ɪn ɐn ˈɪntɚvjˌuː wɪððɪ ɔːstɹˈeɪliən, mˈʌndiːn ɛksplˈeɪnd ðæt hiː hɐdbɪn ɐ səpˈoːɹɾɚɹ ʌv "hˈɔːkkˈiːɾɪŋ lˈeɪbɚ, wˌɪtʃ wʌz ɐbˌaʊt ˌiːkənˈɑːmɪk dɪvˈɛləpmənt ænd pɹˈɑːɡɹɛs, ænd wˈɜːkɪŋ wɪð jˈuːniənz tə ɡɛt ɡˈʊd ˈaʊtkʌmz fɔːɹ ˈɛvɹɪwˌʌn", bˌʌt ðˈæt, baɪ tˈuː θˈaʊzənd twˈɛlv, ðɪ ˌeɪˌɛlpˈiː wʌz "nˌoʊ lˈɑːŋɡɚ ðə pˈɑːɹɾi aɪ dʒˈɔɪnd" ænd hæd fˈeɪld tə kˈiːp ˌʌp wɪððə kənsˈɜːvətˌɪv pˈɑːɹɾiz ɪn sᵻlˈɛktɪŋ ɪndˈɪdʒənəs kˈændᵻdˌeɪts.
In an interview with The Australian, Mundine explained that he had been a supporter of "Hawke-Keating Labor, which was about economic development and progress, and working with unions to get good outcomes for everyone", but that, by 2012, the ALP was "no longer the party I joined" and had failed to keep up with the conservative parties in selecting indigenous candidates.