Curtin's Cast Episode 43 - 9 February 2026 - Coalition implosion, One Nation surging and risks for Labor

🎙 Curtin’s Cast returns for 2026 Episode 43 | Polling shocks, Coalition fracture and the new politics of grievance Australian politics is realigning in real time. In the first Curtin’s Cast episode of 2026, co-hosts Nick Dyrenfurth and Kos Samaras unpack a turbulent political summer — from polling shocks and Coalition breakdown to the surge of One Nation, the Gen X revolt, and the risks now facing a dominant but vulnerable Labor government. We discuss: • What the polling is really telling us • Why the Coalition’s break-up (and make-up) doesn’t fix the right • One Nation’s consolidation and electoral prospects • Gen X as the new grievance cohort • How legacy media built a populist right-wing Frankenstein it can’t control • Why the Greens are stuck in neutral • Why Labor’s next term must be about delivery, not luck • What the 2026 SA and Victorian elections will reveal about federal politics 🎧 Listen now on Apple, Spotify and YouTube