Anatomy of a conservative crisis

What were the structural factors in the split of the coalition? How did the culture wars and deindustrialisation change the conservative base? Can the liberals regroup to become an effective opposition? Former federal politician, Jason Falinski joins Democracy Sausage to discuss the fractures within conservative politics, the challenges of opposition and the opportunity for Sussan Ley, and the Liberal Party in the wake of the dissolution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Anatomy of a conservative crisis is an episode from Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny by The Australian National University.

This episode is 48:08 long.

This episode was published on Jan 29, 2026.

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