Democracy Sausage Episode: Bending the knee
US expert Emma Shortis joins Democracy Sausage to talk about the reshaping of the US-Australia relationship, misguided assumptions and finding Australia’s place in the world. Can Trump be…
Opinion: Sussan Ley can be a circuit-breaker ... if the Libs allow her to be
By Mark KennyA version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times.Long the overlooked understudy, Sussan Ley remains cautiously Delphic about her plans to rebuild the Liberal…
Opinion: Trump cornered Netanyahu and it was kind of brilliant
By Mark KennyA version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times.America will always do the right thing, once it has exhausted the other options.Wrongly attributed to…
David Headon on our first PM Edmund Barton: "The Iscariots of history"
What kind of country doesn’t remember the name of its first prime minister?On the Robert Menzies Institute's podcast, Afternoon Light, Georgina Downer speaks with AuSI Foundation Fellow, Professor…
Democracy Sausage Episode: The face of election night with Antony Green
The ABC’s Chief Election Analyst Emeritus Antony Green joins Democracy Sausage to discuss a career spent covering elections. Antony Green has covered more than 90 elections. How does this…
Opinion: Australia's enduring love affair with the US is at a critical point
By Mark KennyA version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times.Few stories start in a more compelling way than Ian McEwan's brilliant novel Enduring Love (1997).Several…
Democracy Sausage Episode: Permanent unpredictability with Jim Chalmers
Treasurer Jim Chalmers joins Mark Kenny to talk our changing economic environment, productivity and ‘progressive patriotism’.Amid the unpredictability of the current economic environment, how can…