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Below the Line: How might our new, more diverse parliament change Australia and the Asia-Pacific? – podcast
Right from the outset, it is clear Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's agenda is very different to his predecessor Scott Morrison's – from emphasising his commitment to fighting climate change to foreign leaders in Tokyo, to displaying the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags at his Parliament House press conferences. In this final episode of our election podcast Below the Line, our expert panel…
6 Hosts: Andrea Carson, Anika Gauja, Jon Faine and 3 others
Below the Line: Has Australia's political landscape changed forever? – podcast
Politics can be slow-moving, until all of a sudden it isn't. As political scientist Simon Jackman says in today's episode of Below the Line, "politics is very non-linear. You get these steady, secular trends in voter sentiment, and then you'll have that breakthrough election where that will convert into seats". 2022 was that breakthrough election. The Liberal party was turfed out, not just from government…
4 Hosts: Andrea Carson, Anika Gauja, Jon Faine and 1 other
Below the Line: A Facebook executive explains the last-minute election battle on social media – podcast
What do One Nation’s Pauline Hanson and Labor’s Tanya Plibersek have in common? They are both winning the battle for eyeballs on social media, says a top Facebook official. In the final episode before polling day of our election podcast Below the Line, our regular panel talks to Mia Garlick, Facebook's Director of Policy in Australia and New Zealand, about the ways politicians use the social media…
4 Hosts: Andrea Carson, Anika Gauja, Jon Faine and 1 other
Below the Line: What might happen to the major party that loses the election? – podcast
An existential moment for the Liberal party? Another female leader for Labor? In this episode of our election podcast Below the Line, our expert panel talk us through what might happen to the major parties if they do not win government. Led by award-winning broadcaster Jon Faine, the panel talks through the potential configurations of the next federal parliament, including the possible balance of power…
4 Hosts: Andrea Carson, Anika Gauja, Jon Faine and 1 other
Below the Line: What issues are politicians ignoring this election? – podcast
Channel Nine's leaders' debate on Sunday night may have been a "shouty, unedifying spectacle", but Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese will do it all again on Wednesday evening on Channel Seven. Why? In the latest episode of our election podcast Below the Line, our panel of experts explain that our political leaders are under pressure to persuade voters as quickly as possible, given early voting centres…
3 Hosts: Andrea Carson, Anika Gauja, and Simon Jackman
Below the Line: How much are the parties spending on ads? And how come One Nation's Townsville candidate lives in Melbourne? – podcast
On Monday May 9, early voting centres will open and Australians can start casting their votes for the federal election. Increasing numbers of Australians are choosing not to line up for their democracy sausage on election day, opting instead to get it out of the way beforehand. In 2019, about 40% of Australians either voted early by visiting a pre-poll station (32.7%) or they filled out a postal ballot…
4 Hosts: Andrea Carson, Anika Gauja, Jon Faine and 1 other
Below the Line: Will different cultural groups favour one side of politics this federal election? – podcast
Is there any such thing as the so-called "ethnic vote" in a country as multicultural as Australia? Do different cultural groups favour one side of politics over another? For instance, in Victoria’s most marginal seat of Chisholm, will the Hong Kong-born Liberal MP Gladys Liu be advantaged by the Chinese diaspora living in her electorate? In the latest episode of Below the Line, hosted by award-winning…
4 Hosts: Andrea Carson, Anika Gauja, Jon Faine and 1 other
Below the Line: Former independent Cathy McGowan hits back at John Howard’s ‘anti-Liberal groupies’ jibe – podcast
Former independent federal MP Cathy McGowan has hit back at John Howard’s description of independent candidates as "anti-Liberal groupies". In this Below the Line exclusive, McGowan says the former Prime Minister’s use of the term was clearly meant to be derogatory. "I suspect someone has given it to him," she said. "It doesn’t bring to mind the calibre of the people who are standing. If he is trying…
4 Hosts: Andrea Carson, Anika Gauja, Jon Faine and 1 other
Below the Line: Albanese has COVID, but Morrison is 'blessed' with an even bigger problem – podcast
When tennis superstar Dylan Alcott’s post rebuking the Prime Minister for his clumsy "blessed" comment is outperforming election news stories on social media, you know the leaders’ debate didn’t go as hoped for the Coalition. Scott Morrison effectively lost a day of campaigning on Thursday, which he largely spent apologising to disability groups and families who were offended when he said he was "blessed…
4 Hosts: Andrea Carson, Anika Gauja, Jon Faine and 1 other
Below the Line: Will anyone watch the Morrison vs Albanese debate? And will a transphobia debate divide the Liberals? – podcast
Remember those classic lines that have come out of election debates? Recall 2013 when Tony Abbott asked the audience, "Does this guy [Kevin Rudd] ever shut up?" Or Bill Shorten in 2019 describing Scott Morrison as a "classic space invader?" Or back in 1993 when Paul Keating told John Hewson his costing of the proposed GST was like "a magic pudding?" In our fourth episode of the Below the Line podcast…
4 Hosts: Andrea Carson, Anika Gauja, Jon Faine and 1 other
Below the Line: Does George Christensen's defection spell a win for One Nation? And are Australian parties 'lazy'? – podcast
George Christensen, the maverick Liberal-National Party member from far north Queensland, dropped the pre-Easter bombshell that he is no longer heading for retirement but joining One Nation. Today, the Below the Line podcast team unpack what this means for the major parties’ prospects in that seat and for the election result. Joining our host, award-winning broadcaster Jon Faine, is Anika Guaja who…
4 Hosts: Andrea Carson, Anika Gauja, Jon Faine and 1 other
Below the Line: What role will gender play in the federal election campaign? – podcast
When will Prime Minister Scott Morrison call the election? And could this be the long-awaited campaign when women take the driver's seat? In the second episode of our new election podcast, Below the Line, our expert panel delve into the High Court's involvement in the election’s timing and its likely impact on the Coalition vote. After we finished recording, the High Court confirmed the dismissal of…
5 Hosts: Andrea Carson, Anika Gauja, Jill Sheppard and 2 others
Below the Line: Introducing The Conversation's new election podcast, hosted by Jon Faine
From the polls to party spin to election promises, Below the Line is a limited-edition podcast unpacking party lines and policies during the 2022 Australian federal election campaign. Hosting the conversation is award-winning broadcaster and former ABC Melbourne mornings presenter, Jon Faine, now a Vice Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Melbourne. He'll be joined by political scientists Anika…
4 Hosts: Andrea Carson, Anika Gauja, Jon Faine and 1 other