Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny
Episodes
In the public interest
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this Democracy Sausage, our panel of distinguished scholars - Glyn Davis, Catherine Althaus and Andrew Podger - join Mark Kenny to discuss creating...
Policy pivots and car park ploys
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Chris Wallace and Marija Taflaga join Mark Kenny to discuss the 2024 tax cuts, how to be an effective opposition...
Gridlock with John Daley
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, inaugural chief executive of the Grattan Institute John Daley joins Mark Kenny to discuss why policy reform in A...
Britainâs âfreedom dayâ
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, London-based regular guests Bevan Shields and Elizabeth Ames join Mark Kenny to discuss the British Governmentâ...
The price of primacy with Hugh White
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, eminent strategic studies expert Hugh White joins Mark Kenny to examine Australiaâs strategy for dealing with ...
Finger pointing, federalism and alternative facts
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After a week of finger pointing between the federal government and some of Australiaâs states and territories over COVID-19 management and the vacci...
History, reinvented: 100(ish) years of the Chinese Communist Party
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, China experts Yun Jiang and David Goodman join us to discuss the 100-year history of the Chinese Communist Party...
The Nordic edge with Andrew Scott
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, academic and author Andrew Scott joins us to discuss the effective, progressive social and economic policies of ...
Departure in the absence of victory?
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, political correspondent Karen Middleton, diplomacy and Afghan politics expert William Maley, and gender equity a...
Full circle with Scott Ludlam
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Scott Ludlam, former Greens Deputy Leader and author of the new book Full Circle: A search for the world that co...
Telling the truth about Australiaâs past
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this special episode of Democracy Sausage for National Reconciliation Week, Virginia Marshall, Peter Swanton, and Tahlia King from The Australian N...
Risks and rewards - improving Australiaâs vaccine rollout
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, former Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Force Tracy Smart and economist Quentin Grafton join Mark Kenny...
Is Australia stuck in policy limbo?
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Governance expert Mark Evans joins Mark Kenny this week at the Democracy Sausage hotplate to discuss achieving change in Australiaâs policy and poli...
The federal budget with John Hewson and Miranda Stewart
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this special post-budget episode of Democracy Sausage, Mark Kenny speaks to former Federal Opposition Leader John Hewson and tax expert Miranda Ste...
The prosperity gospel
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Peter Martin and Marija Taflaga join Mark Kenny to discuss religion, politics, and the upcoming federal budget.S...
How good is Scott Morrison? With Peter van Onselen
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this special episode of Democracy Sausage, recorded live as part of the ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author series, academic, author, and journalist...
Technology, targets, and Australiaâs climate challenge
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of the Biden climate summit, researchers Emma Aisbett and Frank Jotzo join Mark Kenny to discuss climate policy in Australia and around th...
With the falling of the dusk with Stan Grant
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, acclaimed journalist and author Stan Grant joins Mark Kenny live at The Australian National University to discus...
Reset with Ross Garnaut
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, eminent economist Ross Garnaut joins Mark Kenny to discuss the choices facing Australian policymakers in the wak...
Malcolm Turnbull: Australia post-coal
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this special episode of Democracy Sausage, former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull discusses the treatment of former Australia Post CEO C...
Bidenâs America with Matthew Knott
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, North America correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Matthew Knott joins Mark Kenny to discuss ...
Does Australiaâs vaccine rollout need a shot in the arm?
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Mark Kenny is joined by epidemiologist Mary-Louise McLaws and head of ANU Australian Studies Institute Paul Pick...
Australiaâs Cabinet reshuffle and women in politics
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this landmark episode of Democracy Sausage, Mark Kenny is joined by Marija Taflaga, Chris Wallace, and Sarah Ison to discuss the reshuffle of the A...
The tempest
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, researchers Rebecca Colvin and Jamie Pittock join Mark Kenny to discuss Australian attitudes to climate change, ...
Energy and integrity with Helen Haines
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Independent Member of Parliament Helen Haines joins Mark Kenny to discuss her plan for renewable energy in regio...
Truth and treaty with Lidia Thorpe
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this Democracy Sausage, Gunnai Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung woman and Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe joins Mark Kenny to discuss truth-telling, the ri...
The Quad, geoeconomics, and Australia's place in the region
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On the new Democracy Sausage, the âairport economistâ Tim Harcourt and China scholar Jane Golley join Mark Kenny to discuss the Quad leaders meeti...
Vaccine victories and royal pains in Britain
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this Democracy Sausage Extra, Europe correspondent Bevan Shields and COO of Atalanta Elizabeth Ames join Mark Kenny to discuss the status of COVID-...
Will Australia-China relations continue to spiral?
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Mark Kenny is joined by China experts Yun Jiang and Graeme Smith to discuss Chinese politics, and the countryâ...
Reducing unemployment for good with Peter Martin
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this Democracy Sausage Extra, Peter Martin joins Mark Kenny to discuss why the COVID-19 recession has presented Treasurer Josh Frydenberg with the ...
Efficacy, equity, and Australiaâs vaccine rollout
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Quentin Grafton and Sharon Friel join Mark Kenny to discuss Australiaâs vaccine rollout and dealing with the c...
Scarcity with Liz Allen
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Liz Allen joins us to discuss social security, living with scarcity, and whether Australia needs a reset in the ...
Unfriending Australia
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Last week Australians woke up to a bizarre state of affairs - Facebook without any news. On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Shirley Leitch and Paul...
Trumpism in Australia with Frank Bongiorno
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, political historian Frank Bongiorno joins Mark Kenny to discuss whether it is Trumpism that has undermined Austr...
Knowledge is power? Universities in the COVID-19 crisis
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this Democracy Sausage, Mark Kenny discusses the state of Australiaâs university sector with education policy expert Andrew Norton, head of Austr...
Presidential trials and tribulations with Jennifer Hunt
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this Democracy Sausage Extra, Jennifer Hunt joins Mark Kenny to discuss the Senate trial of former President Donald Trump, the future of the Republ...
Climate, the coronavirus, and the costs of uncertainty
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Australian policymakers may have dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic effectively so far, but can they heed the lessons of this crisis in order to be read...
The new pandemic playbook with Sanjaya Senanayake
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Mark Kenny is joined by infectious diseases expert Sanjaya Senanayake to discuss what weâve learned about the ...
Climate change and Australiaâs leadership vacuum
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this Democracy Sausage, former Liberal Party leader John Hewson, health and policy expert Arnagretta Hunter, and physicist Kenneth Baldwin join us ...
These days with Stan Grant
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On the first episode of Democracy Sausage for 2021, journalist and author Stan Grant joins Mark Kenny to discuss whether President Joe Biden can addre...
The first (and possibly last) Annual Democracy Sausage Awards
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dust off the tuxedo, bring out the ballgowns, and prepare your lengthy speeches. In the final Democracy Sausage for 2020, we reveal the winners of our...
Can democracy be mended?
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Politics and policymaking can feel very distant from peopleâs everyday lives, and that disconnection can make individuals and communities feel power...
How to be a liberal with Ian Dunt
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this Democracy Sausage Extra, Ian Dunt - host of the Oh God, What Now? podcast and author of How to be a liberal - joins Mark Kenny to discuss the ...
Trade-offs and troubles in the Australia-China relationship
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Australiaâs relationship with China continues to deteriorate, whether thatâs through inflammatory tweets or trade troubles. And while there may be...
Navigating Australiaâs annus horribilis with David Speers
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What has 2020 taught us about Australiaâs political leadership? From the devastating bushfires that affected so many in the early part of the year, ...
John Kerry and the changing global climate
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
John Kerry being appointed as President-elect Joe Bidenâs special climate envoy has the potential to encourage much stronger action by the worldâs...
Truth is trouble with Malcolm Knox
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this Democracy Sausage Extra, award-winning journalist and author Malcolm Knox joins Mark Kenny to discuss the saga of Israel Folau - former star r...
Coronavirus backcasting and Britainâs omnishambles
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A study released last week looked at the true numbers of COVID-19 infections based on mortality rates. In doing so, it painted a grim picture for a nu...
The best bits
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From Brexit Britain to Trumpâs obsession with the stock market, and from era-defining infections to ideology vs interests, this week on Democracy Sa...
Talk is cheap
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this Democracy Sausage, we discuss how policymakers get their messages right (and so badly wrong) with government media and communications experts ...
'Don, itâs time to go' with Zoe Robinson
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Despite a clear result in the US election, Donald Trump is refusing to accept that his presidency will come to an end on 20 January. So will the Trump...
And breatheâŠ
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After days of waiting the US finally has a new president. But while Donald Trump may have been comprehensively beaten, Trumpism, and Trumpâs support...
Riled Britannia with Bevan Shields and Elizabeth Ames
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a new month-long lockdown as the country grapples with high COVID-19 infection rates and a stretched Nat...
COVID-19 and climate change lessons
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The bushfire royal commission report released last week put climate change at the front and centre of its analysis, if not its recommendations. But as...
It's the government, stupid
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From health concerns over obesity to drug dependency, governments have the power to creatively solve widespread societal problems. So why does the bla...
Gone by Christmas?
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Australiaâs two most populous states â New South Wales and Victoria â are facing intense political leadership questions for very different reaso...
Can Australia close the gap?
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this Democracy Sausage Extra, we talk to Indigenous experts Professor Ian Anderson AO and Dr Virginia Marshall about the new National Agreement on ...
The opposition in residence
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The elections in New Zealand and the Australian Capital Territory delivered strong results to incumbent governments. But with Jacinda Ardern poised to...
Creating a future without poverty
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this Democracy Sausage Extra during Anti-Poverty Week, Mark Kenny discusses creating a future without poverty with three of the worl...
How to miss an open goal
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The COVID-19 pandemic has given the government the chance to reshape the economy. But by slipping on the hi-vis of infrastructure spending and âreal...
Opportunity lost? The cost of Australiaâs new federal budget
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this post-budget episode of Democracy Sausage Extra, weâre joined by an outstanding panel of scholars - Liz Allen, Miranda Stewart, and Marija Ta...
The long cry of Indigenous peoples to be heard
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Democracy Sausage, recorded live at the National Press Club, Indigenous leader and activist Pat Turner AM discusses the str...
When America stopped being great with Nick Bryant and Brian Schmidt
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this Democracy Sausage Extra, Mark Kenny speaks with BBC New York correspondent Nick Bryant and Australian National University Vice-Chancellor Bria...
Policy shapeshifters and the upcoming federal budget
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, journalist Sarah Ison, political scientist John Warhurst, Marija Taflaga, and Mark Kenny discuss the federal bud...
Low emissions technologies and Australiaâs energy future with Kenneth Baldwin
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this Democracy Sausage Extra, Director of ANU Energy Change Institute Kenneth Baldwin joins Mark Kenny to discuss the five priority technologies in...
Health inequity and energy power plays
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this Democracy Sausage, Sharon Friel, Helen Sullivan, Meegan Fitzharris, and Marija Taflaga join Mark Kenny at the hotplate to talk about improving...
Scott Morrison and pandemic politics with Katharine Murphy
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Once an outsider to win the last Australian federal election, Scott Morrisonâs âmiracleâ 2019 electoral victory put him at the helm during one o...
The identity crisis of conservatism
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Kenny is joined by Arnagretta Hunter, Marija Taflaga and Frank Bongiorno to take a look at how conservatives have responded to the coronavirus cr...
How to win an election with Chris Wallace
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Chris Wallace chats with Mark Kenny about Laborâs 2019 election loss, the machinery of politics, and her new book, How to Win an El...
The on-purpose recession and women in the COVID-19 crisis
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, we chat with Katrine Beauregard and Marija Taflaga about the impact of the crisis on women, truth in political advertising, and polit...
Australia, China and the Belt and Road Initiative with Jane Golley
05 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this special bonus Democracy Sausage Extra, weâre joined by one of Australiaâs most preeminent China scholars, Professor Jane Golley, to help u...
The surfer and the warship with Ian Cohen
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Mark Kenny chats to former New South Wales (NSW) Greens politician Ian Cohen about his life in politics, Australiaâs history of env...
In the national interest
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this special 100th episode of Democracy Sausage, weâre joined by Frank Bongiorno, Jacinta Carroll, Marija Taflaga, and Mark Kenny to talk Austral...
From crisis to calamity? The UK's coming COVID-19 and Brexit challenges
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While the coronavirus crisis in the United Kingdom has abated somewhat in recent months, is life in the country going to get tougher if winter brings ...
The politics of hope in a pandemic
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this weekâs fry up of politics and public affairs, our outstanding panel of John Hewson, Quentin Grafton and Marija Taflaga join us to talk about...
The gallery view with Phil Coorey and David Crowe
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The coronavirus crisis is posing new questions and serious challenges to Australiaâs political leaders. And those leaders are responding assertively...
The crisis in aged care
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Has a failure to properly value care led to poor decisions driven by profit, and in doing so entrenched inequality for women? On this Democracy Sausag...
The future of us with Liz Allen
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, academic and author Dr Liz Allen joins us to talk about the myth of the Australian âfair goâ and why COVID-19 could be leading Au...
Leadership in the time of COVID-19 with Niki Savva
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to be a political leader? Whatâs the magic mix of talent and time? And do Australiaâs treasurer and shadow treasurer have that m...
Is Trump cooked?
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Days after a presidential interview with one US-based Australian correspondent went viral, Mark Kenny chats with another stateside Aussie journalist M...
Understanding China
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this special Democracy Sausage we launch a new book on governance systems in China, Taiwan and Australia with its co-editor Andrew Podger and ANU C...
Annika Smethurst â On Secrets
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Kenny talks with Annika Smethurst about the police raid that changed her life and her new essay, On Secrets.On 4 June 2019, Federal Police raided...
Will the show go on? With David Wenham
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this Democracy Sausage Mark Kenny is joined by actor David Wenham, theatre producer Caroline Stacey, and performer-producer Tracy Bourne, as well a...
Debt, deficit, and disaster?
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this special Democracy Sausage Second Serve Mark Kenny and Peter Martin discuss todayâs economic update from the Treasurer and the impact of the ...
COVID-19 and hitting the wrong notes for the arts
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this Democracy Sausage we take a look at how the arts world has been impacted by COVID-19, plus whether the crisis has changed what Australians wan...
The Dismissal (the Palace Letters Director's edition)
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Palace Letters â finally released to the public this week â detail the long road to one of the worldâs great constitutional crises. On this ...
Is going to the footy fair play or foul?
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage we take a look at the rising infection rate in Victoria, the optics of Scott Morrison going to the football on th...
Chinaâs rise - is history repeating?
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this Democracy Sausage, Mark Kenny is joined by former long-time public servant Allan Behm to discuss community values in the COVID-19 crisis, the ...
From Southeast Asia to Eden-Monaro
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This time on Democracy Sausage we take a look at Southeast Asia: how the governments of the region are responding to Australiaâs new defence stance,...
Annabel Crabb on Australiaâs moment of change
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The success of the National Cabinet has shown politicians the value Australians place on political cooperation. But can the government use this change...
COVID-19 and climate â dealing with the diabolical
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this Democracy Sausage we take a look at tackling the climate crisis as Australia is still battling the coronavirus. Mark Kenny is joined by Kieran...
Stopping the presses
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the decade to 2018, 106 local and regional newspapers closed in Australia. As a consequence, 21 local government areas are now without a local news...
Are you job-ready?
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Are the governmentâs changes to university degree funding about getting graduates job-ready, or hostility towards the humanities?The government is c...
You stand on a plinth of lies
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From white settlement of Australia and the massacres of Indigenous peoples that followed, to statues commemorating slave traders, around the world pro...
Hey, big spenders
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The coronavirus crisis has thrown the rule book out on what it means to be a better economic manager. On this Democracy Sausage we take a look at what...
Is the government failing women in its COVID-19 policy responses?
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Mark Kenny chats with Barbara Pocock AM and Trish Bergin about the governmentâs decision to roll back free chi...
The New Zealand election, and the politics of protest in a pandemic
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Kenny is joined by New Zealand experts Professor Jennifer Lees-Marshment and Professor Janine Hayward to talk about the upcoming New Zealand elec...
A new Accord and The Airport Economist
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Australian Government faces some big choices ahead about how to get the economy flying again. Will that include a new âAccordâ struck with the...
Chaos, curfews, and COVID-19
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With cities under curfew and the national guard called out, the Democracy Sausage panel take a look at how populism and a president abdicating respons...
Divisions and decisions - US politics ahead of the 2020 elections
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this gourmet Second Serve, we speak with US-based Australian analysts, Anne Summers and Jonathan Swan, about the COVID-19 pandemic in the US and wh...