Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joins Democracy Sausage to reflect on two years in office.

What’s it really like being Prime Minister of Australia?

What lessons did the PM take from the Voice campaign, his recent budget and other key policy agendas?

And how can we improve the often partisan state of political discourse in this country?

On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Anthony Albanese joins Professor Mark Kenny to reflect on two years as Australia’s leader.

The Hon Anthony Albanese MP is the 31st and current Prime Minister of Australia. 

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 Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d love to hear your feedback on this series, so send in your questions, comments or suggestions for future episodes to democracysausage@anu.edu.au.

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