Ep. 340: Social Cohesion, Working Conditions, and Other Mailbag Questions with Todd Pinkerton and Lissie Ratcliff | Australia’s Labor Podcast

In this episode of Socially Democratic:

🫥 How will the Liberals respond to the findings of their 2025 Election Review? Or will they just hide it in a drawer?

💸 If we address the housing crisis by favouring owner-occupiers over investors, where will that investment money go? Does Australia have other attractive assets to keep that money in the lucky country?

🌴 The ACTU is campaigning for 5 week annual leave for all workers, nationwide. Do they stand a chance?

Plus, we ask: which work perk would you prefer?

🌎 “Social Cohesion” has entered the chat once more, this time on The Rest is Politics. That conversation prompted our listener Paul to ask:

Should we be concerned that our representatives are taking foreign policy positions based on their constituents, rather than Australia’s best interest?

👔 Finally we discuss Kos Samaras’s latest essay: ‘The Death of the Brahmin Left’. Did Australian Labor intentionally drift away from the working-class outer suburbs in favour of inner-city knowledge workers? The hosts discuss.

Socially Democratic is an Australian Labor politics and campaigns podcast with expert guests.

Mentioned in the show:

Allegra Spender’s Call for Tax Reform: https://bit.ly/4bPzNzh

Kos Samaras: The Death of the Brahmin Left: https://bit.ly/4bQJcqc

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