In the House and In the Senate
22 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFormer 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. To uncover the passions that led those women to work in the halls of power and whether they feel the Australian political system and Parliament House, enables them to make change.
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Dr Katie Allen MP - Liberal Member for Higgins
December 14, 2021 20:31 - 48 minutes - 247 MBWelcome 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 t...
Lucy Stronach - Australia's Youth Representative to the United Nations
December 07, 2021 20:00 - 38 minutes - 195 MBThis 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 j...
Tanya Plibersek - Labor Member for Sydney
November 30, 2021 20:00 - 34 minutes - 173 MBThis 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 t...
Hon Tanya Plibersek MP - Labor Member for Sydney
November 30, 2021 20:00 - 34 minutes - 173 MBThis 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 t...
Senator Sue Lines - Labor Senator for Western Australia
November 23, 2021 23:52 - 43 minutes - 221 MBSenator 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-maki...
Hannah Smith - AMWU National Campaigns Co-ordinator
November 16, 2021 20:00 - 29 minutes - 147 MBThis 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 ...
Dr Anne Aly MP - Labor Member for Cowan
November 09, 2021 20:00 - 45 minutes - 227 MBIn 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-...
Dhanya Mani - Former Adviser to Shelley Hancock
November 02, 2021 20:00 - 40 minutes - 204 MBToday 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 a...
Senator Larissa Waters - Greens Senator for Queensland
October 26, 2021 20:00 - 43 minutes - 220 MBThis 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 poli...
Plan International Australia CEO Susanne Legena and Plan's Youth Activists
October 19, 2021 20:00 - 45 minutes - 231 MBIn 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, stakeholde...
My Story
October 12, 2021 20:00 - 39 minutes - 31.1 MBWE'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, s...
Brigid Meney - Former Adviser to Minister Ken Wyatt
August 31, 2021 21:00 - 37 minutes - 26.6 MBIt'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 medi...
Alisha Recommends - Everybody Knows
August 31, 2021 20:00 - 2 minutes - 6.48 MBHi 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 o...
Dr Helen Haines - Independent Member for Indi
August 24, 2021 21:00 - 42 minutes - 212 MBThis 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 majo...
Dr Helen Haines MP - Independent Member for Indi
August 24, 2021 21:00 - 42 minutes - 212 MBThis 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 majo...
Hon Linda Burney MP - Labor Member for Barton
August 17, 2021 21:00 - 26 minutes - 135 MBNote - 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...
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young - Greens Senator for South Australia
August 10, 2021 21:00 - 46 minutes - 234 MBNext 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 treatm...
Senator Hollie Hughes - Liberal Senator for New South Wales
August 03, 2021 21:00 - 55 minutes - 282 MBThis 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 ...
Georgia Tree - Policy Advisor to Shadow Minister for Trades and Resources Madeleine King MP
July 27, 2021 21:00 - 50 minutes - 254 MBIn 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, h...
Sally McManus - Leader of the Australian Trade Union Movement
July 20, 2021 21:00 - 37 minutes - 191 MBSally 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. Please rate, review and subscribe to In the House and In the Senate to he...
Sophie Cotsis MP - NSW Labor Member for Canterbury
July 13, 2021 21:00 - 32 minutes - 165 MBWe'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 recorde...
Introducing: In the House and In the Senate
July 09, 2021 04:55 - 2 minutes - 12.7 MBIn 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 an...