Democracy Sausage: Barnaby’s gambit
Jason Koutsoukis joins Democracy Sausage to examine Barnaby Joyce's political future and asks whether One Nation is really a viable option for the former Nationals leader.
Will Barnaby Joyce defect to Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party? Why did David Littleproud allegedly tell Joyce he wasn’t wanted in Parliament? And is Sussan Ley’s Coalition giving Labor too easy a ride on AUKUS and foreign policy?
Jason Koutsoukis is a Special Correspondent with The Saturday Paper covering politics and national affairs.
Marija Taflaga is the Director of the ANU Centre for the Study of Australian Politics and a Lecturer at the ANU School of Politics and International Relations.
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.
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This podcast is produced by The Australian National University.
Top image: Composite image Prostock-studio/Adobe Stock & Barnaby Joyce as photographed by David Foote CC BY 3.0 au
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