Socially Democratic

The federal election is on! And we don’t want to jinx it, but Labor is looking up in the polls.  Is the spotlight on Dutton and his recent slip ups impacting the Coalition’s numbers?  Or has the Labor government finally struck a chord with voters on the kitchen table issues? Trump looms large in this campaign, and Aust

Rapha Manajem walks into a bar.  He picks up a microphone. Amidst the deafening roar of mostly oblivious pub-goers, he manages to entertain two or three people. And for some reason, he keeps going back. Now he’s a big shot with a recurring spot at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, opening next week. He also

“A big reason we’re up against the wall here is, cost of living’s tough. Governments all around the world … have lost some skin. We need a big margin and we haven’t got it.” - Peter Dutton has vowed to cut public service jobs and repeal popular laws like the ‘right to disconnect’.  Yet somehow, he still poses a credibl

The year was 2012. A young Benita Kolovos arrives at her high school literature class to find a print-out on her desk. It’s the Julia Gillard misogyny speech.  When it comes to riveting moments in Australian media, Gillard’s speech has few peers. It was raw, honest, and reached millions of Australian women who were fed

“Utterly disgraceful…The United States is behaving like a bandit.” On this episode of Socially Democratic, former federal MP David Feeney pulls no punches when excoriating Trump’s position on Ukraine.  Plus: listener questions answered. Your primary concern was the new American regime - how the example set by Trump, Mu

With the relative decline of mainstream media and the rise of podcasts, influencers, and infinite scrolling, how is the Australian Labor party faring in the race to modernise their political campaigns? And how can social democratic parties around the world continue to compete and adapt to the ever-changing new media la