Dr Liz Allen
@drdemography.com
Demographer | Demography, populations, social trends, surveys, data, methods, census. Educator, researcher. | Author ‘The Future of Us’.
The original Dr Demography!
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Dr Liz Allen
@drdemography.com
· Nov 21
Deviating demographics with Liz Allen - ABC listen
Dr Liz Allen is a demographer fascinated by Australia's demographic trends. But her own story is a remarkable case study in deviating from the norm
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Hi folks, this is me. I come from a disadvantaged background including youth homelessness, teen parenthood, high school dropout, poverty & more. Education was my passport to life. Demography helped me realise I was never the problem; society is unequal & needs fixing. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
‘Circumcision is to be classed as a potential form of child abuse under new guidance for prosecutors, amid concerns from judges and coroners about deaths and serious harms caused by the procedure.’ www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Circumcision classed as possible child abuse in draft CPS document
Exclusive: Possible revision of guidance for prosecutors in England and Wales comes amid safety concerns from courts
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:03 PM
‘Circumcision is to be classed as a potential form of child abuse under new guidance for prosecutors, amid concerns from judges and coroners about deaths and serious harms caused by the procedure.’ www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Well of course the fuckers have. All while telling the rest of us not to be poor. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam
Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Well of course the fuckers have. All while telling the rest of us not to be poor. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Affordable, liveable housing should be a human right and a legal requirement. #HousingCrisis #auspol
Renter without air-conditioning or insulation here. Landlords have no interest in making homes liveable. They’re just after the money. That must change. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
What landlords are obliged to do to cool your rental
As the nation becomes gripped in a heatwave this week, renters will be looking at their rights for cooling down their homes. Here's what they can do.
www.abc.net.au
January 8, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Affordable, liveable housing should be a human right and a legal requirement. #HousingCrisis #auspol
Renter without air-conditioning or insulation here. Landlords have no interest in making homes liveable. They’re just after the money. That must change. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
What landlords are obliged to do to cool your rental
As the nation becomes gripped in a heatwave this week, renters will be looking at their rights for cooling down their homes. Here's what they can do.
www.abc.net.au
January 8, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Renter without air-conditioning or insulation here. Landlords have no interest in making homes liveable. They’re just after the money. That must change. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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So politicians hoard homes AND charge taxpayers to cover their costs? Entitlement and rort culture from the political class is next level, especially given the attacks on people needing actual welfare.
January 7, 2026 at 10:13 PM
So politicians hoard homes AND charge taxpayers to cover their costs? Entitlement and rort culture from the political class is next level, especially given the attacks on people needing actual welfare.
Stay safe, Australia. #heatwave
Heatwaves in Australia cause more fatalities than other natural hazards combined. Increasing heatwaves - caused by global boiling - will drive up mortality, especially among infants, the elderly, and other economically & geographically vulnerable people. pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/271991/1-s2....
pdf.sciencedirectassets.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Stay safe, Australia. #heatwave
Heatwaves in Australia cause more fatalities than other natural hazards combined. Increasing heatwaves - caused by global boiling - will drive up mortality, especially among infants, the elderly, and other economically & geographically vulnerable people. pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/271991/1-s2....
pdf.sciencedirectassets.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Heatwaves in Australia cause more fatalities than other natural hazards combined. Increasing heatwaves - caused by global boiling - will drive up mortality, especially among infants, the elderly, and other economically & geographically vulnerable people. pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/271991/1-s2....
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
Hate incidents toward Muslim women up ~200% since Bondi massacre www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Women wearing hijabs targeted in anti-Muslim abuse since Bondi attack
There are concerns women wearing hijabs are bearing the brunt of a "horrifying" wave of Islamophobia in the wake of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack, with the Australian National Imams Council reporti...
www.abc.net.au
December 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Hate incidents toward Muslim women up ~200% since Bondi massacre www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Calling out bad behaviour often leads to enormous adverse consequences for whistleblowers who might already be vulnerable. Those actually committing wrongdoing appear to be protected by power + privilege afforded by wealth and connections. It must change. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Why exposing wrongdoing in Australia isn't as easy as blowing the whistle
Proposed reforms would expand whistleblower protections, but advocates say they don't go far enough.
www.sbs.com.au
December 30, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Calling out bad behaviour often leads to enormous adverse consequences for whistleblowers who might already be vulnerable. Those actually committing wrongdoing appear to be protected by power + privilege afforded by wealth and connections. It must change. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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I find it incredibly difficult to write about my Jewishness. I didn't want to write this, but I did.
We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.
We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.
Holding complexity amidst catastrophe
I didn't want to write this.
I don't want to write this.
I feel like I need to write something.
I am writing this.
I am not good at writing about my Jewish experience.
I am still writing this, ei...
in-between-days.ghost.io
December 23, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I find it incredibly difficult to write about my Jewishness. I didn't want to write this, but I did.
We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.
We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.
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A former Deputy Prime Minister within a week of the worst terrorist attack Australia’s experienced in a generation…
And he can behave like this because Australia’s political media rewards the behaviour.
And he can behave like this because Australia’s political media rewards the behaviour.
Australia is a racist nation.
Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has joined an anti-immigration rally at Prince Albert Park in Sydney thenightly.com.au/politics/bar...
Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has joined an anti-immigration rally at Prince Albert Park in Sydney thenightly.com.au/politics/bar...
Joyce joins anti-immigration rally despite PM’s condemnation
Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce told the crowd that Anthony Albanese should be axed from his job.
thenightly.com.au
December 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
A former Deputy Prime Minister within a week of the worst terrorist attack Australia’s experienced in a generation…
And he can behave like this because Australia’s political media rewards the behaviour.
And he can behave like this because Australia’s political media rewards the behaviour.
Australia is a racist nation.
Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has joined an anti-immigration rally at Prince Albert Park in Sydney thenightly.com.au/politics/bar...
Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has joined an anti-immigration rally at Prince Albert Park in Sydney thenightly.com.au/politics/bar...
Joyce joins anti-immigration rally despite PM’s condemnation
Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce told the crowd that Anthony Albanese should be axed from his job.
thenightly.com.au
December 21, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Australia is a racist nation.
Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has joined an anti-immigration rally at Prince Albert Park in Sydney thenightly.com.au/politics/bar...
Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has joined an anti-immigration rally at Prince Albert Park in Sydney thenightly.com.au/politics/bar...
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The world sees Australia: an antisemitic atrocity; a zombie ex-PM lurches out of his Jason recliner to cancel out his previous, one-off moral stance for better gun laws; dull-witted racists plan to assemble, fomented by neo-Nazis & whingeing egotists Hanson & Joyce. All the would-be dividers.
Anti-immigration rallies planned for day of remembrance. If there was ever any doubt these rallies were about intolerance, here’s your evidence. #bondibeach www.skynews.com.au/australia-ne...
Minns urges anti-immigration rally to be scrapped as Bondi mourning continues
NSW Premier Chris Minns has urged organisers of a planned anti-immigration rally in Sydney to abandon the event, warning it would deepen pain as communities continue to mourn the victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack.
www.skynews.com.au
December 21, 2025 at 6:08 AM
The world sees Australia: an antisemitic atrocity; a zombie ex-PM lurches out of his Jason recliner to cancel out his previous, one-off moral stance for better gun laws; dull-witted racists plan to assemble, fomented by neo-Nazis & whingeing egotists Hanson & Joyce. All the would-be dividers.
Anti-immigration rallies planned for day of remembrance. If there was ever any doubt these rallies were about intolerance, here’s your evidence. #bondibeach www.skynews.com.au/australia-ne...
Minns urges anti-immigration rally to be scrapped as Bondi mourning continues
NSW Premier Chris Minns has urged organisers of a planned anti-immigration rally in Sydney to abandon the event, warning it would deepen pain as communities continue to mourn the victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack.
www.skynews.com.au
December 21, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Anti-immigration rallies planned for day of remembrance. If there was ever any doubt these rallies were about intolerance, here’s your evidence. #bondibeach www.skynews.com.au/australia-ne...
Even fictitious cartoon dogs find it easier to get promoted to professor than women
December 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Even fictitious cartoon dogs find it easier to get promoted to professor than women
Kissing. Why? ‘It's quite risky — you're literally swapping saliva, and we know we can get ill from that.’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
December 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Kissing. Why? ‘It's quite risky — you're literally swapping saliva, and we know we can get ill from that.’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Fewer people are coming to Australia and more people are leaving, latest data shows.
Net overseas migration down, latest data for Australia reveals. Decline driven by decrease in arrivals and increase in departures. www.abs.gov.au/media-centre...
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Fewer people are coming to Australia and more people are leaving, latest data shows.
Net overseas migration down, latest data for Australia reveals. Decline driven by decrease in arrivals and increase in departures. www.abs.gov.au/media-centre...
December 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Net overseas migration down, latest data for Australia reveals. Decline driven by decrease in arrivals and increase in departures. www.abs.gov.au/media-centre...
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Just heard about a friend’s (white) adult son out with his (brown) mate at night this week, and a random bloke has bowled up and started abusing the brown mate for being Muslim (he is, but no obvious sign). Friend’s son tells him to “F-off racist” and the bloke punches him. Only 1 kind of hatred?
December 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Just heard about a friend’s (white) adult son out with his (brown) mate at night this week, and a random bloke has bowled up and started abusing the brown mate for being Muslim (he is, but no obvious sign). Friend’s son tells him to “F-off racist” and the bloke punches him. Only 1 kind of hatred?
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If only the Trump administration was as concerned about gun culture as it is about ‘woke’ culture. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Multiple people shot at Brown University in Rhode Island, police say
Officials initially said a suspect was in custody, before retracting and saying search is on for a suspect or suspects
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
If only the Trump administration was as concerned about gun culture as it is about ‘woke’ culture. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A tax on condoms to increase birth rates? What could possibly go wrong?! time.com/7340374/chin...
'We Can’t Even Afford to Have Sex': China’s New Condom Tax Draws Ire
China is removing its tax exemption on contraceptives in an effort to boost birth rates. But some are concerned that it penalizes women, single, and working-class people for not having children.
time.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:11 AM
A tax on condoms to increase birth rates? What could possibly go wrong?! time.com/7340374/chin...
glad the kids aren’t on the socials just so they can’t see how lame the adults are at adulting 😭 bsky.app/profile/keta...
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
glad the kids aren’t on the socials just so they can’t see how lame the adults are at adulting 😭 bsky.app/profile/keta...