Jul 7, 2026 · 49 min · 8 segments
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 4 of Tensions Transplanted, **Rob Kaldor** and **Isy Oderberg** explore how political disillusionment, extremism and…
Van BadhamGuestMichelle GrossmanGuest
Izzy OderbergHost
Adam Louis KleinGuest
Zachary SchafferGuest
Kos SamarasGuest
Rob KaldorHost
Cos Samaras is Director of Strategy and Analytics at Redbridge and is an expert in analysing and translating polling data, meaning that he helps us understand
Australian electorate is thinking and, importantly, how they are voting or how they're going to vote.
One of the main topics I wanted to talk to Cos about was actually about the rise in popularity of One Nation And while our conversation took place just after the South Australian election result, during which we saw an uptick in support for One Nation, we know that this trend has continued since.
What we are seeing is an abandonment of support amongst Australians for the duopoly or established politics in general.
And increasingly, I would say the support for One Nation is attracting a larger demographic footprint as well.
So initially, it was very confined to a very particular type of Australian population.
The coalition largely suffered as a result of this restructure of the centre-right of politics in this country.
That was curtailed to a certain extent because of the popularity of the Malinowskis government.
That may not be curtailed in other jurisdictions where Labor's brand is not as strong.
We also talked about what he sees as the long-term multi-party failure to address some of the issues that have resulted in the uptick in anti-Semitism we're seeing now.
The architecture that led to the community feeling vulnerable and attacked on the streets and their shops vandalised, the Bondi massacre, the architecture has been in place for years, including under the Morrison government.
What I mean by that is that the systems that allow this sort of behaviour to be permissible, whether it's for education, whether it's for what governments say allow to happen, whether there are safeguards in place, this is a multi-party failure.
It's easy to politicise because whoever's not in government can say, well, it's not us.
I vividly remember going to a synagogue years ago where under a coalition government and there were security out the front.
Cos Samaras is Director of Strategy and Analytics at Redbridge and is an expert in analysing and translating polling data, meaning that he helps us understand
Australian electorate is thinking and, importantly, how they are voting or how they're going to vote.
One of the main topics I wanted to talk to Cos about was actually about the rise in popularity of One Nation And while our conversation took place just after the South Australian election result, during which we saw an uptick in support for One Nation, we know that this trend has continued since.
What we are seeing is an abandonment of support amongst Australians for the duopoly or established politics in general.
And increasingly, I would say the support for One Nation is attracting a larger demographic footprint as well.
So initially, it was very confined to a very particular type of Australian population.
The coalition largely suffered as a result of this restructure of the centre-right of politics in this country.
That was curtailed to a certain extent because of the popularity of the Malinowskis government.
That may not be curtailed in other jurisdictions where Labor's brand is not as strong.
We also talked about what he sees as the long-term multi-party failure to address some of the issues that have resulted in the uptick in anti-Semitism we're seeing now.
The architecture that led to the community feeling vulnerable and attacked on the streets and their shops vandalised, the Bondi massacre, the architecture has been in place for years, including under the Morrison government.
What I mean by that is that the systems that allow this sort of behaviour to be permissible, whether it's for education, whether it's for what governments say allow to happen, whether there are safeguards in place, this is a multi-party failure.
It's easy to politicise because whoever's not in government can say, well, it's not us.
I vividly remember going to a synagogue years ago where under a coalition government and there were security out the front.
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