Podcast Episodes

The Vote: What are Labor actually offering?

Episode 684

The Labor Party officially launched their campaign on Sunday, unveiling new policies and making their most comprehensive pitch to voters so far.

But the policy offering remains slimmer than it was thr…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

The Vote: The climate kids are doomscrolling

Episode 682

As we enter the final weeks of the election campaign there’s one group of people more stressed, more disillusioned than most. Teenagers, desperate to see change but unable to vote to get their voice …

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

The Vote Panel: Three weeks in and it’s all about to start

Episode 681

Today, Anthony Albanese is set to end his isolation and return to the campaign trail after he tested positive for Covid-19 last week. 

As he returns to campaigning in-person, the cost of living has be…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

The Vote: All the Clive Palmer ads are written by… Clive Palmer?

Episode 680

This election, one person is having more of a say than anyone else when it comes to the political advertising Australians are seeing everyday.

That person is Clive Palmer.

And he’s not only outspending…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

What happened to ‘raising the age’

Episode 679

In the Northern Territory, there’s a youth detention centre that has been subject to multiple reports, complaints, and a Royal Commission. 

That commission recommended it be shut down, but children as…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

The Vote: ‘The last time I spoke to Morrison he told me to go get f—ed’

Episode 678

As the election tightens, there is a very real possibility that neither major party wins the 76-seat majority they need to govern in their own right.

If this happens, they will have to convince indepe…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Spotlight: When Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins came to Canberra

Earlier this year, Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame went to Canberra together.

The day before, Prime Minister Scott Morrison had delivered an apology to people who had worked at federal parliament, who…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Who would select a candidate like Katherine Deves?

Episode 677

With a crucial deadline now passed, Liberal candidate Katherine Deves will almost certainly remain the Coalition’s pick for the seat of Warringah. 

That’s despite her transphobic comments, and the con…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Introducing: The Vote

The Vote is your essential guide to the 2022 election. We’ll bring you original reporting from around the country, interviews with political candidates and the sharpest analysis from the campaign tra…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

The Human Rights Commission could flunk its next exam

Episode 676

On the campaign trail, Anthony Albanese struggled to say whether he would change the way people are appointed to the Australian Human Rights Commission. In fact, he didn’t know who the most recently …

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago