Pub politics

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges facing Angus Taylor and the Liberal Party in the context of the Farrer by-election and the rise of One Nation.

Can Angus Taylor rebuild public confidence in the Liberal Party and will Migration play out well for them? What are the risks for Angus Taylor in the Farrer by-election? Will One Nation capitalise on the disarray in the Liberal party? ‘Live to tape’ at the Australian National University, political scientist, Jill Sheppard and The Saturday Paper national affairs correspondent, Jason Koutsoukis join the DS team for a beer and to discuss the reconfiguration of the coalition, the Farrer by-election and all things 1 Nation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Mark Kenny

Guests: Jill Sheppard, Jason Koutsoukis

Topics covered

• politics
• Liberal Party
• by-election
• public confidence
• One Nation
• coalition reconfiguration

Keywords

• Angus Taylor
• Liberal Party
• Farrer by-election
• One Nation
• public confidence
• politics
• coalition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Liberal Party, One Nation, Australian National University, The Saturday Paper

Places: Farrer

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