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Auspol Explained is an educational podcast aimed at helping you understand the Australian political system in an easy and simple way. It's also a Youtube series, so I occasionally say "video" and "watching." Don't worry: it's designed to have all the factual information in the audio so you're still learning!
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Signup to Generate a PitchAuspol Explained is an educational podcast aimed at helping you understand the Australian political system in an easy and simple way. It's also a Youtube series, so I occasionally say "video" and "watching." Don't worry: it's designed to have all the factual information in the audio so you're still learning!
Auspol Explained is hosted by David Cox. The show has published 154 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "How to Vote in Victorian State Elections" (19 October 2026, 9 minutes), "What Does the Federal Government Do?" (11 October 2026, 16 minutes), and "What do State Governments in Australia do?" (1 September 2026, 9 minutes).
Auspol Explained publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 19 minutes across 154 episodes.
Booking probability for Auspol Explained is 42%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Auspol Explained requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Auspol Explained's contact route on record: public web form.
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David Cox hosts Auspol Explained, an education podcast with 154 episodes published.
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Episode #9
How does voting work in Victoria? Here's an explainer all about how to fill in your ballots correctly. I won't be telling you who to vote for or analysing policy, that's up to you as a voter to decide for yourself...
Episode #8
The federal government is one of the three levels of government in Australia. It has jurisdiction over all of Australia on a list of matters, and I really do mean list. The powers are determined by the Constitution...
State governments are one of the three tiers of government in Australia, but what do they do? There are 8 state and territory governments and parliaments in Australia and they all are responsible for a huge range of...
Local government is one of the three tiers of government in Australia, but what does it do? There are over 500 local governments in Australia and each can vary in its size, scope and responsibilities. They manage things...
<p>Typing! I'm doing it now. I'm recording words. But while the sands of time will one day erase them and no one will read this sentence in a few decades, the Hansard Record will endure for centuries. What is Hansard...
<p>There are two chambers to the Australian Parliament where bills are debated: the Senate and the House of Representatives. But there's also only so much time in the day to get business done so how does Parliament make...
Episode #3
<p>Amendments! What are they? Well, basically they're changes to a bill or law and are pretty regularly done to improve legislation and make sure it's up to date. In this episode I go over the process of how amendments...
Episode #2
<p>Parliaments around Australia make laws - be that for the entire country or for their respective state or territory. Here's an explainer about how bills pass through the federal Parliament to give you an understanding...
Episode #1
<p>The future of Auspol Explained.... is coming. Because that's how linear time works. But let me fill you in on THREE things that I plan on doing going forward.Support the channel on patreon here...
Episode #81
<p>17th December 1967 the Prime Minister Harold Holt went for a swim and never came back. This is his story.You can watch the memorial service for Harold Holt on the NSFA YouTube channel here...
<p>50 years ago the nation was rocked by the dismissal of the Gough Whitlam Labor government by the Governor-General John Kerr because the Coalition in the Senate had prevented the passage of supply. Malcolm Fraser was...
<p>November 1975: Australia was in a crisis. The Whitlam Government had passed a supply bill in the House of Representatives but the Coalition, led by Malcolm Fraser, was blocking its passage in the Senate. The Senate...
<p>Prime Ministers! Australia has had 31 of them. 23 are dead (as of recording) which means there's a bunch of ways they've been memorialised - plaques, statues, suburbs in Canberra and of course the good old classic...
Episode #77
<p>The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) runs federal elections and referendums. But what else? Every election there are complaints to the AEC about candidates saying un-truths and misleading things but it actually...
<p>What's the BIGGEST election victory in Australian history? It's not for the federal Parliament - it's for a state or territory. So here's a list of the largest government majorities for each Australian state and...
<p>Recently Labor under Anthony Albanese won a whopping 94 out of 150 seats in the House of Representatives - but is that the biggest federal election victory in Australian history? How about the historic loss for the...
Episode #74
<p>Election misinformation! I saw my fair share of it while making episodes about the 2025 federal election and oh boy, there are some classic repeat claims as well as some new and bizarre ones that are making the...
<p>It's time for parties to choose new leaders! Especially because some of them got voted out of Parliament. So how does that process work? Well, here's a brief overview of how there isn't a one-size fits all approach...
<p>Every election there'll be someone unhappy with the results and someone claiming it was rigged. But in Australia that kind of claim just doesn't stack up. There is a LOT of scrutiny on Australian elections! They're...
<p>The 2025 Australian election was called after about 2.5 hours - yet days afterwards they're still counting votes so how is it that we know the election result without it being officially declared? Well, in this...
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