Mark Kenny @markgkenny.bsky.social
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Director, Australian Studies Institute (ANU) Host 🎧 “Democracy Sausage” pod; ex ABC, News, SMH, The Age. Columnist & broadcast commentator. Canine convinced.
Canberra
Joined June 2009
Are media just incapable of facilitating complex, nuanced public debates? The experience with the Voice ref has seen equal space given to scares, lies & cooker nonsense. In a form of moral retreat, broadcasters shrink to become carrier services. @ANUausi .
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Balance isn't just an open platform.
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RT @TroyPSimpson: I’m thinking of calling these feisty #news updates “The Daily Troybune”. There’s something in today’s update for everyone….
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President Luiz Inacio da Silva is 100% correct. That such statements are (a) necessary, (b) rare, and (c) make the front page of the mighty @nytimes should be astonishing. Sadly it isn’t. Subservience to Trump is the new pandemic. A global contagion of fawning mediocrity.
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RT @DougCameron51: It’s now up to the Labor caucus to demand that the Executive implement Labor policy and recognise the Palestinian state.….
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Canada has joined France and Britain in announcing plans to recognize a Palestinian state in September as international pressure builds on Israel over the ongoing starvation crisis and war in Gaza.
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RT @ANUausi: #ICYMI On the latest #DemocracySausage ep @JohnBlaxland1 joins @markgkenny and @MarijaTaflaga to discuss the tone in new parli….
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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
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RT @JohnBlaxland1: Thanks for hosting me, Mark and Marija! Honoured, delighted and entertained to boot! :-).
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RT @MarcoFoster_: Actor Jeff Daniels on Donald Trump’s 2nd term: “We’ve lost decency. We’ve lost civility. We’ve lost respect for the rule….
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RT @ANUmedia: Security expert @JohnBlaxland1 joins @markgkenny and @MarijaTaflaga on this #DemocracySausage to talk Trump, Australia and t….
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Security expert John Blaxland joins Democracy Sausage to talk Trump, Australia and taking a strategic approach to the relationship.
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An outstanding and thoroughly disturbing Foreign Correspondent by Stephanie March on the repressive Russian puppet autocracy in Georgia. First class public broadcasting.
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RT @kajakallas: The killing of civilians seeking aid in Gaza is indefensible. I spoke again with @gideonsaar to recall our understanding o….
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Come along on Monday night if you’re in the Canberra region to a discussion with a new Australian star in espionage fiction, Sam Guthrie. His exciting debut novel, The Peak combines Hong Kong & Canberra, political history & political histrionics. 6pm ANU Meet the Author.
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RT @ANUmedia: Historian @fbongiornoanu joins @markgkenny and @MarijaTaflaga on #DemocracySausage to talk about political independence, gove….
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Historian Frank Bongiorno joins Democracy Sausage talk about political independence, and the pressure to be agile and take action.
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RT @lewis_goodall: I am loath to criticise my former BBC colleagues and I’m aware they weren’t in on the story. But the idea of a TV presen….
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RT @hippyygoat: “NETANYAHU IS ENDANGERING ISRAEL AND JEWS ALL AROUND THE WORLD”. "I ask Jews to consider what this man Benjamin Netanyahu a….
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RT @ANUausi: "The tragedy is that this presidency has always been a shakedown, and it has occurred right out in the open.". Read #AUViews h….
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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
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RT @SpencerMills020: @JayJay91341991 @markgkenny would be perfect! I’d actually start watching Insiders again. His podcast Democracy Sausag….
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News Podcast · Updated Fortnightly · Mark Kenny takes a weekly look at politics and public affairs with expert analysis and discussion from researchers at The Australian National University and...
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RT @NourHaydar: “The omissions are as important as the inclusions in Jillian Segal’s plan,” writes Louise Adler. A searing and worthy rea….
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The omissions are as important as the inclusions in Jillian Segal’s plan, which is guilty of overreach
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RT @meadea: Anti-Semitism envoy denies involvement with husband's donations to far-right group.
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Envoy says her husband doesn't dictate her politics.
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