{"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":"The price of speaking out: Art, Palestine and the MSO","slug":"the-price-of-speaking-out-art-palestine-and-the-mso","published_at":"2026-07-17T21:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-politics-australian-politics-news-analysis-commentary-711789/the-price-of-speaking-out-art-palestine-and-the-mso","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-politics-australian-politics-news-analysis-commentary-711789","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-price-of-speaking-out-art-palestine-and-the-mso--73028752","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73028752/np260718_mixdown.mp3","summary":"The Federal Court might have ended pianist Jayson Gillham’s legal battle with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, but the controversy raises broader questions about artistic freedom, political censorship and Palestine advocacy in Australia. After Gillham dedicated Connor D’Netto’s Witness to Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza, the MSO cancelled his performances, revealing how quickly free expression can become conditional when donors, boards and commercial reputations are involved. We examine the court ruling, apparent double standards within Australia’s cultural institutions and the chilling message it sends to artists: political expression is tolerated – until it challenges the wrong interests. #AUSPOL Subscribe to New Politics for weekly briefings and full analysis: www.newpolitics.com.au Support New Politics: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/newpolitics Substack: https://newpolitics.substack.com Song listing: ‘La Femme d’Argent’, AIR.","meta_description":"The Federal Court might have ended pianist Jayson Gillham’s legal battle with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, but the controversy raises broader questio…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1166,"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/the-price-of-speaking-out-art-palestine-and-the-mso/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/the-price-of-speaking-out-art-palestine-and-the-mso.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}