Democracy Sausage: Journey of rediscovery
Correspondent Jason Koutsoukis joins Democracy Sausage to discuss the latest power plays, election missteps and the lost heart of the Liberal party.
How did the Liberal party misjudge the election?
Now returned to power, can Labor deliver on its election promises?
And is Sussan Ley up to the task of reshaping a Liberal party adrift?
Jason Koutsoukis is a special correspondent for The Saturday Paper.
Marija Taflaga is the Director of the ANU Australian Politics Studies Centre and a Senior 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.
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.
Top image: A view of Mount Ainslie from Parliament House. Photo: Andrew Meares/ANU
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