Politics in the Pub
February 2026
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Politics in the Pub: Earthquake
the election that shook Australia
Join Niki Savva, award-winning political commentator, and author of Earthquake: The Election That Shook Australia; Amy Remeikis, Chief Political Analyst at The Australia Institute; and Dr Richard Denniss, Co–Chief Executive Officer at The Australia Institute, as they discuss Niki’s new book, Earthquake: The Election That Shook Australia. Labor’s landslide victory in May 2025 wreaked havoc
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Past Politics in the Pub recordings
2015 Budget
Wayne Swan
Minority Policy
Richard Denniss & Brenton Prosser
Divestment
Simon Sheikh & Tom Swann
The Mandarin Code
Steve Lewis & Chris Uhlmann
Who’s doing the heavy lifting?
David Richardson, Matt Grudnoff & Ben Oquist
Renewable Energy Target
Matt Grudnoff
Secrets of the Trade – The Trans-Pacific Partnership
Richard Denniss & Tom Warne-Smith
Voluntary Euthanasia
Philip Nitschke
40 Years on the Campaign Trail
Jack Waterford AM
Is Australia a Good Global Citizen?
Tim Costello
Online democracy
Simon Sheikh & Sam McLean
Are Baby Boomers stealing Gen Y’s future?
Dr Marcia Keegan & Richard Denniss
Asylum seeker policy 20 years on
Father Frank Brennan
Canberra’s Housing Stress
Adrian Pisarki, Roslyn Dundas & Andrew MacKenzie
