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The Democrats have secured landslide victories in a number of elections across the United States, with Zohran Mamdani making history in his election as New York City mayor. A year out from the midterms, analysts say the resounding Democratic victory should serve as a warning to Republicans that Donald Trump's more hard-line actions aren't going over well with voters.

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani led a new generation of Democrat victories this week with his victory over the old guard and Andrew Cuomo. Mr Mamdani, the first Muslim to be elected mayor of the biggest U.S. city, defeated former Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent after losing the nomination to Mamdani earlier this year. Mr Cuomo, who resigned as governor four years ago after sexual harassment allegations that he has denied, painted Mr Mamdani as a radical leftist whose proposals were unworkable and dangerous. Mr Mamdani himself has proposed raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy to pay for ambitious policies such as rent freezes, free childcare and free city buses. But like other winning candidates from the off-year elections, Mr Mamdani focused intensely on economic issues, particularly the cost of living, an issue that helped propel U.S. President, Donald Trump, to the White House last year but has remained top-of-mind for voters. In this episode of weeke nd omne-on-one, we hear from Eric Gander, who's the chair of the Department of Communications at New York's Baruch College.

Australia's race discrimination commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman says Australia needs a national inquiry into racism in workplaces. He has made the remarks as community leaders, advocates and trade union gathered in Canberra to examine systemic barriers faced by First Peoples and other racialised communities in the workplace.