Pietro is joined for the first episode of 2025 by Joe McCracken, Liberal Party of Victoria Member of the Legislative Council, and centrally privy to all the latest drama of the Victorian Liberal leadership spill where Brad Battin has replaced John Pesutto.

Joe goes into many of the details of how the spill eventuated, spurred on by Moira Deeming’s defamation case win over the former opposition leader in early December, and the subsequent battles over whether to reinstate her within the party room (for which Joe voted in favour twice).

They also talk Commonwealth Games debacle, the disasters left behind by Dan Andrews which Jacinta Allen is trying contend with, the 2026 election and what it may hold, and much more.

They also look into how the Liberal party has and hasn’t aligned with it’s purported free market and free individual values, and where they rank on the strict report card of ardent libertarians.

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