Socially Democratic

Australian Labor politics podcast Socially Democratic is back with the August Mailbag. It's just Stephen and Lissie this month, with Todd Pinkerton away temporarily. 
Lissie Ratcliff joins host Stephen Donnelly for a packed episode covering teacher strikes in Victoria, the Suburban Rail Loop saga, gambling reform, UK Politics, and a deep dive into the US Democratic primaries.
They cover:
📚 The AEU teacher strikes. The union's own leadership had a deal voted down by its members - so how do the AEU and the Carroll government get this over the line before the election?
🚇 The Suburban Rail Loop. Voters like it and it's the kind of long-term infrastructure planning we say we want - so why does the Victorian media hate it?
🎰 Gambling advertising. Has the government got the settings right, and what happens when you try to wean sporting codes off dirty money?
🌍 Around the grounds: What the Democratic primaries in Michigan and Wisconsin tell us about where the left is heading, plus Nigel Farage fighting a by-election against a bloke with a rubbish bin on his head.
📺 Watch list: 
Political Currency with Kemi Badenoch [ https://apple.co/3TYFrIW ]
Larry David's Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness [ https://bit.ly/3UgHmst ]
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Socially Democratic goes live at the 50th ALP National Conference Fringe in Adelaide for a special panel on one of the Labor Party's most important and least discussed challenges: how do we grow our membership, and how do we keep people once they join?
Host Stephen Donnelly is joined by Todd Pinkerton, Director of Campaigns and Strategy at Unions NSW; Bisma Asif, Member for Sandgate in the Queensland Parliament; and Hannah MacLeod, Executive Director SA/NT at the McKell Institute.
They cover:
🧩 Why there's no coordinated national strategy for Labor Party recruitment, and what that costs us
💸 Potential structural issues like the price of joining and the waiting list problem
📉 The Corbyn cautionary tale: when half a million people joined UK Labour and almost none of them did anything
🍺 Politics in the pub, gazebos, and Labor merch: what's actually working on the ground
🗳️ What Bisma learned from doorknocking for eight months
🤝 The missing middle. Who's recruiting the people who aren't at uni and aren't retired?
Socially Democratic is an Australian Labor politics and campaigns podcast with expert guests. New episodes every Friday.
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Australian Labor politics podcast Socially Democratic goes live at the 50th ALP National Conference in Adelaide.
Host Stephen Donnelly is joined by David Feeney and Jessie McCrone for a wide-ranging night of conference trivia, half-year report cards, and hot takes.
They cover:
🏛️ Conference democracy. Has expanding the ALP National Conference to 400 delegates made it more powerful or less?
🌟 South Australia's golden era. Penny Wong, Don Farrell, Mark Butler, Peter Malinauskas, and why the SA branch is punching well above its weight
Plus,
📊 Half-year report cards. 
🍺 Conference trivia. 
🏆 Who won the month.
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Australian Labor politics podcast Socially Democratic is back with a snap episode. Victoria has a new Premier.
On Monday and Tuesday, in a matter of 48 hours, Jacinta Allan was replaced by Ben Carroll, who is now the 50th Premier of Victoria.
Host Stephen Donnelly is joined by two people who know Victorian Labor politics from the inside: former Victorian State Secretary and MP David Feeney, and former Chief of Staff to the Daniel Andrews - Lissie Ratcliff.
They unpack:
🏛️ The plot. Sunday night's factional conveners meeting, Monday's delegation, the cabinet meeting, the leaked briefing note, and Tuesday's caucus showdown
🧵 Why Jacinta Allan's Premiership came to a head: the construction industry scandal, the Canberra disease infecting Spring Street, and a decentralised cabinet
🗳️ The deputy leadership ballot: Gabriel Williams needing right faction votes, and what it means for the left's internal split
🔧 What Ben Carroll has to do in the next 130 days before the election: staffing, reshuffling, pivoting to campaign mode, and setting a new agenda
⚖️ The defensive grid vs the proactive agenda: integrity, community and safety, and economics
Socially Democratic is an Australian Labor politics and campaigns podcast with expert guests. New episodes every Friday.
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This episode of Socially Democratic is a special two-parter recorded on the eve of the ALP National Conference in Adelaide.
Part one: pollster John Armitage from Qdos Research joins Stephen for a mid-year federal check-in. One Nation is at 30% in Newspoll. The Liberals have collapsed to 19%. And the swing is coming from women.
Part two: Priya Brown from GRA Partners breaks down the Secret Harbour by-election in WA: a long winter campaign in a mortgage-belt seat that One Nation has firmly in its sights.
📊 One Nation at 30%: what it means on two-party preferred, and why the vote is still soft
🏛️ Why the Liberals going One Nation-lite is electoral suicide
🧭 Competent vs caring: how voters see Albanese, Taylor, and Hanson
👩 Why Labor is losing women to One Nation, and how to get them back
🗺️ Secret Harbour: demographics, redrawn boundaries, and One Nation's perfect test seat
🏆 Why Labor's campaign machine gives them the edge in a long winter by-election
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