Melbourne Writers Festival: The New Politics with Margaret Simons

Seismic shifts are reshaping our politics, from Labor’s victory after soul-searching years in opposition to a climate reckoning that swept Teal candidates into formerly safe Liberal seats and an ascendent Greens party voicing hopes for ‘a great era of progressive reform’.

Our panel of veteran pundits review the year in politics and consider what possibilities lie ahead as the Albanese government faces growing challenges at home and abroad. Katharine Murphy, author of Quarterly Essay: Lone Wolf: Albanese and the New Politics, joins fellow Quarterly Essay contributor George Megalogenis (Exit Strategy and Balancing Acts) and prize-winning journalist Margaret Simons, author of Tanya Plibersek: On Her Own Terms, in conversation with The Monthly editor Michael Williams.