Mark Kenny
@markgkenny.bsky.social
Host, Democracy Sausage podcast. Director, Australian National University’s Aust Studies Institute. Columnist. Erstwhile chief political correspondent, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Canberra Times. 2025-26 FASIC Australia-in-China Fellow
Two things to bear in mind given the words you’ll hear over and over today in Australia: (a) the louder “the national interest” is invoked, the more likely it masks a narrow political interest, and (b) functionally, delay amounts to denial. #NetZero
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Two things to bear in mind given the words you’ll hear over and over today in Australia: (a) the louder “the national interest” is invoked, the more likely it masks a narrow political interest, and (b) functionally, delay amounts to denial. #NetZero
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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The latest issue of the Australian Army Journal arrived in the mail yesterday. I contributed a paper to this edition on considerations for safely scaling swarms in military operations.
You can freely access and read the paper here: researchcentre.army.gov.au/library/aust...
You can freely access and read the paper here: researchcentre.army.gov.au/library/aust...
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The latest issue of the Australian Army Journal arrived in the mail yesterday. I contributed a paper to this edition on considerations for safely scaling swarms in military operations.
You can freely access and read the paper here: researchcentre.army.gov.au/library/aust...
You can freely access and read the paper here: researchcentre.army.gov.au/library/aust...
An era calling for courage over caution
November 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
An era calling for courage over caution
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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
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#AUListen #DemocracySausage The vista of the new 🎙️Troy Bramston @markgkenny.bsky.social @marijataflaga.bsky.social
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“Liberals are slow to twig that the Nationals are doing the same to them, forcing them into positions that threaten no rural-regional seats but cause electoral carnage in the cities”.
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/910550...
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/910550...
Embattled Ley eyeing 'Nat-zero' disaster
The Nationals are driving the Liberals to electoral ruin in the cities.
www.canberratimes.com.au
November 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
“Liberals are slow to twig that the Nationals are doing the same to them, forcing them into positions that threaten no rural-regional seats but cause electoral carnage in the cities”.
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/910550...
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/910550...
It is time to stop referring to the National Party as the “junior partner” in the Coalition. Considering the Voice and now where the Libs are heading on net-zero by 2050, it is clear who is in charge. #auspol
November 3, 2025 at 4:04 AM
It is time to stop referring to the National Party as the “junior partner” in the Coalition. Considering the Voice and now where the Libs are heading on net-zero by 2050, it is clear who is in charge. #auspol
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#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.
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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....
Could One Nation suddenly do better with an articulate, leader? Some may be considering this very question.
October 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Could One Nation suddenly do better with an articulate, leader? Some may be considering this very question.
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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
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#ICYMI Tune in to the latest episode of #DemocracySausage: Two years after October 7
🎙️Dr Bob Bowker & Professor @markgkenny.bsky.social
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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...
Australias foreign policy is decided in Canberra, not Washington. To say these words at this time in that precise place was significant.
September 29, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Australias foreign policy is decided in Canberra, not Washington. To say these words at this time in that precise place was significant.
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#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
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#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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What do we want?
An uninterrupted, uniquely Australian and historically significant stream of literary consciousness.
When do we want it?
Now.
Protest against the closure of Meanjin. 9am, MUP Swanston St.
An uninterrupted, uniquely Australian and historically significant stream of literary consciousness.
When do we want it?
Now.
Protest against the closure of Meanjin. 9am, MUP Swanston St.
September 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
What do we want?
An uninterrupted, uniquely Australian and historically significant stream of literary consciousness.
When do we want it?
Now.
Protest against the closure of Meanjin. 9am, MUP Swanston St.
An uninterrupted, uniquely Australian and historically significant stream of literary consciousness.
When do we want it?
Now.
Protest against the closure of Meanjin. 9am, MUP Swanston St.
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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....
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....
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.
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"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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+ listen to this cogent conversation between @markgkenny.bsky.social & @richarddenniss.bsky.social
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reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/...
Democracy Sausage: In the dead centre
Economist Richard Denniss joins Democracy Sausage and argues policies suffer because of our need to find the centre in any debate.
reporter.anu.edu.au
August 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
+ listen to this cogent conversation between @markgkenny.bsky.social & @richarddenniss.bsky.social
reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/...
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Just in time for your commute home! @richarddenniss.bsky.social and @markgkenny.bsky.social dig into the relationship between policy, evidence and politics in the latest episode of Democracy Sausage.
Democracy Sausage: In the dead centre
Economist Richard Denniss joins Democracy Sausage and argues policies suffer because of our need to find the centre in any debate.
reporter.anu.edu.au
August 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Just in time for your commute home! @richarddenniss.bsky.social and @markgkenny.bsky.social dig into the relationship between policy, evidence and politics in the latest episode of Democracy Sausage.
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Absolutely 👍. Loads pithy political home-truths voters need to hear: eg: 21min - MK on 'post office honesty'; RD: 'don't want to wait 10y to read (polies) autobio to discover (they) agreed with me all along'.
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
@markgkenny.bsky.social
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@richarddenniss.bsky.social
@markgkenny.bsky.social
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Democracy Sausage: In the dead centre
Economist Richard Denniss joins Democracy Sausage and argues policies suffer because of our need to find the centre in any debate.
reporter.anu.edu.au
August 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Absolutely 👍. Loads pithy political home-truths voters need to hear: eg: 21min - MK on 'post office honesty'; RD: 'don't want to wait 10y to read (polies) autobio to discover (they) agreed with me all along'.
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
@markgkenny.bsky.social
reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/...
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
@markgkenny.bsky.social
reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/...