Pod On The Hill - Victorian Labor Podcast
Summary: Pod on the Hill is the official podcast of the Labor Party. Join us every week for an in depth conversation with Labor people about Australian politics, events and campaign activities from home and abroad. Keeping the light on the hill one podcast at a time. Authorised by Clare Burns, State Secretary, ALP Victorian Branch.
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Podcasts:
On this week's Pod On The Hill, former Labor Premier John Cain reflects on his time in office and the challenges of governing in the 1980's.
On this week’s Pod On The Hill Conrad sat down with writer, social commentator and former editor-in-chief of Mamamia, Jamila Rizvi to discuss her time as Kate Elllis’s Chief of Staff, her take on modern feminism and what she believes the next major reform for women in Australia needs to be.
With the Queen’s Birthday long weekend upon us, we invited the Australian Republican Movement's Peter FitzSimons on the show to discuss the republican movement's campaign to replace the Queen with a resident for a president.
Natalie Hutchins Minister for Local Government, Aboriginal Affairs and Industrial Relations talks about student politics, a treaty with the first Australians, Jeff Kennett's belly button and so much more.
As Britons go to the polls on June 8 - John provides a frank assessment on Jeremy Corbyn and Labour's bleak electoral prospects. Having worked for Julia Gillard, he also has some thoughts on Kevin Rudd too.
This week we have a very special Pod On The Hill. Stephen and Conrad co-host record live from Victorian Labor State Conference and are joined by 3 guests, Victorian Branch President Hutch Hussein, NUW State Secretary Gary Maas and Latrobe Conference delegate Amy Muratore.
Stephen Koukoulas Managing Director of Market Economics, dissects the Federal Budget, gives is thoughts on how to solve housing affordability, the tax system and how much time he has saved now Chris Kenny has blocked him on twitter.
Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas and Member for Werribee talks about his life motto, Victoria's record investment in family violence prevention, the Bracks years and sport in Melbourne.
Michael Cooney, Executive Director of the Chifley Research Centre talks about formulating domestic policy in an age of globalisation, economic crisis and Trump protectionism. Michael also has a bit to say about his roles working for three former Labor leaders including Mark Latham, meeting a Labor legend and his lifetime love of Canberra
Listen to Mary-Anne tell us about what Gough Whitlam did to change her life, her union activism in Kennett's Victoria, and the heady first months of the Bracks government in 1999.
Easter is coming, so we sat down with Melbourne’s own Fr. Bob Maguire on this week’s episode of Pod on the Hill. Revolutionaries… Catholicism… splits… Collingwood… you name it, he covered it!
This week Conrad French is joined by federal member for Gellibrand Tim Watts. Conrad attempts to gain revenge for Tim's constant goading of the Collingwood v Brisbane grand finals of the early 2000s, the challenges of working for significant figures in the Labor Party and the great community of Gellibrand.
This week Nicola Castleman is back. This week with Victorian Health Minister Jill Hennessy. Nicola and Jill discuss issues around assisted dying, anti-vaxxers, the unique challengers of raising daughters to be leaders, and cheese and bacon balls.
On this week's Pod On The Hill Victorian Labor's Conrad French sits down with Obama campaign alumni John Holden to discuss last years US presidential election campaign; life under Trump and where the Democrats go from here. Plus John delivers on his promise of an esoteric choice of song.
On this week's episode of Pod On The Hill, Stephen Donnelly is joined on the line by WA Labor's Lenda Oshalem to breakdown Labor's historic landslide election victory at the WA state election.
