Episodes
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Welcome to the last episode of season two!
Today we speak to Dr Katie Allen, Liberal Member for Higgins in Melbourne. She won the seat at the 2019 Federal Election. Before politics, Katie was a medical researcher In 2015 Allen was elected an Inaugural Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
At the 2019 election, the Liberals suffered a six-percent swing against them in Higgins, enough to drop the Liberal majority to 53 percent, making Higgins a marginal seat for the first time.
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This week on the pod we chat to Lucy Stronach - the current Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations. Throughout 2021, Lucy toured Australia to identify the concerns, needs and experiences of diverse and underrepresented young people before reporting to key stakeholders including the Australian Government and the United Nations.
A graduate of studies in Criminology, Law, and Security, Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism, Lucy is a passionate advocate of youth justice, indigenous justice, gender-based crime prevention, penology, and evidence-based practice. Her work has taken her to the streets of Mumbai to fight for the empowerment of sex workers, to juvenile prisons in San Diego to aid young offenders, and to the UNDP in Bangkok to work with youth leaders in the promotion of human rights and justice.
Before assuming her role as the Youth Rep, Lucy worked across the Indo-Pacific as the Sri Lankan Fellow for DFAT’s New Colombo Plan Scholarship. Part of her program included working in Vietnam to combat the abuse of street children and rehabilitate victims of human trafficking, and after working at Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence, Lucy was named a contributing International Research Fellow where she helped formulate the nation’s first public defence strategy.
In 2021, Lucy was named one of YAIA’s ‘Young Women to Watch in International Affairs’, currently sits on the Sir David Martin Foundation’s Youth Advisory Group and UNAA NSW’s Advisory Board, and is consulting on behalf of DFAT and Natasha Stott Despoja to assist with duties related to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
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This week on In the House and In the Senate I'm joined by Tanya Plibersek, the Labor Member for Sydney. Through her time in Parliament she served as a Cabinet Minister in the Rudd and Gillard Governments and the Deputy Leader of the Labor Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 2013 to 2019.
She is currently the Shadow Minister for Education and Shadow Minister for Women.
Tanya grew up in Sydney, the daughter of migrants from Slovenia. She joined the Labor Party at 15 and went on to study journalism and public policy. During her time in Government, Tanya established the National Rental Affordability Scheme to build 50,000 affordable rental homes, expanded Medicare-subsided dental check-ups for children and convened the National Council to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children amongst much more.
We chat about her first steps into politics, what she is most proud of having achieved so far, we also chat about the Kate Jenkins review - noting that this episode was recorded before the report's release.
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In the House and In the Senate is recorded on the lands of the Whadjuk people.
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Senator Sue Lines has been a Labor Senator for Western Australia since 2013. She has been the Deputy President of the Senate since 2016.
Before entering politics, Sue was the Assistant National Secretary of the union United Voice.
In this conversation we discuss Labor's ongoing consultation with First Nations women in Western Australia and across Australia, we chat about the origins of Sue's drive to make change in the world and go into the dynamics of preselections, power and policy-making.
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This week on In the House and In the Senate I'm joined by Hannah Smith.
Hannah is the National Campaigns Co-ordinator at the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union – also known as the AMWU.
The AMWU represents tens of thousands of workers across Australia in all areas of manufacturing from food and confectionery, metal manufacturing and engineering, printing, design, packaging and more.
Hannah has worked in various capacities at the AMWU for the past six years – starting as an organiser with print workers.
I’m very grateful she can share her insights as a staunch unionist and feminist with us, she's very very awesome and I'm a big fangirl.
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In the House and In the Senate is recorded on the lands of the Whadjuk people.
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In today's episode we chat to Dr Anne Aly, the Labor Member for Cowan.
Anne is an internationally renowned expert in counter-terrorism and counter radicalisation, she has published over 100 articles and books on topics related to terrorism and international security.
Anne was the only Australian to be invited to President Obama's White House conference on violent extremism in 2015. She has worked with the United Nations on developing programs and policies on national security and counter-terrorism. She is the recipient of numerous awards for her work and in 2016 she was awarded the Australian security medal.
This has to be one of my favourite episodes yet - Anne is so refreshingly candid, compassionate and vivacious. We chat about her entry into politics, have differing opinions to the collective in a political party and what's in store for her future. I am very grateful that she's joined us on the pod.
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In the House and In the Senate is recorded on the lands of the Whadjuk people.
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Today on In the House and In the Senate, I'm joined by Dhanya Mani.
Dhanya has worked for 4 years as an adviser to NSW Parliamentarians, including then-Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, The Hon Shelley Hancock MP.
She has worked across the law and government - including as a tipstaff in the Equity Division in the Supreme Court of NSW, and recently as an analyst in Treasury's Foreign Investment Division.
She is now studying English Literature and Philosophy, and is working full-time as an advocate and freelance writer focused on issues impacting political minorities - particularly women and people of colour.
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Get in touch with In the House and In the Senate:
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In the House and In the Senate is recorded on the lands of the Whadjuk people.
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This week on In the House and In the Senate is a HIGHLY requested guest - Senator Larissa Waters, Greens Senator for Queensland.
Larissa is the Australian Greens Leader in the Senate and the Greens Co-Deputy Leader.
In this chat, we talk about her passion for our natural environment, how she went from environmental law to politics and when she went viral worldwide for feeding her baby when it was hungry (wild I know).
We also talk about the frustratingly glacial pace of change within politics and how COVID has reshaped what is possible to achieve.
It's an awesome chat, I am so grateful for her time and I can't wait to hear what you think.
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Get in touch with In the House and In the Senate:
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In the House and In the Senate is recorded on the lands of the Whadjuk people.
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In today's episode we chat to Plan International CEO Susanne Legena and two of Plan’s powerful youth activists – Margaret Thanos and Olivia Causer.
The YAS – or Youth Activist Series – is a 12-month program for young people of all genders and identities between the ages of 16 and 24 facilitated by Plan International Australia.
The program aims to skill up young Australians who are passionate about fighting for gender justice. The YAS receive training in advocacy and campaigning, stakeholder and government relations, as well as communications and research, to then go out into the world and tackle inequality head on.
This year their focus has been their Enough is Enough campaign, focused on lobbying parliamentarians to take action now to ensure that Parliament is a truly safe and equal workplace for all women and people of diverse gender identities and backgrounds.
Meet all Plan's Youth Activists and learn more about the program here - https://www.plan.org.au/you-can-help/youth-activist-series-yas/meet-our-youth-activists-for-2021/
Get in touch with In the House and In the Senate:
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In the House and In the Senate is recorded on the lands of the Whadjuk people.
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WE'RE BACK!
Welcome to the first episode of season two of In the House and In the Senate - supported by Plan International Australia!
We kick things off a little differently with my first solo episode where I run through what got me interested in politics, how I got involved and my practical advice for how to get involved yourself (which I hope to build on in this second season).
Please let me know who you want to hear from through Season 2 - PLUS please rate, review, subscribe, like, share etc. so we can reach more ears!
Get in touch with In the House and In the Senate:
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Email: [email protected]
In the House and In the Senate is recorded on the lands of the Whadjuk people.
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It's the final episode of Season 1 of In the House and In the Senate (time flies when you're having fun) and we're joined by the fabulous Brigid Meney.
Brigid is a former political staffer at both a state and federal level. She worked in Canberra until 2016 in various roles for various Liberal Members of Parliament, including as a health and aged care adviser for Minister Ken Wyatt.
Brigid now works for a not-for-profit professional body in the resources industry, managing policy and media.
We cover a lot of ground - chatting parenting and politics, why Brigid chose the Young Libs and why women need to stop pretending that we aren't interested in that position.
It's a great chat and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Please let me know what you want and who you want to hear from through Season 2 - PLUS please rate, review, subscribe, like, share etc. so we can reach more ears!
Get in touch with In the House and In the Senate:
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In the House and In the Senate is recorded on the lands of the Whadjuk people.
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Hi guys - I'm a big podcaster (not just the recording but the listening) and one of my favourite regular podcasts is 7am. Ruby Jones wakes me up every morning and gets me across the key issues in the political landscape.
That's why I was so excited to hear about the new investigative series, Everybody Knows, from the creators of 7am.
In this five-part podcast series, journalist Ruby Jones explores the rise and fall of the MeToo movement in Australia and investigates serious allegations of harassment, abuse and assault in the Australian music industry.
Listen to the first episode now by searching 'Everybody Knows' in your podcast app.
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This week we speak to Dr Helen Haines, the Independent Federal Member for Indi.
Dr Haines is the first independent in Australian history to succeed another independent in a federal seat. Rather than a political party, she was endorsed by a community organisation – Voice 4 Indi – as a potential successor to incumbent MP Cathy McGowan.
McGowan had been the member for Indi since 2013 and her winning the seat of Indi from Sophie Mirabella and then retaining it was a huge shake up for the major parties.
Indi was previously considered a conservative stronghold but fast-forward to 2019 – Independent Cathy McGowan was endorsing another independent Dr Helen Haines to campaign for the seat. Dr Haines campaigned strongly on increasing Newstart (now Jobseeker), climate change and rural health services, she won the seat and she’s been advocating in Parliament ever since.
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In the House and In the Senate is recorded on the lands of the Whadjuk people.
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Note - this episode was recorded before Sydney's lockdown.
This week on In the House and In the Senate we chat to Labor Member for Barton, Linda Burney.
Linda Burney was elected federal member for Barton in 2016, following a 13 year career in the NSW Parliament as Member for Canterbury.
Linda was the first Aboriginal person to be elected to the NSW Parliament and the first Aboriginal woman to serve in the Australian House of Representatives. Linda’s commitment to Indigenous issues spans more than 30 years.
We chat about her pride in and commitment to the Labor Party, her passion for social justice and truth-telling and the need for more women to have a crack!
Listen to Linda's fabulous chat with Richard Fidler on Conversations here.
Learn more about Uluru Statement from the Heart here.
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In the House and In the Senate is recorded on the lands of the Whadjuk people.
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Next up on In the House and In the Senate is the fabulous Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens Senator for South Australia.
In this chat, Sarah and I trace back to the start of her activism, supporting asylum seekers in the Baxter and Woomera Detention Centres, joining the Greens, her election to Parliament and watching her daughter Kora, follow in her footsteps finding her own voice.
We also chat about navigating conflict, the importance of vulnerability, as well as unpacking sexist treatment of women in politics and wider society.
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Get in touch with In the House and In the Senate:
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In the House and In the Senate is recorded on the lands of the Whadjuk people.
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This week we're speaking to Senator Hollie Hughes, Liberal Senator for New South Wales.
In our chat, Hollie and I chat about her "long and winding road" to Parliament House. In 2017, she was in line to replace former Nationals senator Fiona Nash who was disqualified for being a dual citizen but then Hollie herself was ruled ineligible because of she was employed part-time as a member of a Government tribunal - the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
We chat through this, party politics and preselections and... vaping!
We also discuss Hollie's passionate advocacy for people with disability, her opinions on creating a sustainable NDIS and her work on the National Autism Strategy.
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Watch Hollie's iconic maiden speech here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mvtOToXyy8
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In the House and In the Senate is recorded on the lands of the Whadjuk people.
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In this week's episode we talk to Georgia Tree, Policy Advisor to the Shadow Minister for Trade and Resources Madeleine King MP.
A warning - this episode more substantially discuss sexual harassment and sexual assault than our initial two episodes.
In March this year, Georgia organised a sit-in in the meditation room of Parliament House following reports of male staffers masturbating on the desk of a female Member of Parliament.
Georgia and I discuss the treatment of women in politics, her submission to the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces and what needs to change.
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Read more about the sit=in in the meditation room here - https://www.abc.net.au/radio/newsradio/political-staffers-are-demanding-urgent-changes-at/13269762
Make a submission to the Independent Review into Parliamentary Workplace - https://humanrights.gov.au/CPWReview
Get in touch with In the House and In the Senate:
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In the House and In the Senate is recorded on the lands of the Whadjuk people.
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Sally McManus is the Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Union. She spends each day talking to and advocating for workers across the country.
In this episode, Sally and I discuss imposter syndrome, protecting workers in the gig economy, Jobseeker and the type of society we should be trying to construct together.
Plus the fact that you should be moving through life with the confidence of an average bloke.
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Find out more about the ACTU - https://www.actu.org.au/
Are you a young worker who wants to learn more about your rights at work, check out the Young Workers Centre here - https://www.youngworkers.org.au/
Join your union here
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In the House and In the Senate is recorded on the lands of the Whadjuk people.
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We're kicking off the first season of In the House and In the Senate by speaking to Labor Member for Canterbury, first Greek Australian woman elected to NSW Parliament and my first boss, Sophie Cotsis.
We discuss how seeing her mother discriminated against motivated her to make change, her recent fight with breast cancer and how it has impacted how she views politics, rebuilding the Labor Party in NSW and her thoughts on how the Berejiklian Government is handling health.
NOTE - we recorded this episode a couple of weeks ago in the throes of much speculation about the Labor leadership in NSW - hence our conversation at 25.30.
Read more about the recent Labor leadership contest and the assent of Chris Minns as the new Opposition Leader in NSW - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-04/chris-minns-to-be-nsw-opposition-leader/100189910
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In the House and In the Senate is recorded on the lands of the Whadjuk people.
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In this eight episode series, former political staffer, Alisha Aitken-Radburn speaks to the women of Australian politics to move past the sensationalist headlines and double standards to discover the excellent work done day to day by parliamentarians, staffers, party officials and more. Through these conversations we'll uncover the passions that led those women to work in the halls of power, whether they feel the Australian political system and Parliament House, enables them to make change and what advice they have to young women considering a career in politics.
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