Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny
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Not here to fix Labor
October 6, 2026 · 48 minIs Labor's managerial, middle-of-the-road style a sensible way to steer through rough seas, or does it leave room on the left for someone selling a bigger vision? If Pauline Hanson can do it to the Coalition, can Shoebridge do it to Labor?…
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The Alchemy of Leadership
September 29, 2026 · 57 minWhat did John Howard understand about survival and self-correction that his six successors never quite grasped? Why do so many of our prime ministers trace their drive back to fiercely ambitious mothers — and what does that pattern tell us…
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Forty Years On
September 21, 2026 · 35 minWhat are the five forces reshaping Australia's economy and society over the next four decades? What it will take to keep Australians' faith in government alive while managing them? What can younger Australians expect from future…
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New game, new rules
September 15, 2026 · 59 minIs too much political capital being put into meaningless foreign policy platitudes rather than defining what modern Australian security looks like? If Australia's shared values with its allies are contradicted can we still rely on those…
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Whose Side Are You On?
September 8, 2026 · 1 hr 2 minIs Australia's looming digital duty of care about censorship, as its critics claim, or about handing control back to the people whose attention is being sold to advertisers? With Meta's $18 billion US settlement still fresh and an…
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Three Shocks
September 1, 2026 · 1 hr 0 minFor the first time since federation Australia's population is made up of a majority of migrants and their children, changing the electoral maths for our politicians - have our leaders caught up to the times or are they getting left behind?…
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Hostile complexity
August 25, 2026 · 48 minWhy has David Farley's and Pauline Hanson's immigration number not matched up — and does it even matter to One Nation's supporters? What do focus groups really say when people explain why they're giving up on the major parties? If many…
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Insiders and Outsiders
August 18, 2026 · 58 minTwenty-five years ago, Insiders went to air for the first time – the morning after the Aston by-election, before smartphones, before social media, and long before anyone had to explain what a fax machine was. So how much of what's changed…