Democracy Sausage: Saying the quiet part out loud
Frank Bongiorno and Liz Allen join us to discuss the political challenges facing the Labor Party in the wake of its national conference and the upcoming Intergenerational Report.
How damaging is internal criticism within the Labor Party around the leadership’s positions on issues like AUKUS and climate change?
How has Anthony Albanese adapted as a leader on the path to the prime ministership and while in office?
And what might the next Intergenerational Report reveal about who we are and where we’re going as a nation?
Historian Professor Frank Bongiorno and demographer Dr Liz Allen join Professor Mark Kenny and Dr Marija Taflaga this week for a sizzling episode of Democracy Sausage.
Frank Bongiorno AM is an Australian labour, political and cultural historian and Professor of History at The Australian National University (ANU).
Liz Allen is a demographer and social researcher at the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences and the author of The Future of Us: Demography gets a makeover.
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 a Professor at 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.
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