and Democratic primaries so far.  While the New Hampshire primary and Iowa Caucus are already done and dusted, and it’s looking like we’re in for a rematch between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, Jon...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly hands the mic over to McKell Institute’s Rebecca Thistleton for this special episode of Socially Democratic. Rebecca returns to the show as our special guest host once more, this time joined by McKell Institute CEO, Ed Cavanough to chat about the latest McKell paper on the cost of living crisis. Ed puts this within the context of the nex...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly hands the mic over to McKell Institute’s Rebecca Thistleton for this special episode of Socially Democratic. Rebecca returns to the show as our special guest host for this episode, joined by 7News Melbourne’s State Political Reporter Sharnelle Vella to discuss the current state of Australian politics as well as give their forecast as to...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by National Director of Run For It, Ed Krutsch. Ed joins Socially Democratic to discuss his journey into politics and his work at Run For It, an independent, non-partisan political organisation working towards better policy outcomes for current and future generations of young people, and the key issues facing young Australians...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Socially Democratic’s resident pop culture expert, Tess Farrell.  It’s summer and that means one thing - it’s time for a pop culture year in review.  Tess returns to the show to share her thoughts on some of the films, TV, and doco’s that came out in 2023, including Succession, The Morning Show, Rustin, and Barbie.  She als...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by host of the Forging Links podcast, Ali Hashem.  Ali calls in from the US to fill us in on all the key moments in 2023 political news from across the globe. Show some love to our friends at the Forging Links podcast. Visit: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/forginglinks/id1709679819   The presenting sponsor of the Social...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Member for Eastern Victoria, Harriet Shing.  As is tradition, Harriet is back for the annual State Politics Year in Review, 2023 edition - unpacking  what has been a huge year for Victorian Politics. From Labor pulling out of the Commonwealth Games, Premier Dan Andrews’ resignation, and his successor Jacinta Allan’s leaders...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Van Badham and Ben Davison, hosts of the Week on Wednesday for our first Media Year in Review Episode.  A new addition to our Year in Review series, Van and Ben join Stephen to chat about the hits and misses in the Australian political journalism sphere, as well as breaking down some of the big moments, gaffs, and lies from...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Victorian Premier, Dan Andrews.  Dan returns to Socially Democratic to chat about his record breaking tenure as Victorian Premier. In this extensive conversation, Dan discusses why he decided to retire from public life, why the urgent need to implement a progressive policy agenda and how it intersects with the public...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by host of the Forging Links Podcast, Ali Hashem, and member for the provincial parliament in Limburg, Lianne Schuuring.  As Dutch voters potentially elect a far right government, Ali and Lianne join the show to unpack the results from last week’s Dutch General Election: the winners, losers, did the Labor alliance with the Gre...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Community Organiser and Head Teaching Fellow for the Leadership, Organising and Action class at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Ashraf Hazmah.  Ashraf joins the show to chat about his journey, from organising for change in Syria, to working alongside legend, Marshall Ganz, as Head Teaching Fellow at the Harvard Kenn...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Democratic consultant and state director for the Georgia Run-Off, Jonae Wartel. Jonae calls in from Washington, DC to unpack the results from the out-of-cycle November election season and what this means for Democrats hopes in Nov 2024, Biden’s dip in the polls, the Republican civil war in Congress and the latest Republican...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Chief of Staff to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and now the Managing Director of Capital NZ, Neale Jones.  Neale is back again to unpack the disappointing results from the New Zealand national elections, which took place on October 14,  and give a review of Labor’s election campaign and reflect on the leg...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Australian Young Labor President, Manu Risoldi.  Manu joins the show to chat about her entry into politics and youth leadership, and the role AYL plays representing the youth wing of the Labor Party. She discusses the fall out from the Yes campaign and the impact this result has on young people’s attitudes towards politics,...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Co-Chair of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria Marcus Stewart, Professor of Political Communication, Prof Andrea Carson from Latrobe University, and researcher John Armitage to discuss Saturday’s Voice Referendum. Marcus, Andrea, and John return to Socially Democratic to break down the disappointing results from...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Co-Chair of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria Rueben Berg, Professor of Political Communication, Prof Andrea Carson from Latrobe University, and researcher John Armitage to discuss the Voice Referendum. With the referendum campaign days away from conclusion, our expert panel discuss how the two campaigns have framed t...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Chief of Staff to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and now the Managing Director of Capital NZ, Neale Jones.  Neale returns to the show to give us the latest insights on the New Zealand election campaign, with Kiwi’s voting on October 14.  He details the state of the race between Labor’s Chris Hipkins and Na...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Dutch activist for the PVDA and host of the upcoming Forging Links podcast, Ali Hashem, and councillor of the Hague Labor Party, Mikal Tseggai. Ali and Mikal join the show from the Hague to chat about their political journeys, in particular Mikal who is the youngest city councillor in the Hague’s history, and fill us in on...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Democratic consultant and state director for the Georgia Run-Off, Jonae Wartel.  While Dunn Street was in Washington D.C. for our annual US Engagement Mission, Stephen caught up with Jonae to chat about the upcoming Republican primaries, the ongoing Trump drama, and looking forward to 2024 and what Joe Biden needs to win a...