Bonus: Student Debt Q&A

Listener questions answered! This is a new listener requested segment where we answer your questions about Australian politics, government or even the Australian Democrats that you really wanted to know …

26. Fadden By Election: Meet our Candidate!

Chris Simpson is former builder and building project manager, who was part of the team that ran for the Senate in Queensland in 2022, and was our spokesperson on housing.  …

25. Budget Review 2023

It’s budget time again, and Elana Mitchell and Steve Baty are joined by Young Democrat Rhiannon Kernot (no relation) to discuss the budget. While this episode was delayed by events, …

24. Budget 2023 Wish List

Join National Vice Presidents Elana Mitchell and Steve Baty as they discuss the challenges facing the Albanese Government in its first major (but technically second) budget, and their wish list …

22. Second Thoughts on the NSW State Election

It’s just as well Elana and Steve committed to completing their review of the NSW state election after the results were finalised, because their second thoughts on the NSW state …

21.2 The Unsafeguard Mechanism

This episode was recorded the day the Albanese government and the Greens came to an agreement on the implementation of the safeguard mechanism, originally developed by Tony Abbott’s government, and …

20. Voices of Us with Tim Dunlop

Tim Dunlop is a writer, researcher, speaker and thinker, who’s written extensively on grassroots democracy and the role of the media, as well as technology and the future of work. …

19. An obvious thing happened in Victoria

Victoria went to the polls for the second time this year, returning the Andrews government with an increased majority, and the slow motion collapse of the Liberal party continues. Steve …