One Nation is surging. Why aren't the Greens?

About this episode

The episode discusses the political landscape in Australia, focusing on the rise of One Nation and the challenges faced by the Greens, along with listener questions about parliamentary attendance and media interactions.

PK is still making her way through a rewatch of The West Wing — and she and Fran have some big thoughts about the idealistic vision of politics the series presents. But after some very important TV chat, they get stuck into some brilliant listener questions, including: Does the parliamentary attendance record of politicians matter? Why haven't the Greens capitalised on the populist wave like One Nation has? And how do the texting arrangements between political journalists and politicians actually work? Patricia Karvelas and Fran Kelly answer your clever queries on this Question Time edition of The Party Room. Listen to Thursday's The Party Room ep here Got a burning question? Send a short voice recording to PK and Fran for Question Time at thepartyroom@abc.net.au

People in this episode

Hosts: Patricia Karvelas, Fran Kelly

Topics covered

• politics
• listener questions
• parliamentary attendance
• populism
• media relations

Keywords

• One Nation
• the Greens
• politics
• The West Wing
• listener questions
• parliamentary attendance
• populism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: One Nation, the Greens

Books & works: The West Wing

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