Democracy Sausage: Pressure to Act
Historian Frank Bongiorno joins Democracy Sausage talk about political independence, and the pressure to be agile and take action.
Is Albanese’s John Curtin Oration a pivot-point speech on the level of Curtin’s own ‘turn to America’ or something entirely tamer?
How will history interpret AUKUS?
And can we expect Labor to take a bolder approach to governance this time around?
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Professor Frank Bongiorno joins Professor Mark Kenny and Dr Marija Taflaga to discuss the current political environment, and why you cannot stand still in response to uncertainty.
Frank Bongiorno is a Professor at the ANU School of History. He is President of the Australian Historical Association and the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.
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.
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Top image: Tracey Nearmy/ANU
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