The Year of Living Incompetently: 2018 in review
2019 promises to be an exhilarating year in politics, with a federal election guaranteed before May 18, and an election in Australia’s largest state – […]
Malcolm Turnbull
The Seven Days Of Madness In Canberra
The New Politics Special Leadership Spill podcast presented by Eddy Jokovich and David Lewis – filling in all the gaps left behind by the mainstream […]
A dark day in Australian politics
It’s a rare sight to see a government split in two, but that’s exactly what we’ve seen in Canberra this week. The sad debacle of […]
A Super Saturday And The Big Media Fail
The August 2018 New Politics podcast presented by Eddy Jokovich and David Lewis – filling in all the gaps left behind by the mainstream media. […]
Media fail and the last days of Malcolm Turnbull
The byelections as part of the so-called “Super Saturday” have resulted in unchanged numbers in the House of Representatives, but they may see the final […]
Turnbull unleashes his inner racism
Last Saturday, Malcolm Turnbull made the first prime ministerial visit to Tennant Creek since 1982 and announced to Indigenous leaders: “our job is to listen […]
A Failing Budget [transcript]
Welcome to the New Politics podcast, the place where we analyse everything and anything to do with Australian politics, and more. We’re on iTunes, SoundCloud […]
What has this government ever done for you? Probably nothing
The Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has repeatedly ruled out an early election, claiming “there is no plan, intention or consideration given to doing anything other […]
Turnbull is missing in action on the banks
Sometimes, it’s beneficial for a politician to offer a mea culpa and, if executed correctly, can become a successful part of their political repertoire and […]
Turnbull and the mystery of economic management
This week was all about the magical number of 30 – 30 consecutive losing Newspolls for the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, or 111, if you […]
Tonight’s Newspoll is brought to you by the number 30
Number 30. It has been the most anticipated number in recent Australian politics and finally, it’s with us – it’s the thirtieth consecutive losing Newspoll […]
Further trouble for the Turnbull government: Monash and the AEC take aim
Today was the day the Turnbull government lost its majority and plunged into minority government… well, not exactly, but due to a redistribution of electorates […]