New Politics: Australian Politics

Australia enters 2026 facing deep strategic uncertainty: AUKUS costs have blown out to $1.... more

As the United States slides into institutional decay under Donald Trump’s return to the Wh... more

In our continuing review of the 2025 year in Australian federal politics, we discuss the f... more

To commence our review of the 2025 year in Australian federal politics, this bonus episode... more

In the final week of Parliament, New Politics asks a blunt question about Australian feder... more

We look at the political theatre of the right, including Pauline Hanson’s latest burqa stu... more

This week, we examine how the Liberal Party has abandoned serious policy for retail politi... more

In this bonus episode, we examine the UN Security Council’s approval of a US-designed Inte... more

In this episode of the New Politics podcast, we look at Australia’s broken political struc... more

In this bonus episode of the New Politics podcast, we look at the ghost of Gough Whitlam a... more

(00:00:00) The War on Dissent and Socialism USA (00:01:12) Beautiful, Menacing, and Obscen... more

(00:00:00) The Great Environmental Backflip and the Joy Division (00:01:09) Green Light, R... more

(00:00:00) Alliance Games and the Price of Truth (00:01:09) The Albanese–Trump Deal and th... more

In this week’s podcast, Labor’s superannuation retreat exposes a government afraid to lead... more

We expose the hypocrisy behind the National Press Club’s cancellation of Pulitzer Prize–wi... more

Anthony Albanese is back from his international tour, pitching stability and steady progre... more

America’s democratic decline under Donald Trump’s second term is reshaping global politics... more

Australia’s first national climate risk assessment warns of rising seas, deadly heat, and ... more

In this bonus episode of the New Politics podcast, host David Lewis unpacks Modern Monetar... more

This week, we expose Australia’s latest media hysteria: Xi Jinping’s speech to commemorate... more

The “March for Australia” rallies claimed to be about housing and migration, but quickly e... more

Housing affordability dominates the headlines as the Albanese government repackages its 5%... more

We unpack the government’s Economic Reform Roundtable, where Anthony Albanese brought toge... more

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s announcement that Australia will recognise the state of ... more

In this episode of New Politics, we cover the massive Sydney Harbour Bridge protest where ... more

AUKUS turns costly as Australia signs a 50-year treaty with the UK – without US backing. T... more