Talking Sh!t with Ged Kearney

Talking Sh!t by Toilet Paper Australia · Apr 23, 2026 · 41m

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This week, we sit down with the federal member for Cooper, Ged Kearney!

Elected during the Turnbull-Morrison government of 2018, we went in-depth about her experience in opposition, and then in government, from Shorten’s ill-fated 2019 campaign, to the resurgent Albanese election victories of 2022 and 2025.

We also go into Ged’s unique journey into politics, from her time as a registered nurse, living through the 1986 Nurses Strike and how that shaped the beginning of her political career, rising to the pinnacle of the trade union movement before her pivot into…