It's the dawn of a new era in New York. Zohran Mamdani, the next mayor of New York City, has toppled the dead centrist orthodoxy and promised to take on Trump head on.

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Kate and Jesse reflect on the political events of the past week, specifically the rallies and campaign mobilisations.

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Kate and Jesse reflect on coming to America in 2025. How did they get here? Why did they come here? Do they really need another election this year? And does the world need another podcast about it? You'll have to tune in to find out.

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It's the end of the financial year and spirits are in the sky. Jesse's leaving for France, and Gerard's just leaving. We reflect on what we've achieved with the project so far, what's changed, and where Jesse's going to take Last Place on Earth in the new FY.

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Federal Labor have rammed through approval of Woodside’s North West Shelf extension at the Burrup Hub, in a decision that will allow more than 4 billion tonnes of carbon pollution and risk ancient rock art at Murujuga.

Environment Minister Murray Watt’s approval came despite a rising chorus of scientists calling out the WA government for manipulating the findings of the Murujuga Rock Art Monitoring Report.

WA Labor has shown the extreme lengths it will go to in order to further the interests of big industry, while federal Labor has shown its climate promises are hollow.

We’ve been campaigning against the North West Shelf for years. In this episode, we process the news, point the finger, and ask, where to from here?

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Well, Dutton got himself kicked out, and now Labor can act to do whatever they want. This week, we unpack the outcome of the recent federal election. Did Labor offer anything inspiring? How come Curtin voters ignored Seven West scaremongering? And whose campaign was worse — the Liberals or the Greens?

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With less than a week to go until the federal election, we sat down to take a look at the state of the race. How has Albo managed to regain an air of competence? What makes Dutton so disturbing? Are we heading to minority or majority Labor government? Why are record numbers of Australians voting early? And why is it all so exhausting?

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The seat of Forrest in WA’s South West has been held by the Liberal party for 52 years — but surgeon and community independent candidate Dr Sue Chapman is hoping to shake things up this federal election. 

Dr Chapman stopped by Last Place HQ to discuss the true identity of an ‘anonymous’ campaign donor, the big money behind the big major parties, and South West WA as a microcosm for the Australian energy debate.

Following a big swing against the Liberals in 2022 and with the sitting MP retiring, is Forrest ready to try an alternative?

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Konrad Benjamin of Punter’s Politics has built a huge audience online by explaining how rigged our political system is — and he’s ramping up ahead of the federal election.

This week, Konrad visited the fossil fuel heartland of Western Australia, where he’s installed a billboard right next to the Woodside building to highlight how little tax the oil and gas industry pay.

He stopped by The Last Place on Earth to discuss:

• How oil and gas dominate in WA — and what that means for the rest of the country
• The privatisation of everything, even our polling booths
• Friendlyjordies’ argument that there’s nothing we can do to stop the mining industry
• The challenges and opportunities of creating political content online

Links:

• ‘Company at centre of WA election furore donated thousands to Labor last year’ - WA Today
• Can Australia Tax Its Resources?’ - @friendlyjordies

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The mainstream media are explaining the WA state election as another big win for Labor and another big loss for the Liberals – but there's more to the story than that.

On a special election wrap podcast edition of The Week in the West, we look at how a huge swing against Labor in Fremantle and a best-ever result for the Greens suggest voters are tiring of captured major parties – and the implications of that for the upcoming federal election.

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