Democracy Sausage Episode: On the road

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Tuesday 3 June 2025

Former Attorney-General George Brandis joins Democracy Sausage to discuss the Liberal Party’s “Jack Kerouac political experience” and wider political trends.  

Is the Liberal Party’s shift to the right a more recent trend or has it been a long time coming? 

Does the party still need to find itself? 

And is it finally time for gender quotas? 

On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Professor George Brandis KC joins Professor Mark Kenny and Dr Marija Taflaga to discuss rediscovering the Liberal Party. 

Listen here: AcastApple PodcastsSpotify.

George Brandis KC is a former Attorney-General, the recent High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and a Professor in the Practice of National Security at the Australian National University (ANU). 

Marija Taflaga is the Director of the ANU Australian Politics Studies Centre and a Senior Lecturer at the ANU School of Politics and International Relations. 

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

Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny is available on Apple PodcastsSpotifyPocket Casts or wherever you get your podcasts.

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This podcast is produced by The Australian National University.

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