Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Democratic consultant Katie Parsons for our annual International Politics Year in Review. 

From the slew of elections across the world, including those in the UK, US, and across Europe, to the big moments in political activism and unrest, like the recent events in South Korea, Katie joins the show to help unpack the year of elections.

We hope you have a Merry Christmas, a safe holiday season, and a great new year. 

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Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Labor Campaign Director and federal MP, David Feeney.

It’s our final Feeney Files for the year - A Very Feeney Christmas Special. 

David chats about the recent Syrian uprising, which saw the end of the 50+ year reign of the Assad regime, and will have ripple effects across the middle east and throughout global geopolitics. 

Then we wrap up our favourite moments in auspol this year, and muse on what’s to come in 2025.

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Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Josh Burns and Anika Wells. 

To kick off the festive month of December, we are resuming our tradition, with Josh and Anika returning to the show to unpack the year that was #auspol. 

From ending Stage 3 Tax Cuts and the ongoing cost of living crisis, the various incidents in parliament, Australia’s success at the Olympics, and Trump’s impact on Aussie politics, the pair cover a lot of ground before wrapping up with their expectations for 2025.

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Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Labor Campaign Director and federal MP, David Feeney.

It is a belated episode so there is a lot to catch up on! 

From the US presidential and Queensland state elections, gossip from both federal and Victorian state politics, the Melbourne Mayoral race, to the rumours of a February Federal Election, it’s a jam packed episode of the Feeney Files. 

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Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Managing Director at Bassline Strategy, David Kitching.

David is back, calling in from Dublin to give us the state of the race in Ireland before voters in the Irish Republic head to the polls next Friday. 

He also discussed why Sinn Féin’s vote has collapsed in the published polls, how immigration and the cost of living are shaping the debate and can Ivana Bacik and Labour increase their representation in the Oireachteas.

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Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Democratic consultant Katie Parsons and co-founder of Run For Something Ross Morales Rocketto. 

Kate and Ross for our final installment of our 2024 Presidential Election series, unpacking the disappointing results from Nov 5th. What went wrong? What went right? And where do progressives go from here?

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Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Democratic consultant Katie Parsons and co-founder of Run For Something Ross Morales Rocketto. 

With less than a week until E-Day, Katie and Ross return to unpack all the latest news in the race for the White House including Trump’s Nazi Rally at Madison Square Garden and WaPo’s first non-endorsement in decades. 

Kate and Ross also give us the inside baseball on how the swing states are shaping up and share their final reflections before the big day. 

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Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Queensland Treasurer, Jackie Trad, and former QLD Labor Campaign Director, Evan Moorhead.

Jackie and Evan are back for the finale in our Queensland Election series for 2024, unpacking the disappointing results from Saturday night, discussing the fault lines between metro and regional Queensland, criteria to vanquish the Greens, federal implications, and where to now for QLD Labor. 

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Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Democratic consultant Katie Parsons and co-founder of Run For Something Ross Morales Rocketto. 

Kate and Ross are back to unpack that week that was in the US election campaign.

With only 2 weeks till polls close, , they’ll cover Trump’s brief stunt at Maccas, VP Harris’s appearance on Fox News, and the tight polling numbers that’s got some of us biting our fingernails. 

Plus we do a deep dive on the battleground states of Michigan and Wisconsin.

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Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined once again by former Queensland Treasurer, Jackie Trad, and former QLD Labor Campaign Director, Evan Moorhead.

With four days (as of recording) to go until E-day in Queensland, our panel covers the latest polling, the first cracks in the LNP campaign and its impact on voters, and seat analysis of battleground electorates regions of Cairns, the Gold Coast and Logan, plus our Tory with a Typewriter award.

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