# Curtin's Cast Ep 45 - 25 February 2026 - Polls, Pretenders & the Problem with the Liberal Party

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Published: 2026-02-24T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://jcrc.podbean.com/e/curtins-cast-ep-45-25-february-2026-polls-pretenders-the-problem-with-the-liberal-party/
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Duration seconds: 2584

## Resource

This week it’s a one-on-one Kos vs Nick deep dive. No guests. No niceties. Just a hard look at the polling — and some of the rubbish floating around. We unpack: 📊 The latest federal and state polls — what’s real and what’s noise🔵 The new Liberal leadership — and why it’s not generational renewal🗳️ The same free-market fundamentalism dressed up with culture-war garnish📰 The same campaign/media tactics including obligatory News Corp sit-down🏙️ A leader who doesn’t hold an urban metropolitan seat💥 And the deeper truth: the problem isn’t just the leader — it’s the party We also dig into: 📍 Victorian and South Australian polling🎤 The Mally campaign launch: One Nation is the real threat⚠️ How One Nation can eat into Labor’s base especially in Victoria Then: 🏗️ Why issues like the CFMEU saga are viewed by voters as intra-elite squabbles🧍‍♂️🧍‍♀️ The widening gender divide and growing generational fracture — Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z — and how each tells a different political story If you want to know where Australian politics is actually heading — beyond the hot takes — this is the episode for you!

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