open.spotify.com/episode/1OPE... 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

#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

#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-....

📚 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....

📣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....

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.

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...

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.

📢 We are excited to announce the #SFSP25 scholars joining the 2025 Stephen FitzGerald Scholars Program, supported by the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations. bit.ly/2025SFSP 🎉 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.

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...

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.

#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.

"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.

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.

"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.

After reaching unprecedented heights, net overseas migration is falling rapidly. Why is this happening and what does it mean for Australia’s economy and migration policy? Alan Gamlen and Peter McDonald explain 🔽 policybrief.anu.edu.au/why-is-net-o...

New ep of #DemocracySausage is out! 🎙️ @shaunratcliff.bsky.social joins @markgkenny.bsky.social & @marijataflaga.bsky.social to unpack the latest election numbers and what they reveal about the state of our democracy. Don’t miss this one! #auspol 🎧 #AUListen bit.ly/4kwNcNQ.

"In this, the age of impunity, Sir Major invites us to consider whether we are different from Trump's Americans or merely distant." #AUViews bit.ly/4nBkKNo by @markgkenny.bsky.social via @canberratimes.bsky.social.

Can Trump be treated as an aberration in US foreign policy or has he permanently reshaped the global order? #AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️@emmashortis.bsky.social joins @markgkenny.bsky.social to discuss what the world could look like after America – and where Australia fits in. bit.ly/3G639g1.

🚨BOOK LAUNCH🚨 ‘The Wild Australia Show’ will be launched next Wednesday at 5 pm at The Catchment Bar, West End, Brisbane. This book tells the story of the Wild Australia Show, a troupe of 27 Aboriginal performers from Queensland in the 1890s. Details below 👇

A study by researchers at Western Australia's Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, published in @pacificconsbio.bsky.social, has detailed how predation by cats can be a significant threat to endangered Carnaby's cockatoos. www.watoday.com.au/national/wes... #PacificConsBio 1/5

"In her first month as leader, however, Ley has already done more soul-searching and more listening than her predecessors undertook in eight years." #AUViews bit.ly/4lxBJ1A by @markgkenny.bsky.social via @canberratimes.bsky.social.

"Whether this was always his plan - a cunning strategic manoeuvre by Trump and his military advisers - or if it merely turned out like this, almost doesn't matter. A deep thinker Trump is not." #AUViews bit.ly/4elsMWJ by @markgkenny.bsky.social via @canberratimes.bsky.social.

#AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️The ABC’s Chief Election Analyst Emeritus @antonygreenelec.bsky.social joins @markgkenny.bsky.social and @marijataflaga.bsky.social to talk elections past, present and future. How does this recent one compare to ones in the past? 🤔 🎧Listen Now bit.ly/3GfSr6t

Australia's enduring love affair with the US is at a critical point #AUViews Read Now bit.ly/44erOac by @markgkenny.bsky.social via @canberratimes.bsky.social.

Amid the unpredictability of the current economic environment, how can Australia benefit from global change? #AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️ Treasurer @jimchalmers.bsky.social joins @markgkenny.bsky.social to talk about how to best position Australia’s economy for the future. 🎧 bit.ly/45pJZMh.

#ICYMI How Australia's 'no-worries' approach has led our nation's defence astray 🤔 Read Now 👉 bit.ly/43ZOr1O by @markgkenny.bsky.social via @canberratimes.bsky.social.

📢 #ICYMI #AuSI new bulletin is out! ⏳2025 #AuSI Visiting Fellowship Program 🎫China, the South Pacific and Australia: A perfect storm? 🎉Visiting Professor of Australian Studies at University of Tokyo & more 👉 bit.ly/2025Bulletin11

#AUViews "Americans might have ceded government to corrupt oligarchs with the fluid morals of TV scriptwriters, but Australians still believe in sound government." 📰 bit.ly/4lcK4Yl by @markgkenny.bsky.social via @canberratimes.bsky.social.

Is Australia ready for a post-American world? EmProf Hugh White joins Allan Behm to discuss Hard New World - his new Quarterly Essay on shifting global power, America’s retreat, & the choices ahead for Australia. 📅 17 June, 6-7pm @ ANU 🎟️ quicklink.anu.edu.au/m7ii

What will the agenda be for the Albanese-Trump meeting at the G7, especially with the unfolding instability in the US? #AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️ @markgkenny.bsky.social and @marijataflaga.bsky.social catch up to discuss the US under Trump and issues closer to home. 🎧https://bit.ly/4e3GsWk.

#ICYMI Is the prime minister’s new slogan merely a crafty label to be retrofitted to existing Labor policy? 📰 #AUViews bit.ly/45hZl5k by @markgkenny.bsky.social via @crikey.com.au.

Our latest title explores the concept of ‘strategic imagination’ as developed by the late ANU Professor Brendan Sargeant and serves as both a tribute and critical exploration of his enduring influence on Indo-Pacific strategy. Get your copy today: doi.org/10.22459/SI....

#AUViews "It is not just that Trump MKII prefers stagecraft over statecraft, it is that this president sees no distinction between the two." bit.ly/4mUX5ay by @markgkenny.bsky.social via @canberratimes.bsky.social.

"But has the nation embarked on a new direction of 'progressive patriotism' as the prime minister has branded it, or just stuck to the old one?" #ICYMI 📰 #AUViews bit.ly/4kLzvv1 by @markgkenny.bsky.social via @canberratimes.bsky.social

#ICYMI #AuSI Bulletin 10-2025 👉 bit.ly/2025Bulletin10 Catch-up on all the latest #AuSI happenings and #AustralianStudies news. 🧷Keep up to date by subscribing to the #AuSI e-Bulletin: ausi.anu.edu.au/about/bulletin

📢Applications Open for our 2025 Visiting Fellowship Program #AUJoin Scholars of all academic disciplines who are based in 🇦🇺 & overseas academic institutions are encouraged to submit proposals related to the Program’s themes: ausi.anu.edu.au/news/applica... Closing date 📅 23 June

Is the Liberal Party’s shift to the right a more recent trend or has it been a long time coming? #AUListen #DemocracySausage Professor George Brandis KC joins Prof @markgkenny.bsky.social & Dr @marijataflaga.bsky.social to discuss rediscovering the Liberal Party. ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra...

If you’re in the capital, come to a live recording of Democracy Sausage pod tomorrow (Mon) 5:30 for 6pm with the excellent @MarijaTaflaga the brilliant @jillesheppard & the fantastic @fbongiornoanu It will be fun & informing. And it’s in a pub! Badger and Co @ourANU @ANUmedia @anuausi.bsky.social

I was visiting Fellow at the very supportive @anuausi.bsky.social in a freezing but beautiful Canberra winter ❄️ and worked in the National Archives and National Library of Australia