Pod On The Hill - Victorian Labor Podcast

In 2014 Tim Richardson was elected to the seat of Mordialloc helping elect the Andrews Labor Government. We hear how Tim's values were formed, his journey to the Labor party the importance of community and if he regrets being an Essendon supporter.

It is Grand Final Week so Matt Keogh Labor MP for Burt and West Coast fan went head to head with Labor MP for Dandenong and Collingwood fan Gab Williams.

After long-standing member for Cranbourne, Jude Perera, announced his retirement from parliament a new face emerged to defend a new Labor heartland in our growing outer suburbs. Pauline Richards has taken a road less travelled to become Labor's candidate for Cranbourne in the 2018 Victorian election. She talks about her family, the vision for Cranbourne and bringing fairness and liveability to the suburbs.

The Big Steps campaign has been fighting for equality for early childhood educators for 10 years now. We find out about the campaign, the conditions and pay facing our critically important early childhood educators, and how to be involved.

Ben Carroll has a mighty job on his hands. As Minister for Industry and Employment Ben works every day to shape the way Victorians work now, and also the jobs they will have in the future. What does Ben have to say about what the Abbott Government did to destroy the car industry? What positive things does the Andrews government do to give meaningful work to people and build a manufacturing future? Ben has an obvious passion about the work he does as the Minister in Daniel Andrews Government, but he also takes time to talk about his upbringing in the north west, his family, and the steps that have led him to take on such an important role in influencing how we live and earn.

Linda Burney was 10 years old when the 1967 referendum was held, a vote which famously changed the constitution to allow the commonwealth to make laws for Aboriginal people, and corrected the injustice that had excluded Aboriginal people from being counted in the census. Linda is today the member for Barton in the Federal Parliament and has served as a minister in the NSW parliament. She spoke to Pod on the Hill about constitutional justice for Aboriginal people, the leadership failures in Canberra and the work she is doing in preventing family violence.

On Tuesday morning August 20 Peter Dutton unsuccessfully challenged Malcolm Turnbull for the Liberal Party leadership. Since then what has occurred has been unprecedented. Rob Mitchell the Labor Member for McEwen joined us for an insiders perspective on the weeks events.

Its only taken the Victorian government 146 years to appoint a woman as the Agriculture Minister, but Labor's Jaala Pulford is busy making up for lost time. As this week's guest on Pod On The Hill, Conrad spoke with Jaala about growing up in regional Victoria, working at a male dominated blue collar union in the 90’s, and dealing with the tragedy of losing her daughter.

Today marks the 28th anniversary of the historic elevation of Joan Kirner as Victoria’s 42nd Premier. This week’s special episode is extracts from an interview from 2013 conducted by Nicola Castleman and RTBU Secretary Luba Grigorovitch and provides an insight in to what drove Joan as a passionate campaigner for education, her love for Nelson Mandela, working with communities and her achievements as Premier of the state. We thank Ron Kirner for supporting the publication of this timeless piece of both Labor’s history and Joan’s story.

After Marsha Thomson, long-standing member for Footscray, announced her retirement from politics a daughter of the west emerged as Labor's new candidate for this iconic seat. Katie Hall, a 5th generation western suburbs resident and long-time Labor and union activist, joined our podcast this week to talk about her campaign experience and her 20 years in the party. A Bulldogs fanatic, Footscray history nerd and winner of a chocolate bar for wagging school Katie reflects on what it will take to represent the people of ever-changing Footscray and protect its working class legacy.

This week's guest is Labor Member for Carrum Sonya Kilkenny. We found out about how her mother and father shaped her political values, and how moving to Boston opened her eyes about inequality. Sonya also reflected on her time at the Kimberley Land Council, plus the challenges of losing an election campaign. We discuss how proud she is of the amazing strides that have been taken for the people of Carrum, and the whole sand-belt, since the election of the Andrews Labor Government in 2014.

While outrage focuses on Trump and his attacks on social justice Australia isn't immune. On this week’s episode of Pod on the Hill, Nicola spoke with National Secretary of the CPSU, Nadine Flood.

On this week’s episode Stephen spoke with Israeli Labor’s outgoing leader of the opposition in Knesset - Isaac Herzog. Isaac discussed the strong historic connection between Australia and Israel, modern Zionism and the challenges facing the Jewish diaspora, the pathway to a two-state solution and addressing the crisis in Gaza.

From Oakleigh Tech to sparkie, Shaun’s journey to the red seats of State Parliament has been a fascinating journey.

Conrad sits down with Labor member for Wills Peter Khalil. They cover Peter’s parents' journey from Egypt and the sacrifices they made, and how Peter Daicos was his hero (and not just because of his marvellous football skills). They also discuss the fracturing of society and the politics of fear, plus his own achievements to date and what he wants to achieve in the future.