New Democracy Sausage Episode: Population panic
Demographer Liz Allen and migration expert Alan Gamlen are talking migration and population, and the fear-based discourse that often surrounds it. Last week we saw an attempt at rushing through…
Opinion: Liberals winning the race to oblivion
By Mark Kenny A version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times. Last weekend, electors in the seat once held by the reforming South Australian Labor premier Don Dunstan…
Latest Democracy Sausage Episode: Advance Australian elections fair with Zali Steggall
Independent member for Warringah, Zali Steggall discusses her unusual path to politics and election integrity. Among all the commentary about the ‘teal wave’ in the 2022 federal election…
Opinion: Why is Australia's media playing into Trump's delusions?
By Mark Kenny A version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times. In physics, the centre of a black hole is where the rules governing the universe cease to operate. This…
New Democracy Sausage Episode: The danger of lost hope
International relations scholar Charles Miller joins Democracy Sausage to discuss the conflict in Ukraine and Putin’s ‘re-election’. Are Ukraine’s international supporters in the United States and…
Opinion: Friend and foe alike are realising one thing about the US
By Mark Kenny A version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times. Heartening though it was on Friday to see Australia jump before the US to uncork $6 million worth of aid…
Vice-Chancellor's 'Australia and the World' Visiting Fellow: Professor Kiera Ladner
The ANU Australian Studies Institute (AuSI) is delighted to welcome this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s ‘Australia and the World’ Visiting Fellow, Professor Kiera Ladner. A Professor of Political Studies…