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Podcast: The Current Thing
Episode: What Just Happened in Australia? - Will Kingston
Description: On this week’s episode of The Current Thing, Nick is joined by authentic Australian Will Kingston, who is here to explain the recent Australian elections, where their Labor party won an unexpected landslide.
Nick and Will discuss:
-Why Labor won so convincingly, and what the main issues were
-Whether Britain or Australia is in a worse state
-What will happen to the right in Australia
-How big a factor Trump played in the election
-How the political situation in Australia compares to Britain
-His take on the UK local elections