Historian Frank Bongiorno joins us to discuss Scott Morrison, religion and politics, and the history of Labor.
What does Scott Morrison’s autobiography reveal about his time as Prime Minister?
How have Australian political parties tended to characterise the roles of government, unions and religion?
And what does the history of the Labor tell us about its future?
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Professor Frank Bongiorno joins Professor Mark Kenny to talk religion, politics and the new edition of his book, A Little History of the Australian Labor Party.
Frank Bongiorno is a Professor at the ANU School of History. He is President of the Australian Historical Association and the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, the Australian Academy of the Humanities and a Whitlam Institute Distinguished Fellow at Western Sydney University.
Mark Kenny is the Director 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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Top image: An abandoned church in outback NSW. Photo: Robyn Mackenzie/shutterstock.com
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