Australia and New Zealand are locked in a sizzling new culinary custody battle after research suggests our iconic charity snack may have actually originated across the ditch in 1942.

University of Southern Queensland historian Dr. Lauren Samuellson joined Carla to debate whether we are about to lose the “democracy sausage” to the Kiwis—and how a slice of white bread might be our saving grace.

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