Democracy Sausage: Yeah, nah what’s Australia
Julianne Schultz joins Democracy Sausage to talk about understanding ourselves, wrestling with the past and creating a more inclusive future.
What’s behind the silence and lack of post-Voice analysis?
How can Australia confront its true history?
And how can we modernise our democracy and constitutional processes?
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Professor Emerita Julianne Schultz joins Professor Mark Kenny to talk about the Voice and understanding the idea of Australia.
Julianne Schultz is Professor Emerita of Media and Culture at Griffith University. She was the publisher and founding editor of Griffith Review. Her most recent book is The Idea of Australia: A search for the soul of the nation.
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: Pedestrians in Sydney. Photo: Alexey Bakharev/shutterstock.com
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