On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Mark Kenny speaks with Craig Reucassel - formerly of The Chaser and director of the new two-part ABC film Big Deal - about the flaws in Australia’s lobbying and political donation laws and what needs to happen to fix the system. (more…)
The government and opposition have both announced their Cabinet line-ups, but who will prevail in the individual match-ups of ‘the last profession of amateurs’? (more…)
Should we shake up the way polls are reported? What to make of the Government’s newly-minted cabinet? Will the Coalition be able to deliver constitutional change for Indigenous communities? And is the ‘shy Tory’ nothing more than an online myth?
The votes have been cast and we have a winner, but why didn’t the polls see it coming? This week on Democracy Sausage Mark and the panel pick over a Queensland backlash, the presidentialisation of politics, and whether Labor misjudged the mood of the electorate. (more…)
If you start an election behind in the polls, will you finish behind? And does voter fatigue explain why so many Australians have already cast their votes in pre-polling?
This week on the Democracy Sausage podcast, Mark Kenny chats to Marija Taflaga, Jill Sheppard, Kim Rubenstein, and Quentin Grafton about a campaign week dominated by candidate problems and the theatre of the Labor launch. (more…)
What should we make of the results from Monday’s Newspoll? Will Labor’s dental plan put a smile on the dial of Australia’s pensioners? And will Clive’s cash splash get Palmer into Parliament?
