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09
Dec
2025

Democracy Sausage Episode: Politics remastered

National Affairs journalist, Jason Koutsoukis joins Democracy Sausage to discuss the year that was, an historic election victory, the vexed question of political authority, and declining trust in…

08
Dec
2025

AuSI 2025 Visiting Fellow: Prof Jaime Baeza Freer

The ANU Australian Studies Institute (AuSI) is delighted to introduce Prof Jaime Baeza Freer, a fellow in the 2025 Visiting Fellowship Program. Prof Jaime Baeza Freer's research examines…

07
Dec
2025

Opinion: The arrogance of Albanese is starting to show. It'll be Labor's undoing

By Mark KennyA version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times.It was just half an hour yet somehow it captured the political year like a photograph.It came on the final…

Prof Peter Sloman
05
Dec
2025

AuSI 2025 Visiting Fellow: Prof Peter Sloman

The ANU Australian Studies Institute (AuSI) is excited to introduce Prof Peter Sloman, our fellow in the 2025 Visiting Fellowship Program. Prof Peter Sloman is a political historian based…

03
Dec
2025

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…

30
Nov
2025

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…

The Good Fight What Does Labor Stand For? Quarterly Essay 100 by Sean Kelly
26
Nov
2025

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…