Democracy Sausage: Budget fight
Join Mark and Marija from the 'ringside seats' as they analyse labors 'chin-leading' budget.
Has the social deficits of broken promises put the government ‘on the ropes’? Could Labor have ‘pulled their punches’ in this budget? Does the zeitgeist allow governments to adjust the status quo?
Dr 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 Australian Studies Institute. He came to the Australian National University after a high-profile journalistic career culminating in 6 years as chief political correspondent and national affairs editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and The Canberra Times.
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This podcast is produced by the Australian National University on the lands of the Ngunnawal, Ngambri and the Ngarigu peoples.
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