The Red Wave

The New Politics review of the 2025 Australian federal election

Eddy Jokovich, David Lewis

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English

New Politics
20 May 2025

Australasian & Pacific history; Elections & referenda; Political campaigning & advertising

A landslide. A reckoning. A warning.

The 2025 Australian federal election didn't just change the government-it shattered long-held certainties about the nation's politics, democracy, and identity.

In The Red Wave, political analysts and commentators Eddy Jokovich and David Lewis deliver a razor-sharp, deeply informed account of one of the most consequential elections in modern Australian history. With Labor's landslide victory, the collapse of the Liberal Party, and voters more disillusioned than ever, this book takes you inside the heart of a seismic political shift that will define a generation.

What You'll Discover Inside:

How the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, and Labor won big by playing it safe-and what it risks by doing nothing bold The fall of Peter Dutton and the disintegration of the Liberal Party brand The rise of culture war politics and American-style campaigning in Australia Why political party membership is collapsing-and what replaces it The role of media manipulation, billionaire interests, and misinformation What this election means for climate policy, Indigenous justice, and economic reform

With forensic detail and passionate insight, The Red Wave reveals what really happened behind the headlines-a campaign of extremes, an electorate on edge, and a political system under pressure. Is this the start of a Labor era of transformation? Or just a pause before a more radical, reactionary force re-emerges?

Perfect For:

Fans of Australian political podcasts and in-depth analysis Anyone trying to understand the real stakes of the 2025 election Journalists, students, and researchers of political science, media, and democracy

Timely. Thought-provoking. Unmissable. The Red Wave is the definitive account of Australia's 2025 federal election-and a powerful call to face the truths we can no longer ignore.

By: Eddy Jokovich, David Lewis
Imprint: New Politics
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 345g
ISBN: 9781763570146
ISBN 10: 1763570142
Pages: 254
Publication Date: 20 May 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Eddy Jokovich is editor of New Politics, and co-presenter of the New Politics Australia podcast. He has worked as a journalist, publisher, author, political analyst, campaigner, war correspondent, and lecturer in media studies at the University of Technology, Sydney and the University of Sydney; has a wide range of experience working in editorial and media production work and is Director of ARMEDIA, an independent publishing and communications company specialising in public interest media. David Lewis is co-presenter of the New Politics Australia podcast, historian, musicologist, musician and political scientist based in Sydney. His lecturing and research interests include roots music, popular music, Australian, UK and US politics and crime fiction. He has published in Music Forum Australia, Eureka Street, Quadrant, Crikey and has edited several books.