Politics in the Pub
August 2025
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Politics in the Pub: Dead Centre
How political pragmatism is killing us
Have you ever wondered why our politicians don’t implement popular and evidence-based policies that would improve Australia’s health, education or public transport systems? Or why they ignore scientific research that tells us things like approving new gas and coal projects is bad for the environment? Like an old street directory, the left/right/centre map of Australian
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Past Politics in the Pub recordings
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
Animals Australia
Lyn White
Why do our broadsheets have such narrow debates?
Richard Denniss