Welcome To Albanese Country

In this extended episode, we analysed the historic 2025 federal election, where Anthony Albanese led the Labor Party to one of the most decisive victories in Australian political history – winning 94 seats, achieving a 3 per cent swing, and securing 55 per cent of the two-party-preferred vote. We explored how Labor broke new ground in metropolitan seats across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and beyond, while the Liberal Party collapsed under Peter Dutton’s disastrous leadership – becoming the first sitting federal Opposition Leader to lose his seat. With a massive lower house majority and a favourable Senate, we discuss what Labor can do with its unprecedented political capital, the implications for progressive reform, and why this election marked not just a change of government, but a generational shift in Australian politics. We also assessed the setbacks faced by the Australian Greens and the mixed results for community independents, the rise of the Muslim Vote, and what the future holds for a fractured conservative movement. #AUSPOL #Election2025

This podcast series has been compiled into the book, The Red Wave: The New Politics review of the 2025 Australian federal election, available through Amazon:

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Song listing:

1. ‘Good Stuff’, The B-52s.
2. ‘Atomic Moog 2000’, Coldcut
3. ‘Spitfire’, Public Service Broadcasting
4. ‘Confessions Of A Window Cleaner’, Ed Kuepper.
5. ‘Stranger in Moscow’, Tame Impala.
6. ‘Humiliation’, The National.