Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former WA Labor Assistant Secretary and Senior Partner at Newgate, Lenda Oshalem, for our final post election breakdown; this time tackling the great state of Western Australia. Lenda reflects on the major structural and cultural changes WA Labor undertook years ago that laid the foundations for the successes on election night, which helped get the Albanese government to the magical number 76. The presenting sponsor of th...
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by SA Labor Secretary, Aemon Bourke, and Managing Director of Defiance, Jack Milroy. In the penultimate episode of our state by state Federal Post Election Breakdowns, Aemon and Jack join Stephen in covering the results in South Australia and Tasmania. First up, Aemon unpacks the great results in SA, where Labor won the elusive seat of Boothby and almost jagged the seat of Sturt. Jack follows, breaking down the tough campaig...
Jun 23, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Director at Hawker Britton, Elliot Stein. In the next chapter of our 2022 federal election breakdowns, we head to New South Wales, where Elliot unpacks Labor’s gains and the Liberal’s losses. Elliot also discusses voter fatigue with Morrison and Covid and the role that played in their voting habits, the impact of the Greens Political Party and the independent’s campaign, and “what happened in Fowler?” The presenting spons...
Jun 16, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Executive Director of the McKell Institute, Ryan Batchelor. Continuing our state by state breakdown of the 2022 federal election, Ryan joins the show to unpack the results in Victoria, and how the Massachusetts of Australian politics achieved an even higher watermark for Labor seats. Ryan discusses the key to Labor’s gains and the warning signs for Labor’s primary across metropolitan Melbourne. The importance of regional ...
Jun 09, 2022•1 hr
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Director of Acanta Strategies and former Secretary for Queensland Labor, Evan Moorhead. As part of a state by state breakdown of the election, Evan joins the show to unpack what happened in the sunny state of Queensland, how voters voted and why, and where to from here for Labor. Evan analyses the wins and loses, why Labor had swings in outer Brisbane but lost in the inner city, and why Labor continues to be strong at a s...
Jun 02, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Executive Director for Per Capita, Emma Dawson, and former Federal Member for Batman, David Feeney. After 6 weeks of covering the Federal Election, Emma and David return one last time to unpack Labor’s victory, election day itself and all the events surrounding it. Stephen, Emma, and David, in true organiser style, break down the pluses, deltas, and takeaways of the Labor campaign state by state. They also revel in the Li...
May 27, 2022•1 hr 31 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Executive Director for Per Capita, Emma Dawson, and former Federal Member for Batman, David Feeney, for Socially Democratic’s FINAL weekly recap of the 2022 federal election campaign. For the last time before E-Day, David and Emma unpack the latest events in the campaign, starting with the Liberal Party’s campaign launch in Brisbane earlier this week, where they finally made policy announcements, including the “Raiding Wo...
May 19, 2022•1 hr 16 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser, Stephen Donnelly, was joined by a panel of political campaign experts including Lenda Oshalem, Elliot Stein, Linus Power MP, and David Feeney for this special Federal Election bonus episode to break down the key battleground seats that are Labor’s pathway to government. This is the form guide you will need for election night. What seats do Labor need to hold? What seats are Labor competitive in and will they flip it? Can Labor get to 76, and what is t...
May 15, 2022•2 hr 38 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Executive Director for Per Capita, Emma Dawson, and former Federal Member for Batman, David Feeney, for Socially Democratic’s weekly recap of the 2022 federal election campaign. Once again Emma and David dive into the week that was, starting with the final two leader debates (or lack thereof), unpacking channel 9 and 7’s coverage, the lack of moderation, the schmozzle of a voting service provided by channel 9, the post de...
May 12, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by digital campaigner and Managing Director of Defiance, Jack Milroy. With both parties shifting significant campaign dollars to beef up their online presence, Jack draws on his online campaign experience with leading progressive organisations in Australia and Canada, to discuss the digital campaign at this federal election. Jack details the evolution of digital campaigning in liberal democracies and the tools available to c...
May 10, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Executive Director for Per Capita, Emma Dawson, and former Federal Member for Batman, David Feeney, for Socially Democratic’s weekly recap of the 2022 federal election campaign. It was a big week with Labor officially launching their campaign, new policy announcements made, a federal interest rate rise, and a Treasurers debate. And we recap it all. Emma and David also discuss the impact early voting has on campaign and co...
May 06, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by fellow podcasters, Labor activist, Ben Davison and Guardian columnist, Van Badham, for a special crossover episode: Socially Democratic meets The Week On Wednesday. Ben, Van, and Stephen join forces to unpack the midpoint of the 2022 Federal Election campaign, sharing their thoughts on the campaign so far, the performance of both party leaders, the impact of media coverage on voters, and the shift in campaign strategies a...
May 04, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Executive Director for Per Capita, Emma Dawson, and former Federal Member for Batman, David Feeney, for Socially Democratic’s third weekly recap of the 2022 federal election campaign. From record high inflation figures to the Solomon Islands policy disaster, this week Emma and David discuss the terrible week of campaigning from the Coalition. In contrast, we unpack a great week for Labor. While Anthony Albanese campaigned...
Apr 28, 2022•53 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Executive Director for Per Capita, Emma Dawson, and former Federal Member for Batman, David Feeney, for Socially Democratic’s second weekly recap of the 2022 federal election campaign. Emma and David unpack the week that was including the first leaders debate which was held in Queensland on Wednesday night. They discuss the risks and rewards these debates have on the campaign, as well as analyse the performance of both le...
Apr 22, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Executive Director for Per Capita, Emma Dawson, and former Federal Member for Batman, David Feeney, for Socially Democratic’s first of our weekly episode recaps of the 2022 federal election campaign. Emma and David bring their expertise and insights into the discussion of the opening week of the 2022 campaign, analyzing how the Albanese Labor opposition set themselves up heading into this election from a policy standpoint...
Apr 14, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Irish based communications, advocacy, research, policy consultant, David Kitching. For our belated St Patricks’s Day episode, David discusses the impact of Britain leaving the European common market on the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom. They discuss the prospect, timelines and barriers that exist in achieving Irish unity both north and south of the border and among...
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr 16 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former communications advisor to the Labour/Labor Government's of Tony Blair and Julia Gillard, John McTernan. John returns to the show to give us an update on UK politics and the Labour Party leader Keir Starmer’s performance two years after taking on the role. With Labour leading in successive national polls, John discusses the progress of restoring the Labour Party as a credible alternative government and its stan...
Mar 24, 2022•51 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former federal member for Adelaide and bestselling author Kate Ellis, for an emergency mid-week episode! Kate and Stephen try and keep the lid on while unpacking the recent Adelaide Advertiser-YouGov poll that has things looking good for current opposition leader Peter Malinauskas and SA Labor. Kate gives her analysis of the election campaign thus far, where Labor has made gains on the government and shares her thoughts o...
Mar 16, 2022•45 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Maurice Blackburn’s Liberty Sanger, SDA’s Julia Fox, and Victorian Labor MP Nat Hutchins for our annual International Women’s Day mic handover. Catching up 12 months later from the first handover, Liberty, Julia, and Nat return to Socially Democratic to follow up on the issues discussed last year and unpack the current issues facing women today. They discuss the relevance of International Women’s Day, debating whether it ...
Mar 10, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Democratic consultant, Jonae Wartel. Jonae unpacks the first 12 months of the Biden Administration and its key policy successes achieved thus far. She gives us an update on the progress of the Jan 6 committee and the ongoing impact that the insurrection has on the Biden administration’s ability to govern. Jonae also gives her insights on the Democrats prospects leading into this year’s midterms, the challenges candidates ...
Mar 04, 2022•56 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by SA Weekend writer and Obsessive fan of Celtic, Redlegs and Swans, Michael McGuire. With the 2022 South Australian State Election being held next month, Michael gives his insights into the key issues both parties will campaign on including covid, healthcare and public transport. He compares the leadership styles of Liberal Premier Steven Marshall and Labor’s Peter Malinauskas and Michael unpacks which target seats Labor mu...
Feb 25, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Dave Clark from Point Blank: a Canadian campaign agency that partners with the New Democratic Party - sister party of the ALP. With the “Freedom Convoy” of anti-mandate/vaccine truckers clogging up streets and disrupting supply lines between Canada and the US, Dave explains how this has impacted life in Ottawa and the larger political implications it has nationally. Dave discusses how an Englishman came to be involved in ...
Feb 18, 2022•46 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by federal member for Lilley, Labor’s Anika Wells. Anika joins Stephen fresh from attending the National Press Club in Canberra, where Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame gave impassioned addresses on gender violence and sexual harassment, to give her opinions on the mood at the Press Club, the takeaways from Higgins and Tame’s speeches, and their interactions from the press. She remarks on how Higgins and Tame’s addresses will ...
Feb 10, 2022•55 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former economic adviser to the Rudd/Gillard Government and managing director at Accenture Australia, Amit Singh. After joining Stephen back in early 2020 to share his predictions about how COVID would impact Australia’s economy, Amit returns to Socially Democratic to share his thoughts on the actual outcomes of the pandemic two years on. In his previous interview Amit broke down his predictions into three phases: Response...
Feb 09, 2022•1 hr 18 min
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Labor government media advisor, researcher, and fellow Aussies for Obama alum, Matt Nurse. Matt discusses his current PhD research investigating the COVID-19 science communication infodemic, what misinformation is and how it can impact communities, particularly in negative ways. He describes how his experience working in communications, and the misinformation he encountered, influenced his decision to pursue this research and shares his f...
Jan 27, 2022•57 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by co-chair of the First People’s Assembly of Victoria, Marcus Stewart. Catching up since his last interview back in March last year, Marcus reflects on how and why the First Peoples Assembly got started and updates us on the negotiations for a Treaty between the First People’s Assembly of Victoria and Victorian State Government. Marcus also shares his thoughts on the relevance of Australia/Invasion Day and gives his perspec...
Jan 20, 2022•52 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by cricket commentator, sports journalist, and former political advisor, Adam Collins. After a brief chat about the 2021/22 Ashes series, Adam gives the rundown as to how a group of die-hard Hawthorn Hawks fans went from chatting on online forums to leading the charge as part of the Hawks for Change historic and successful campaign. He unpacks how Hawks for Change, a grassroots movement founded by fans and supported by Dunn ...
Jan 14, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly this week switches it up and becomes the interviewee for a change, joining founder of Fireside Agency and host of StoryCraft podcast - Ben Hart, for their final episode of StoryCraft, season one. Stephen talks about the rise of public narrative theory in politics, how Dan Andrews deftly used it to become the first Victorian Opposition leader in 60 years to defeat a one-term government, and why it can also be a potent organising tool fo...
Jan 07, 2022•45 min
On this week's episode of Socially Democratic, Stephen was joined by Harriet Shing in what is now officially a yearly tradition - the State Politics Year in Review. Starting off with an update on Harriet’s miniature donkeys, Harriet dissects the year that was 2021. First touching on COVID 2.0 - Delta Outbreak and the Two Major Lockdowns that followed - then Victoria Parliament’s historic passing of legislation banning Gay Conversion Therapy, and Dan Andrews fall which tested the depth of th...
Dec 23, 2021•1 hr 20 min
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by the former campaign director for Jacinda Ardern's successful landslide election in 2020 and now Public Relations Director at Capital NZ, Hayden Munro. Starting with New Zealand, Hayden discusses Jacinda Ardern’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. Heading across the Pacific to the United States, we review the Biden Administration’s first year, the fallout from the Jan 6 insurrection, and how the recent gubernatorial elections could i...
Dec 16, 2021•1 hr 9 min
