{"podcast":{"title":"New Politics: Australian Politics, News, Analysis & Commentary","slug":"new-politics-australian-politics-news-analysis-commentary-711789","podcast_index_feed_id":711789,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/2731764/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://www.newpolitics.com.au","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c660c42121dc6711097ab9e1ed6e4165.jpg","author":"New Politics","episode_count":335,"summary":"Independent Australian politics podcast covering federal politics, elections, policy, media and power. Hosted by Eddy Jokovich and David Lewis, New Politics delivers sharp analysis of Australian politics, media narratives and political power – cutting through spin to explain what’s really happening. / Twitter @NewpoliticsAU / www.patreon.com/newpolitics / newpolitics.substack.com / www.newpolitics.com.au","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T08:17:33.934756+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-politics-australian-politics-news-analysis-commentary-711789"},"episode":{"title":"Australia protest laws, NDIS cuts and AUKUS defence spending explained","slug":"australia-protest-laws-ndis-cuts-and-aukus-defence-spending-explained","published_at":"2026-04-23T21:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-politics-australian-politics-news-analysis-commentary-711789/australia-protest-laws-ndis-cuts-and-aukus-defence-spending-explained","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-politics-australian-politics-news-analysis-commentary-711789","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/australia-protest-laws-ndis-cuts-and-aukus-defence-spending-explained--71588836","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71588836/np260424_mixdown_c.mp3","summary":"Subscribe to New Politics for weekly briefings and full analysis: www.newpolitics.com.au This week on the New Politics podcast, we examine Australia’s escalating crackdown on protest rights after arrests in Brisbane over the phrase “from the river to the sea,” raising serious concerns about free speech, anti-protest laws, and democratic freedoms. We explore how legislation in Queensland and New South Wales is targeting pro-Palestine activism, the role of political figures like David Crisafulli and Chris Minns, and why unconstitutional laws are being struck down by the courts. We also connect these issues to rising defence spending, the $368 billion AUKUS deal, cuts to the NDIS, and Australia’s deepening alignment with US foreign policy, highlighting growing questions about sovereignty, accountability, and national priorities. www.newpolitics.com.au #AUSPOL Support New Politics: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/newpolitics Substack: https://newpolitics.substack.com Song listing: ‘La Femme d’Argent’, AIR.","meta_description":"Subscribe to New Politics for weekly briefings and full analysis: www.newpolitics.com.au This week on the New Politics podcast, we examine Australia’s esc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2387,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-politics-australian-politics-news-analysis-commentary-711789/episodes/australia-protest-laws-ndis-cuts-and-aukus-defence-spending-explained/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-politics-australian-politics-news-analysis-commentary-711789/australia-protest-laws-ndis-cuts-and-aukus-defence-spending-explained.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}