What now for the Liberal Party?

On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Kos Samaras joins Mark Kenny and Marija Taflaga to discuss how the Australian electorate is changing and the Liberal Party’s declining fortunes at the ballot box.

Out of government everywhere bar Tasmania, is the Liberal Party suffering from cyclical changes in politics or are its problems structural? Why is the party struggling to hold onto metropolitan electorates? And with the primary vote for both major parties on the slide, are minority governments likely to become the norm? Kos Samaras, former Labor Party official and Director of RedBridge social research group, joins Professor Mark Kenny and Dr Marija Taflaga to discuss the future of Australian politics.

Kos Samaras is a Director of the social research firm RedBridge and the former Victorian Deputy Campaign Director for the Australian Labor Party. 

Marija Taflaga is the Director of the ANU Centre for the Study of Australian Politics and a Lecturer at the ANU School of Politics and International Relations.

Mark Kenny is a Professor at the ANU Australian Studies Institute. He came to the University after a high-profile journalistic career including six years as chief political correspondent and national affairs editor for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times.

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