ANU Australian Studies Institute
@anuausi.bsky.social
AuSI connects researchers focused on Aust-based topics & brings an awareness of Australian perspectives to global conversations.
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https://ausi.anu.edu.au/
TEQSA PRV12002 | CRICOS 00120
https://ausi.anu.edu.au/
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📣We are pleased to share that our Director, Prof @markgkenny.bsky.social, has been appointed the inaugural Australia in China Fellow.👏
Mark will visit China later this year to deliver public lectures and participate in academic & cultural exchange activities.
👉 fasic.org.au/Newsite/inde....
Mark will visit China later this year to deliver public lectures and participate in academic & cultural exchange activities.
👉 fasic.org.au/Newsite/inde....
📢 #ICYMI #AUListen #DemocracySausage In this special live recording from the 2025 Whitlam Symposium, @markgkenny.bsky.social hosts a star-studded panel discussing the 50th anniversary of the Dismissal.
🎧 Listen Now: ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra....
🎧 Listen Now: ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra....
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
📢 #ICYMI #AUListen #DemocracySausage In this special live recording from the 2025 Whitlam Symposium, @markgkenny.bsky.social hosts a star-studded panel discussing the 50th anniversary of the Dismissal.
🎧 Listen Now: ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra....
🎧 Listen Now: ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra....
How did Whitlam's government profoundly change Australia in less than three years despite being shambolic and scandal-prone?
#AUListen #DemocracySausage The vista of the new 🎙️Troy Bramston @markgkenny.bsky.social @marijataflaga.bsky.social
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#AUListen #DemocracySausage The vista of the new 🎙️Troy Bramston @markgkenny.bsky.social @marijataflaga.bsky.social
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November 6, 2025 at 5:46 AM
How did Whitlam's government profoundly change Australia in less than three years despite being shambolic and scandal-prone?
#AUListen #DemocracySausage The vista of the new 🎙️Troy Bramston @markgkenny.bsky.social @marijataflaga.bsky.social
Listen Now ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra....
#AUListen #DemocracySausage The vista of the new 🎙️Troy Bramston @markgkenny.bsky.social @marijataflaga.bsky.social
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"This brings us to Australia's delicate balancing act as a close security confidant to Washington and an economic codependent with Beijing."
📰Read Now ausi.anu.edu.au/news/opinion... by @markgkenny.bsky.social via @canberratimes.bsky.social.
📰Read Now ausi.anu.edu.au/news/opinion... by @markgkenny.bsky.social via @canberratimes.bsky.social.
Opinion: If you see Trump as more of a mob boss, his work makes a lot more sense | Australian Studies Institute
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November 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
"This brings us to Australia's delicate balancing act as a close security confidant to Washington and an economic codependent with Beijing."
📰Read Now ausi.anu.edu.au/news/opinion... by @markgkenny.bsky.social via @canberratimes.bsky.social.
📰Read Now ausi.anu.edu.au/news/opinion... by @markgkenny.bsky.social via @canberratimes.bsky.social.
#AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️ Jason Koutsoukis joins @markgkenny.bsky.social and @marijataflaga.bsky.social to examine Barnaby Joyce's political future and asks whether One Nation is really a viable option for the former Nationals leader.
Listen Now 🎧 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra....
Listen Now 🎧 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra....
Democracy Sausage Episode: Barnaby's gambit | Australian Studies Institute
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October 31, 2025 at 12:49 AM
#AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️ Jason Koutsoukis joins @markgkenny.bsky.social and @marijataflaga.bsky.social to examine Barnaby Joyce's political future and asks whether One Nation is really a viable option for the former Nationals leader.
Listen Now 🎧 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra....
Listen Now 🎧 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra....
How has Australia's recognition of Palestine exposed an 'iceberg adrift' in our society?
#ICYMI Tune in to the latest episode of #DemocracySausage: Two years after October 7
🎙️Dr Bob Bowker & Professor @markgkenny.bsky.social
#AUListen 🎧 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra...
#ICYMI Tune in to the latest episode of #DemocracySausage: Two years after October 7
🎙️Dr Bob Bowker & Professor @markgkenny.bsky.social
#AUListen 🎧 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra...
October 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
How has Australia's recognition of Palestine exposed an 'iceberg adrift' in our society?
#ICYMI Tune in to the latest episode of #DemocracySausage: Two years after October 7
🎙️Dr Bob Bowker & Professor @markgkenny.bsky.social
#AUListen 🎧 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra...
#ICYMI Tune in to the latest episode of #DemocracySausage: Two years after October 7
🎙️Dr Bob Bowker & Professor @markgkenny.bsky.social
#AUListen 🎧 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra...
📌 #AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️ Author Virginia Haussegger joins @marijataflaga.bsky.social & @markgkenny.bsky.social to discuss her new book tracing fifty years of Australian feminism and ask why the revolution that began in 1975 remains unfinished.
Listen now 🎧https://bit.ly/4nRvyGC.
Listen now 🎧https://bit.ly/4nRvyGC.
October 1, 2025 at 6:25 AM
📌 #AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️ Author Virginia Haussegger joins @marijataflaga.bsky.social & @markgkenny.bsky.social to discuss her new book tracing fifty years of Australian feminism and ask why the revolution that began in 1975 remains unfinished.
Listen now 🎧https://bit.ly/4nRvyGC.
Listen now 🎧https://bit.ly/4nRvyGC.
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In this week's DS episode @jennaprice.bsky.social, Sinclair Davidson, Mark and I discuss the governance crisis in the Australian University sector.
It is telling when folk from across the political spectrum agree on the problem and most of the solution
A thread🧵
In this week's DS episode @jennaprice.bsky.social, Sinclair Davidson, Mark and I discuss the governance crisis in the Australian University sector.
It is telling when folk from across the political spectrum agree on the problem and most of the solution
A thread🧵
Universities in crisis
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September 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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In this week's DS episode @jennaprice.bsky.social, Sinclair Davidson, Mark and I discuss the governance crisis in the Australian University sector.
It is telling when folk from across the political spectrum agree on the problem and most of the solution
A thread🧵
In this week's DS episode @jennaprice.bsky.social, Sinclair Davidson, Mark and I discuss the governance crisis in the Australian University sector.
It is telling when folk from across the political spectrum agree on the problem and most of the solution
A thread🧵
#AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️ Columnist Dr Jenna Price & economist Prof Sinclair Davidson join Dr @marijataflaga.bsky.social & Prof @markgkenny.bsky.social to dissect the crisis engulfing Australia's university sector and ask whether it can be fixed before it's too late.
Listen Now 👉 bit.ly/3ItV85C
Listen Now 👉 bit.ly/3ItV85C
Democracy Sausage Episode: Universities in crisis | Australian Studies Institute
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September 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
#AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️ Columnist Dr Jenna Price & economist Prof Sinclair Davidson join Dr @marijataflaga.bsky.social & Prof @markgkenny.bsky.social to dissect the crisis engulfing Australia's university sector and ask whether it can be fixed before it's too late.
Listen Now 👉 bit.ly/3ItV85C
Listen Now 👉 bit.ly/3ItV85C
#AUViews "This is the reality Albanese confronts regionally and globally. One where smaller nations are less reluctant to eschew longstanding allegiances, and where larger nations grow ever more disdainful of those below them."
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📰 bit.ly/4msv2Od @markgkenny.bsky.social @canberratimes.bsky.social
Opinion: Albanese is seeking order in a wild world | Australian Studies Institute
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September 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
#AUViews "This is the reality Albanese confronts regionally and globally. One where smaller nations are less reluctant to eschew longstanding allegiances, and where larger nations grow ever more disdainful of those below them."
📰 bit.ly/4msv2Od @markgkenny.bsky.social @canberratimes.bsky.social
📰 bit.ly/4msv2Od @markgkenny.bsky.social @canberratimes.bsky.social
#AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️ Historian @frankbongiorno.bsky.social joins @markgkenny.bsky.social & @marijataflaga.bsky.social to dissect the Liberal Party's existential crisis and asks whether Australia's 'natural party of government' is heading for collapse.
🎧 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/latest-....
🎧 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/latest-....
Latest Democracy Sausage episode: Echo chamber politics | Australian Studies Institute
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September 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
#AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️ Historian @frankbongiorno.bsky.social joins @markgkenny.bsky.social & @marijataflaga.bsky.social to dissect the Liberal Party's existential crisis and asks whether Australia's 'natural party of government' is heading for collapse.
🎧 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/latest-....
🎧 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/latest-....
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📚 Join us for the launch of @k8henne.bsky.social and Matt Ventresca’s new book, which examines the social and regulatory impacts of concussion crisis discourses and how certain bodies are central within these narratives while others are pushed to the margins. Learn more & register: lnkd.in/epuPSjJb
September 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
📚 Join us for the launch of @k8henne.bsky.social and Matt Ventresca’s new book, which examines the social and regulatory impacts of concussion crisis discourses and how certain bodies are central within these narratives while others are pushed to the margins. Learn more & register: lnkd.in/epuPSjJb
🎧 #AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️ Former senior Australian diplomat Jane Hardy joins Professor @markgkenny.bsky.social to examine the new alliances emerging from Beijing's recent military parade and what they mean for global security.
Listen Now 👉 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra....
Listen Now 👉 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra....
Democracy Sausage Episode: Axis of upheaval | Australian Studies Institute
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September 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
🎧 #AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️ Former senior Australian diplomat Jane Hardy joins Professor @markgkenny.bsky.social to examine the new alliances emerging from Beijing's recent military parade and what they mean for global security.
Listen Now 👉 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra....
Listen Now 👉 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra....
📣We are pleased to share that our Director, Prof @markgkenny.bsky.social, has been appointed the inaugural Australia in China Fellow.👏
Mark will visit China later this year to deliver public lectures and participate in academic & cultural exchange activities.
👉 fasic.org.au/Newsite/inde....
Mark will visit China later this year to deliver public lectures and participate in academic & cultural exchange activities.
👉 fasic.org.au/Newsite/inde....
September 9, 2025 at 3:14 AM
📣We are pleased to share that our Director, Prof @markgkenny.bsky.social, has been appointed the inaugural Australia in China Fellow.👏
Mark will visit China later this year to deliver public lectures and participate in academic & cultural exchange activities.
👉 fasic.org.au/Newsite/inde....
Mark will visit China later this year to deliver public lectures and participate in academic & cultural exchange activities.
👉 fasic.org.au/Newsite/inde....
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I tossed around various headline ideas for this piece, ie: “No raucous in this caucus” or “All quiet in the ambition factory”. Who would have thought the largest ever Labor backbench would turn out to have its smallest voice.
September 8, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I tossed around various headline ideas for this piece, ie: “No raucous in this caucus” or “All quiet in the ambition factory”. Who would have thought the largest ever Labor backbench would turn out to have its smallest voice.
"Recent controversies suggest a government committing only to what it must while facing almost no internal pressure to aim higher or act faster."
#AUViews Read Now ausi.anu.edu.au/news/opinion... by @markgkenny.bsky.social via @canberratimes.bsky.social.
#AUViews Read Now ausi.anu.edu.au/news/opinion... by @markgkenny.bsky.social via @canberratimes.bsky.social.
Opinion: Labor is professionalised to the point of pointlessness. Its MPs need to find their voice | Australian Studies Institute
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September 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
"Recent controversies suggest a government committing only to what it must while facing almost no internal pressure to aim higher or act faster."
#AUViews Read Now ausi.anu.edu.au/news/opinion... by @markgkenny.bsky.social via @canberratimes.bsky.social.
#AUViews Read Now ausi.anu.edu.au/news/opinion... by @markgkenny.bsky.social via @canberratimes.bsky.social.
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Social Sciences Week 2025 event! Join www.chass.org.au for my conversation with Cassandra Atherton, Tracy O’Shaughnessy and Jessica Wilkinson on their prize-winning project.
Monday, 8 September at 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm AEST
More details and Zoom link also at:
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Monday, 8 September at 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm AEST
More details and Zoom link also at:
socialsciencesweek.org.au/event/poetic...
Poetic Portraits: A Conversation with Cassandra Atherton, Tracy O’Shaughnessy and Jessica Wilkinson
‘Poetic Portraits’ was the winner of the Council for the Humanities Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) Distinctive Works Prize in 2024. This online event, for Social Sciences Week…
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September 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Social Sciences Week 2025 event! Join www.chass.org.au for my conversation with Cassandra Atherton, Tracy O’Shaughnessy and Jessica Wilkinson on their prize-winning project.
Monday, 8 September at 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm AEST
More details and Zoom link also at:
socialsciencesweek.org.au/event/poetic...
Monday, 8 September at 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm AEST
More details and Zoom link also at:
socialsciencesweek.org.au/event/poetic...
Is Tasmania ungovernable or just badly governed?
#AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙 @markgkenny.bsky.social & @marijataflaga.bsky.social are joined by A/Prof Kate Crowley & @benraue.com to discuss Tasmania’s perpetual political instability in the wash-up from July’s election.
bit.ly/41VTIYf.
#AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙 @markgkenny.bsky.social & @marijataflaga.bsky.social are joined by A/Prof Kate Crowley & @benraue.com to discuss Tasmania’s perpetual political instability in the wash-up from July’s election.
bit.ly/41VTIYf.
Democracy Sausage Episode: Tasmania's minority report | Australian Studies Institute
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September 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Is Tasmania ungovernable or just badly governed?
#AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙 @markgkenny.bsky.social & @marijataflaga.bsky.social are joined by A/Prof Kate Crowley & @benraue.com to discuss Tasmania’s perpetual political instability in the wash-up from July’s election.
bit.ly/41VTIYf.
#AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙 @markgkenny.bsky.social & @marijataflaga.bsky.social are joined by A/Prof Kate Crowley & @benraue.com to discuss Tasmania’s perpetual political instability in the wash-up from July’s election.
bit.ly/41VTIYf.
📢 We are excited to announce the #SFSP25 scholars joining the 2025 Stephen FitzGerald Scholars Program, supported by the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations.
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🎉 Congrats to all, and thanks to all participating universities for their support!
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🎉 Congrats to all, and thanks to all participating universities for their support!
2025 Stephen FitzGerald Scholars Announced
Forty-five of the brightest international students from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan studying at universities across this nation will benefit from inside access to Australia’s defining cultura...
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August 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
📢 We are excited to announce the #SFSP25 scholars joining the 2025 Stephen FitzGerald Scholars Program, supported by the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations.
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🎉 Congrats to all, and thanks to all participating universities for their support!
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🎉 Congrats to all, and thanks to all participating universities for their support!
📣 #AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️@jillesheppard.bsky.social joins @marijataflaga.bsky.social to talk about the upcoming productivity roundtables, protests on starvation in Palestine and having the courage to act.
🎧 bit.ly/4msNkzf.
🎧 bit.ly/4msNkzf.
Latest Democracy Sausage episode: Moral muscle
Political scientist Jill Sheppard joins Democracy Sausage to talk about the upcoming productivity roundtables, protests on starvation in Palestine and having the courage to act.What is a mandate and h...
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August 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
📣 #AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️@jillesheppard.bsky.social joins @marijataflaga.bsky.social to talk about the upcoming productivity roundtables, protests on starvation in Palestine and having the courage to act.
🎧 bit.ly/4msNkzf.
🎧 bit.ly/4msNkzf.
How do politicians talk about housing, and does it impact policy?
#ICYMI Political scientists @markriboldi.bsky.social & @pandanuspetter.bsky.social join @marijataflaga.bsky.social to discuss housing policy, safety nets and the fair go.
#AUListen 🎧 #DemocracySausage ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra...
#ICYMI Political scientists @markriboldi.bsky.social & @pandanuspetter.bsky.social join @marijataflaga.bsky.social to discuss housing policy, safety nets and the fair go.
#AUListen 🎧 #DemocracySausage ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra...
Democracy Sausage Episode: Safety nets below and a roof above
Political scientists Mark Riboldi and Pandanus Petter join Democracy Sausage to discuss housing policy, safety nets and the fair go. How do politicians talk about housing, and does it impact policy? W...
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July 31, 2025 at 5:34 AM
How do politicians talk about housing, and does it impact policy?
#ICYMI Political scientists @markriboldi.bsky.social & @pandanuspetter.bsky.social join @marijataflaga.bsky.social to discuss housing policy, safety nets and the fair go.
#AUListen 🎧 #DemocracySausage ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra...
#ICYMI Political scientists @markriboldi.bsky.social & @pandanuspetter.bsky.social join @marijataflaga.bsky.social to discuss housing policy, safety nets and the fair go.
#AUListen 🎧 #DemocracySausage ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra...
Our latest e-bulletin is out now!
👏Congratulations to the successful 2025 AuSI Visiting Fellows
📢#AUJoin Our team is looking for a new Manager
📌Apply Now: InASA ECR Publication Subsidy Scheme
& more 👉 bit.ly/2025Bulletin14.
👏Congratulations to the successful 2025 AuSI Visiting Fellows
📢#AUJoin Our team is looking for a new Manager
📌Apply Now: InASA ECR Publication Subsidy Scheme
& more 👉 bit.ly/2025Bulletin14.
July 31, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Our latest e-bulletin is out now!
👏Congratulations to the successful 2025 AuSI Visiting Fellows
📢#AUJoin Our team is looking for a new Manager
📌Apply Now: InASA ECR Publication Subsidy Scheme
& more 👉 bit.ly/2025Bulletin14.
👏Congratulations to the successful 2025 AuSI Visiting Fellows
📢#AUJoin Our team is looking for a new Manager
📌Apply Now: InASA ECR Publication Subsidy Scheme
& more 👉 bit.ly/2025Bulletin14.
#ICYMI On the latest #DemocracySausage ep🎙️Professor John Blaxland joins @markgkenny.bsky.social and @marijataflaga.bsky.social to discuss the tone in new parliament, the US-Australia relationship and AUKUS.
#AUListen 🎧 bit.ly/40wZ1MV.
#AUListen 🎧 bit.ly/40wZ1MV.
Latest Democracy Sausage episode: Speaking loud and soft
Security expert John Blaxland joins Democracy Sausage to talk Trump, Australia and taking a strategic approach to the relationship. As parliament returns and a new opposition leader in place, what ca...
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July 25, 2025 at 5:01 AM
#ICYMI On the latest #DemocracySausage ep🎙️Professor John Blaxland joins @markgkenny.bsky.social and @marijataflaga.bsky.social to discuss the tone in new parliament, the US-Australia relationship and AUKUS.
#AUListen 🎧 bit.ly/40wZ1MV.
#AUListen 🎧 bit.ly/40wZ1MV.
"By far, the bigger risk for the PM now is hubris - dangerous assumptions like thinking he has a special bond with the people, that his government can inch along procedurally, and that the next election is already in the bag."
📰 bit.ly/3IENIMz @markgkenny.bsky.social @canberratimes.bsky.social.
📰 bit.ly/3IENIMz @markgkenny.bsky.social @canberratimes.bsky.social.
Opinion: Parliament, politics, and the unity paradox
By Mark KennyA version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times.Despite moral panics over Anthony Albanese (a) not getting a sit-down with Donald Trump, and (b) getting a sit-dow...
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July 21, 2025 at 5:53 AM
"By far, the bigger risk for the PM now is hubris - dangerous assumptions like thinking he has a special bond with the people, that his government can inch along procedurally, and that the next election is already in the bag."
📰 bit.ly/3IENIMz @markgkenny.bsky.social @canberratimes.bsky.social.
📰 bit.ly/3IENIMz @markgkenny.bsky.social @canberratimes.bsky.social.
On the latest #DemocracySausage ep🎙️historian @frankbongiorno.bsky.social joins @markgkenny.bsky.social & @marijataflaga.bsky.social to unpack the current political environment and discuss how you cannot stand still in response to uncertainty. #auspol
#AUListen 🎧 bit.ly/3THTz5Z.
#AUListen 🎧 bit.ly/3THTz5Z.
Democracy Sausage Episode: 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 pivot-point speech on the level of C...
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July 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
On the latest #DemocracySausage ep🎙️historian @frankbongiorno.bsky.social joins @markgkenny.bsky.social & @marijataflaga.bsky.social to unpack the current political environment and discuss how you cannot stand still in response to uncertainty. #auspol
#AUListen 🎧 bit.ly/3THTz5Z.
#AUListen 🎧 bit.ly/3THTz5Z.
"The tragedy is that this presidency has always been a shakedown, and it has occurred right out in the open."
Read #AUViews bit.ly/4eJVIYy by @markgkenny.bsky.social via @canberratimes.bsky.social.
Read #AUViews bit.ly/4eJVIYy by @markgkenny.bsky.social via @canberratimes.bsky.social.
Opinion: Stress-testing democracy: a modern tragedy
By Mark KennyA version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times.Suspend reality for a moment for this surprisingly instructive "thought" experiment.Imagine that US President Dona...
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July 14, 2025 at 4:22 AM
"The tragedy is that this presidency has always been a shakedown, and it has occurred right out in the open."
Read #AUViews bit.ly/4eJVIYy by @markgkenny.bsky.social via @canberratimes.bsky.social.
Read #AUViews bit.ly/4eJVIYy by @markgkenny.bsky.social via @canberratimes.bsky.social.