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Ep. 360: AI Guardrails, Lessons from Telstra, and Other Mailbag Questions with Lissie Ratcliff and Todd Pinkerton | Australia's Labor Podcast Socially Democratic is back with the July Mailbag, and we're here to answer your questions on AI regulation, nationalising critical infrastructure, and whether Victorians should be nervous about the state election. Host Stephen Donnelly is joined by former Chief of Staff to Daniel Andrews and Managing Partner at FMRS Advisory Lissie Ratcliff, and the Director of Campaigns and Strategy at Unions NSW, Todd Pinkerton. They cover: 🤖 Albanese's big AI speech. Is it a fundamental shift in the government's position, or just a step in the right direction? 🏭 The recent Telstra outage prompts the question: Should Labor nationalise critical infrastructure? 🏠 Victoria's housing story: why Labor governments need to get off the fence and just say they want house prices to come down 🗳️ The Victorian Election: With One Nation polling at 27%, and Liberal support collapsing, should Labor be worried? 👀 Plus: the watch (and read and listen) list. Top recommendations from Todd, Lissie, and Stephen. Mentioned in the Show: Socially Democratic: Feeney Files with Jessie McCrone LIVE! Friday July 24, 5:15pm The Jade 142-160 Flinders Street Adelaide, SA 5000 Purchase tickets: https://bit.ly/4w0M6AI Send a Woman to Washington! A full ride to the 2026 Dunn Street United States Engagement Mission. Applications close July 31. Apply here: https://bit.ly/4aRSO3l Graham Greene's Our Man in Havana: https://bit.ly/4ppNydk and The Quiet American: https://bit.ly/3RkWqEr The Fourth Estate: In Conversation with Barrie Cassidy Part 1: https://apple.co/4aZa2vM Part 2: https://apple.co/4bragMe Socially Democratic is an Australian Labor politics and campaigns podcast with expert guests. New episodes every Friday. #AustralianPoliticsPodcast #AusPol #AustralianPolitics #LaborParty #ALP #AustralianLabor #ProgressivePolitics #SocialDemocracy #Podcast #CurrentAffairs #AIRegulation #ArtificialIntelligence #Nationalisation #CriticalInfrastructure #VictorianElection #VictorianLabor #JacintaAllan #OneNation #PaulineHanson #HousingAffordability #NegativeGearing #CapitalGainsTax #JimChalmers #LissieRatcliff #ToddPinkerton #Mailbag #UnionsNSW #Elections #Campaigns #Strategy