# Curtin's Cast Episode 43 - 9 February 2026 - Coalition implosion, One Nation surging and risks for Labor

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Podcast: [Curtin’s Cast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/curtin-s-cast-7218776)
Published: 2026-02-09T04:54:02+00:00
Episode link: https://jcrc.podbean.com/e/curtins-cast-episode-43-9-february-2026-coalition-implosion-one-nation-surging-and-risks-for-labor/
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Duration seconds: 3065

## Resource

🎙 Curtin’s Cast returns for 2026 Episode 43 | Polling shocks, Coalition fracture and the new politics of grievance Australian politics is realigning in real time. In the first Curtin’s Cast episode of 2026, co-hosts Nick Dyrenfurth and Kos Samaras unpack a turbulent political summer — from polling shocks and Coalition breakdown to the surge of One Nation, the Gen X revolt, and the risks now facing a dominant but vulnerable Labor government. We discuss: • What the polling is really telling us• Why the Coalition’s break-up (and make-up) doesn’t fix the right• One Nation’s consolidation and electoral prospects• Gen X as the new grievance cohort• How legacy media built a populist right-wing Frankenstein it can’t control• Why the Greens are stuck in neutral• Why Labor’s next term must be about delivery, not luck• What the 2026 SA and Victorian elections will reveal about federal politics 🎧 Listen now on Apple, Spotify and YouTube

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