Democracy Sausage Episode: Conservative cleavage

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How long does Angus Taylor and the Liberal party have to redefine themselves in a changed electoral landscape? 

Can the major parties develop serious policy in the era of grievance politics? 

What is ‘cross-cutting cleavage’?

With a new opposition leader and the return of Nationals to the shadow cabinet, Intifar Chowdhury and Richard Denniss join Democracy Sausage to discuss the rocky path ahead for mainstream conservative politics.

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Intifar Chowdhury is a youth researcher and Lecturer in Government at Flinders University.  

Richard Denniss is a prominent Australian economist, author, and public policy commentator, and has spent the last twenty years moving between policy-focused roles in academia, federal politics and think-tanks. 

Dr Marija Taflaga is the Director of the ANU Centre for the Study of Australian Politics and a Lecturer at the ANU School of Politics and International Relations.

Mark Kenny is the Director of the Australian Studies Institute. He came to the Australian National University after a high-profile journalistic career culminating in 6 years as chief political correspondent and national affairs editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and The Canberra Times.

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This podcast is produced by The Australian National University.