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Democracy Sausage Episode: Albo's conservative ambition
Historian and author Frank Bongiorno joins Democracy Sausage to discuss the year that was, a landslide federal election victory, the rise of Teal and independent politicians and the split in the…
Opinion: Australia's cultural blind-spot has catastrophic consequences
By Mark KennyA version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times.Another parliamentary year has passed and yet still, Australia leads the global league table for wasting the…
Democracy Sausage Episode: Fighting the good fight?
Political journalist and author Sean Kelly joins Democracy Sausage to discuss his Quarterly Essay examining the Albanese government and asks what today's Labor actually stands for.Why has Labor…
Opinion: The Liberals are facing their 'Kodak moment'
By Mark KennyA version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times.Remember Eastman Kodak, the 20th century's leading global brand in photography which somehow failed to surf…
Democracy Sausage Episode: Gas, gambling and governance
Independent ACT Senator David Pocock joins Democracy Sausage to challenge both major parties on climate policy, gambling reform and political transparency.Have gas companies captured both major…
Opinion: Sussan Ley must fight hard or go
By Mark KennyA version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times.Political commentators are quick to say politicians stand for nothing if they choose career advancement…
Opinion: A party beholden to recalcitrants and doomed to fail
By Mark KennyA version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times.Among the many things absent from the Liberal Party's about-face on net zero was a mea culpa for pushing it…