It shouldn’t come as any surprise to our regular listeners that the official position of the Australian Democrats is to support the Voice to Parliament.  Part of the policy platform we took to the 2022 federal election on standing with First Nations people was whole hearted support for the Uluru Statement from the Heart.  Since the Albanese government has chosen to implement the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full, starting with a Voice to Parliament enshrined in the Constitution, our National Executive officially endorsed support for this back in April 2023.   In the face of the increasingly ugly public ...

Women for Election is an organisation whose mission is to inspire, equip and sustain women to successfully stand for, and thrive in, public office in Australia. On this episode Elana ...

Listener questions answered! This is a new listener requested segment where we answer your questions about Australian politics, government or even the Australian Democrats that you really wanted to know ...

Chris Simpson is former builder and building project manager, who was part of the team that ran for the Senate in Queensland in 2022, and was our spokesperson on housing.  ...

It’s budget time again, and Elana Mitchell and Steve Baty are joined by Young Democrat Rhiannon Kernot (no relation) to discuss the budget. While this episode was delayed by events, ...

Governments use the budget process to establish spending priorities and identify revenues to pay for those activities. The size and scope of those decisions make the budget process one of ...

Join National Vice Presidents Elana Mitchell and Steve Baty as they discuss the challenges facing the Albanese Government in its first major (but technically second) budget, and their wish list ...

When Speaker of the House Milton Dick scheduled the Aston by election for April 1st we’re sure that April Fools Day was the furthest thing from his mind.  He made ...

It’s just as well Elana and Steve committed to completing their review of the NSW state election after the results were finalised, because their second thoughts on the NSW state ...

This episode was recorded the day the Albanese government and the Greens came to an agreement on the implementation of the safeguard mechanism, originally developed by Tony Abbott’s government, and ...