Ep. 374: October Mailbag: The Nationals vs One Nation, Minority Governments, and Leadership Transitions with Lissie Ratcliff and Michael Gunner | Australia’s Labor Podcast

Australian Labor politics podcast Socially Democratic is back with the October Mailbag, and with the Victorian state election just weeks away, this one’s a cracker.

Former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory and two-time election-winning Labor leader Michael Gunner joins the ever-reliable Lissie Ratcliff and host Stephen Donnelly to answer your questions.

Three big threads this month: the Nationals and whether they have any idea how to fight One Nation on their own turf. How to hand over power in a Westminster system without handing your party a disaster. And whether minority governments are really as bad as Australian political culture insists they are.

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Mentioned in the Show:

Andy Burnham’s Labor Conference speech 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyjTT_55Gi0

The Beartown trilogy by Fredrik Backman: 
https://www.readings.com.au/product/9781405930208/9781405930208

'No, labourism is not liberalism' by Liam Byrne: 
https://byrnel.substack.com/p/no-labourism-is-not-liberalism

Music League app: 
https://apps.apple.com/au/app/music-league/id1589815321

Kaitlyn Does Politics: 
https://www.instagram.com/kaitlyndoespolitics/

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