Ep.140: 2022 Federal Election Recap with Emma Dawson & David Feeney - Week 5 - 9 days to go

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05/12/22 • 68 min

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Executive Director for Per Capita, Emma Dawson, and former Federal Member for Batman, David Feeney, for Socially Democratic’s weekly recap of the 2022 federal election campaign.

Once again Emma and David dive into the week that was, starting with the final two leader debates (or lack thereof), unpacking channel 9 and 7’s coverage, the lack of moderation, the schmozzle of a voting service provided by channel 9, the post debate debacles, and key takeaways from both leaders.

They consider how the cost of living and wages narrative will shape the final days of the campaign, unpack the latest run of campaign ads from both major parties, and look at the latest polls and consider the impact Palmer United Party could have on election day in battleground seats.

Emma and David will return next week for the final installment of Federal Election Campaign Recaps before E-Day. If you have a question for Emma or David, post it on Dunn Street’s Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or Linkedin.

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Ep.139: Digital Campaign Evolution with Jack Milroy

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by digital campaigner and Managing Director of Defiance, Jack Milroy.

With both parties shifting significant campaign dollars to beef up their online presence, Jack draws on his online campaign experience with leading progressive organisations in Australia and Canada, to discuss the digital campaign at this federal election.

Jack details the evolution of digital campaigning in liberal democracies and the tools available to campaigners in modern campaign strategy.

He outlines how tasks like fundraising and recruitment work in a digital environment and the key strategies campaigners use to adapt to the ever changing digital landscape.

Jack also weighs in on the ongoing debate around how effective digital is as a persuasion tool and the performance of the ALP and Liberal’s digital campaigns.

You can learn more about digital campaigning by signing up for the Defiance email newsletter at https://defiancedigital.co/

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Ep.141: Election Night Battleground Seats Guide - Labor’s Pathway to 76 - BONUS Episode

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser, Stephen Donnelly, was joined by a panel of political campaign experts including Lenda Oshalem, Elliot Stein, Linus Power MP, and David Feeney for this special Federal Election bonus episode to break down the key battleground seats that are Labor’s pathway to government.

This is the form guide you will need for election night. What seats do Labor need to hold? What seats are Labor competitive in and will they flip it? Can Labor get to 76, and what is the path? And what are the issues shaping these campaigns and what is the word on the ground that gives us an insight into election night results.

On this bonus final week episode, we have brought together Labor people with decades of campaign and machine politics experience to help us do the math in this monster episode.

Starting in the premier state, Hawker Britton Director, Elliot Stein gives us the inside running on the seats Labor need to retain and gain in NSW.

Former ALP Campaign Director David Feeney unpacks South Australia, Tasmania and the Massachusetts of Australian politics - Victoria.

All eyes are on our comrades in the west, and former WA Labor Assistant Secretary Lenda Oshalem walks us through which seats Labor hopes to win back from the Libs.

And finally we head to Brisbane and former ALP National Organiser Linus Power takes us through the complexity of Queensland politics and where Labor can finally make a dent into the conservative stranglehold in the sunshine state.

This is the second last episode in our federal series in the lead up to E-Day, with the final (pre-election) campaign recap with David and Emma going live this Thursday night.

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