This week on the New Politics podcast, we expose the real cost of privatising essential public services in Australia – particularly in early childhood education, health, aged care, and universities. After revelations of child sexual abuse in Melbourne early learning centres, we examine how decades of outsourcing, deregulation, and profit-driven
In this episode, we explore the week in Australian politics and international affairs, starting with the media’s breathless fixation on whether Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will secure a face-to-face with US President Donald Trump. We examine how the Canberra press gallery and commercial breakfast TV – “When are you meeting
In this wide-ranging episode, we explore the United States’ surprise bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites, the ceasefire that followed, and the way Australia’s 24-hour silence morphed into a reflex endorsement of Washington’s strike. Our analysis looks at how Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong framed the raid under the tired
Photo credit: Moshe Mizrahi/Reuters. This latest episode analyses the escalating Israel–Iran conflict, unpacking this week’s deadly strikes on nuclear facilities, the retaliatory missile fire, and the West’s predictable “right to defend” double-standard. We challenge the narrative that paints Tehran as a perpetual “regime” while letting Israel’s ...
This week on the New Politics podcast, we expose the real cost of privatising essential public services in Australia – particularly in early childhood education, health, aged care, and universities. After revelations of child sexual abuse in Melbourne early learning centres, we examine how decades of outsourcing, deregulation, and profit-driven
In this episode, we explore the week in Australian politics and international affairs, starting with the media’s breathless fixation on whether Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will secure a face-to-face with US President Donald Trump. We examine how the Canberra press gallery and commercial breakfast TV – “When are you meeting
In this wide-ranging episode, we explore the United States’ surprise bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites, the ceasefire that followed, and the way Australia’s 24-hour silence morphed into a reflex endorsement of Washington’s strike. Our analysis looks at how Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong framed the raid under the tired
Photo credit: Moshe Mizrahi/Reuters. This latest episode analyses the escalating Israel–Iran conflict, unpacking this week’s deadly strikes on nuclear facilities, the retaliatory missile fire, and the West’s predictable “right to defend” double-standard. We challenge the narrative that paints Tehran as a perpetual “regime” while letting Israel’s ...
