Congratulations to PhD candidates Carly Lubicz @carlylubicz.bsky.social, Caroline Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social, and Associate Professor Michelle Riedlinger @riedlinm.bsky.social ! They spoke to the Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy this morning.

Pleased to be contributing to this discussion tomorrow at the Senate Inquiry with some of my @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleagues @cazuarina.bsky.social and @riedlinm.bsky.social: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... #informationintegrity #scienceforpolicy #climatechange #energytransition

I'm excited to see this published!

👉 Just published: "Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies" - Book of Abstracts of the Weizenbaum Conference 2025. #WIConf25

➡️ doi.org/10.34669/WI.... 🔗

"Part of a worldwide trend towards right-wing populism, Advance will likely continue to be at the centre of conservative politics in Australia."

Me writing for @theconversation.com on conservative campaign group Advance.

theconversation.com/right-wing-p...

From the IPIE's report, I really like the idea of 'coalitions of the willing' - "movements need to be built across borders and private, public and civil society. These can counterbalance the alliances of powerful economic and political interests." theconversation.com/can-you-trus... #climatechange

Here's me saying it like it is regarding Elon Musk and X as a propaganda tool that is increasingly biased towards the far right.

The article is in French - in this thread are some auto-translated excerpts from my comments. Shout out to @markandrejevic.bsky.social

www.rtbf.be/article/comm...

Great contextual article from someone who is very familiar with this playbook, @naomioreskes.bsky.social: "For decades, the fossil fuel industry has told the public our societies can’t manage without fossil fuels. Large parts of Australia have proved it’s just not so" #auspol #climatechange

Thanks so much to Read Them Sideways for having me Kate 🙏

The reality: Australia is the third largest fossil fuels exporter in the world and its ranked second on an emissions basis, largely due to coal. We are seeing CC now: 1.5°C warming breached for the first time in 2024. Scientists resoundingly agree we need to act now & stop burning fossil fuels 🧯

Last night, we saw some prime examples of “whataboutism” to argue that Australia is small/inconsequential and to blame our inaction on China and India's growth/actions; "technological optimism" to argue that SMRs will be the solution; and "fossil fuel solutionism" via coal and gas... 🙅‍♀️

What are "Discourses of Delay"? See www.cambridge.org/core/journal..., including a graphic that categorises some of the most common storylines used to dodge climate action 🎭

Thanks for the chat last week @phzerosounds.bsky.social for @qutdmrc.bsky.social Read Them Sideways 👇

➕ Last night, climate change entered Australia's election conversation in the #ABCNews Leaders' Debate. While one side acknowledged climate science, the other employed "Discourses of Delay" 🧵

These two articles speak really well to the power and impact of hyper local. Could grassroots initiatives like these be a key part of addressing broader scale #polarisation? 1) 360info.org/how-to-heal-...; 2) Why regional communities need local news to be told: 360info.org/why-regional...

Good to see some of the key claims about offshore #windenergy in #Australia being addressed in this article (Spoiler alert: there is no evidence that wind turbines kill whales; while research is needed in other areas, we need to embrace the precautionary principle): www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

Congrats to my @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleagues on this great piece 👏
#auspol #polarisation #partisanship

This @arielbogle.bsky.social @readfearn.bsky.social piece is so good, for many reasons but importantly is shows the spectrum of community opposition to renewables: from bad-faith political / fossil fuel networks to genuine sentiment from communities left out of the process.

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🥳 Our Destructive Polarisation article hit 1,550 views on @icsjournal.bsky.social in 2 months! We conceptualise 5 symptoms of destructive polarisation through a digital media & communication lens. Must-read around #Polarization #Polarisation #DigitalCommunication #Democracy👇
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Yes, especially given how much work and consultation that went into this, unlike the social media legislation that was just rushed through. It’s extremely disappointing on several fronts

What's one word that comes to mind when you think of the word 'democracy'? Fascinating session: Australian Perspectives on the Future of Democracy via Hon Ken Wyatt, Carmen Lawrence AO, Prof John Phillimore, Prof Carolyn Hendriks, Prof Martin Drum #AusPSA2024 #CHASS2024 #AusPol #PolSky

Day 1 #keynote of #AusPSA2024: @ANUCrawford's Ariadne Vromen on rebuilding researcher-policymaker trust: explore power dynamics in evidence-based policy, co-create research agendas, & recognise diverse knowledge forms, including lived experience #PolicyResearch #PolSky #PublicPolicy

Huge congrats @nonwayne.bsky.social 👏👏