The Red Wave

The New Politics review of the 2025 Australian federal election.

A landslide. A reckoning. A warning.

The 2025 federal election didn’t just redraw the political map: it exposed the cracks in Australia’s democracy and demanded the country confront some hard truths. With Labor’s historic victory, the Liberal Party’s collapse, and the electorate’s disillusionment reaching breaking point, The Red Wave captures a seismic moment in modern Australian politics.

Eddy Jokovich and David Lewis dissect a campaign of extremes: a cautious Labor government clinging to competence over courage; a right-wing opposition embracing Trumpist tactics of fear, outrage and culture wars; and an electorate desperate for leadership but trapped between incrementalism and regression.

This is not just a postmortem of an election—it’s a compelling narrative about the end of one political era and the uncertain birth of another: can Labor use its mandate to transform the nation, or will it squander its moment in the sun? And is the Liberal Party finished as a national force—or is something more dangerous waiting in the wings?

Urgent, provocative, and essential reading—this is the definitive account of the 2025 election and what comes next.

The Red Wave: The New Politics review of the 2025 Australian federal election.
254 pages
Released 2025.

Paperback copies can be purchased from Amazon Australia for $AUD24.95.

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