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!
@DrDemography on X and Insta
The original Dr Demography!
@DrDemography on X and Insta
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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...
Is the GO8 attempting to get the government on side ahead of potential adverse findings into governance dysfunction? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australia's top universities seek changes to key environmental reform
Australia's top universities have aligned themselves with oil and gas producers, miners and developers on a a key piece of environment legislation, drawing the ire of dozens of academics.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Is the GO8 attempting to get the government on side ahead of potential adverse findings into governance dysfunction? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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hot take: the BoM is one of the most complex gov. websites with a ridic number of data and systems used by industry, the public and other gov agencies so redesigning it and fixing the security issues was always going to take a fair bit of $$$
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
hot take: the BoM is one of the most complex gov. websites with a ridic number of data and systems used by industry, the public and other gov agencies so redesigning it and fixing the security issues was always going to take a fair bit of $$$
8 years ago…
Pauline Hanson: the insult that shocked a nation www.smh.com.au/opinion/paul... @shakirahussein.bsky.social
Pauline Hanson: the insult that shocked a nation www.smh.com.au/opinion/paul... @shakirahussein.bsky.social
Pauline Hanson: the insult that shocked a nation
When Pauline Hanson appeared, burqa-clad in Parliament on Thursday, it was Liberal senator Jonathon Duniam's gasp of "what the hell?" that echoed throughout media reports, tweets and around water cool...
www.smh.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
8 years ago…
Pauline Hanson: the insult that shocked a nation www.smh.com.au/opinion/paul... @shakirahussein.bsky.social
Pauline Hanson: the insult that shocked a nation www.smh.com.au/opinion/paul... @shakirahussein.bsky.social
Muslim women have the most to fear from a pernicious supremacist conspiracy #auspol
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After Christchurch, Muslim women have most to fear from a pernicious conspiracy - ABC Religion & Ethics
It is five years since a white Australian man murdered 51 Muslim worshippers and injured another 40. The terrorist was motivated by the “great replacement” theory, which remains dangerous.
www.abc.net.au
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Muslim women have the most to fear from a pernicious supremacist conspiracy #auspol
www.abc.net.au/religion/fiv...
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Sunday Shot starts at 9am! We're joined by @eddyjokovich.bsky.social and @drdemography.com, & an interview with Sean Kelly. Join us for a chat about the PM, the UN's colonisation or "peace" plan for Gaza, and the further disintegration of Western politics.
Believe It or Not - November 23 - Liz Allen, Eddy Jokovich and Sean Kelly
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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November 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Sunday Shot starts at 9am! We're joined by @eddyjokovich.bsky.social and @drdemography.com, & an interview with Sean Kelly. Join us for a chat about the PM, the UN's colonisation or "peace" plan for Gaza, and the further disintegration of Western politics.
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I have never noticed that demography is graphing the demos before listening to mighty @drdemography.com busting democratic-demographic myths on #SundayShot today. Mind blown!
November 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I have never noticed that demography is graphing the demos before listening to mighty @drdemography.com busting democratic-demographic myths on #SundayShot today. Mind blown!
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“Albanese has one opportunity to restore hope, but he has to tackle wealth accumulation if he is serious about leaving a legacy.” @drdemography.com #SundayShot #inequality #auspol
November 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
“Albanese has one opportunity to restore hope, but he has to tackle wealth accumulation if he is serious about leaving a legacy.” @drdemography.com #SundayShot #inequality #auspol
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Your Sunday viewing is up, folks! @drdemography.com & @newpolitics.bsky.social's @eddyjokovich.bsky.social make their #SundayShot debuts riffing on @mrseankelly.bsky.social's great Quarterly Essay.
View...& please subscribe! We're super keen to hit 10k subscribers.
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View...& please subscribe! We're super keen to hit 10k subscribers.
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Believe It or Not - November 23 - Liz Allen, Eddy Jokovich and Sean Kelly
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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November 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Your Sunday viewing is up, folks! @drdemography.com & @newpolitics.bsky.social's @eddyjokovich.bsky.social make their #SundayShot debuts riffing on @mrseankelly.bsky.social's great Quarterly Essay.
View...& please subscribe! We're super keen to hit 10k subscribers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQhJ...
View...& please subscribe! We're super keen to hit 10k subscribers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQhJ...
Catch me chatting on #SundayShot this morning bsky.app/profile/inst...
This week’s #SundayShot has @drdemography.com and @eddyjokovich.bsky.social plus an interview with @seankelly.bsky.social on the Quarterly Essay that’s got everyone talking.
What’s not to love?
Join us! And subscribe to us!
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What’s not to love?
Join us! And subscribe to us!
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November 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Catch me chatting on #SundayShot this morning bsky.app/profile/inst...
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I spoke with @wabe.org's Health Wanted podcast about low birth rates in the U.S. and possible responses. omny.fm/shows/health...
The Fertility Crisis - Health Wanted
In 1968, biologist Paul Ehrlich cautioned that by the 1980s we’d see hundreds of millions of people starving to death due to overpopulation. Turns out… he was a bit off. This week on Health Wanted, th...
omny.fm
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I spoke with @wabe.org's Health Wanted podcast about low birth rates in the U.S. and possible responses. omny.fm/shows/health...
Reposted by Dr Liz Allen
This week’s #SundayShot has @drdemography.com and @eddyjokovich.bsky.social plus an interview with @seankelly.bsky.social on the Quarterly Essay that’s got everyone talking.
What’s not to love?
Join us! And subscribe to us!
youtube.com/@thesundayshot
What’s not to love?
Join us! And subscribe to us!
youtube.com/@thesundayshot
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
This week’s #SundayShot has @drdemography.com and @eddyjokovich.bsky.social plus an interview with @seankelly.bsky.social on the Quarterly Essay that’s got everyone talking.
What’s not to love?
Join us! And subscribe to us!
youtube.com/@thesundayshot
What’s not to love?
Join us! And subscribe to us!
youtube.com/@thesundayshot
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One year ago today, ANU staff resoundingly defeated a proposed variation to the ANU Agreement. Union members led this campaign to defend better pay for all ANU staff.
If you're not a member, we need you with us to take on more and bigger challenges, together. nteu.au/join
If you're not a member, we need you with us to take on more and bigger challenges, together. nteu.au/join
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 AM
One year ago today, ANU staff resoundingly defeated a proposed variation to the ANU Agreement. Union members led this campaign to defend better pay for all ANU staff.
If you're not a member, we need you with us to take on more and bigger challenges, together. nteu.au/join
If you're not a member, we need you with us to take on more and bigger challenges, together. nteu.au/join
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Another day, another story of ChatGPT leading a user into dangerous mental health situations.
How many such stories and cases will be enough to actually get politicians to do something? Or to get universities to stop pushing this onto students?
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
How many such stories and cases will be enough to actually get politicians to do something? Or to get universities to stop pushing this onto students?
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
‘A world-saving mission’: Ontario man alleges ChatGPT drove him to psychosis
When Allan Brooks asked A.I. chatbot, ChatGPT a simple math question for his son, he didn’t expect it to turn into a more than a three-week conversation that would send him down a mental spiral and ma...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Another day, another story of ChatGPT leading a user into dangerous mental health situations.
How many such stories and cases will be enough to actually get politicians to do something? Or to get universities to stop pushing this onto students?
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
How many such stories and cases will be enough to actually get politicians to do something? Or to get universities to stop pushing this onto students?
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
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A former airline pilot turned safety researcher explains the shocking lack of real-world testing to keep women safe in the air and on our roads.
Plane and car crash testing is still designed to keep men safe. That puts women in danger
theconversation.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A former airline pilot turned safety researcher explains the shocking lack of real-world testing to keep women safe in the air and on our roads.
No, claims of a rise of conservatism among young men (compared with women) don’t ring true. New research shows youth gender gap is something we’ve seen across time.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
No, claims of a rise of conservatism among young men (compared with women) don’t ring true. New research shows youth gender gap is something we’ve seen across time.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Fascinating study. Suggesting the much discussed attitudinal gap between young men and women is less a cohort effect, and instead a common experience among all cohorts, that will moderate as men and women age
(1/10) 🚨Preprint alert!🚨
In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
OSF
doi.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Fascinating study. Suggesting the much discussed attitudinal gap between young men and women is less a cohort effect, and instead a common experience among all cohorts, that will moderate as men and women age
Schools closed again… www.act.gov.au/education-an...
Latest updates on ACT public school closures
www.act.gov.au
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Schools closed again… www.act.gov.au/education-an...
Bizarre response from ACT government. Primary schools closed, possibly for days, and NO information about risk or remediation provided to parents and schools. My heart goes out to staff, who have likely paid for these products out of their own pockets. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/911252...
'It could be days': nearly 70 schools closed across ACT due to asbestos risk
Kmart, Target coloured sand recall forces more school closures.
www.canberratimes.com.au
November 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Bizarre response from ACT government. Primary schools closed, possibly for days, and NO information about risk or remediation provided to parents and schools. My heart goes out to staff, who have likely paid for these products out of their own pockets. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/911252...
The owner of a Canberra water park - which btw charged excessively high entry fees, meaning most ordinary folks couldn’t afford it - is being threatened with fines for not opening. It’s a business. And people are losing their minds, saying it must open. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Big Splash confirms at 'eleventh hour' that water park will remain shut
Canberra's only water park will remain closed for the summer despite promises by the site's owners it would reopen by mid-November.
www.abc.net.au
November 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The owner of a Canberra water park - which btw charged excessively high entry fees, meaning most ordinary folks couldn’t afford it - is being threatened with fines for not opening. It’s a business. And people are losing their minds, saying it must open. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
More schools closed in the ACT tomorrow than open. Comms from ACT education are appalling www.act.gov.au/education-an...
ACT public school closures Friday 14 November 2025
www.act.gov.au
November 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
More schools closed in the ACT tomorrow than open. Comms from ACT education are appalling www.act.gov.au/education-an...
No information is available to parents. Last updated Friday. What is happening? I get it’s unfolding, but if there’s a list for FFS let parents know as a top priority. All schools.
More Canberra school to be closed over asbestos fears. But for the life of me I can’t find out which ones! Be better ACT education OMG. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Breaking: ACT to close 69 schools after extra coloured sand products recalled
The ACT will close more schools after additional coloured sand products were recalled by Kmart and Target, while the schools that were shut on Friday will reopen on Monday.
www.abc.net.au
November 16, 2025 at 6:41 AM
No information is available to parents. Last updated Friday. What is happening? I get it’s unfolding, but if there’s a list for FFS let parents know as a top priority. All schools.
More Canberra school to be closed over asbestos fears. But for the life of me I can’t find out which ones! Be better ACT education OMG. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Breaking: ACT to close 69 schools after extra coloured sand products recalled
The ACT will close more schools after additional coloured sand products were recalled by Kmart and Target, while the schools that were shut on Friday will reopen on Monday.
www.abc.net.au
November 16, 2025 at 6:35 AM
More Canberra school to be closed over asbestos fears. But for the life of me I can’t find out which ones! Be better ACT education OMG. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
No, half of Australia isn’t on welfare www.aap.com.au/factcheck/ex...
Experts rubbish claim that half of Australia is on welfare
Social media users are claiming half the country is on welfare, but experts say the true figure is closer to one-in-five.
www.aap.com.au
November 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
No, half of Australia isn’t on welfare www.aap.com.au/factcheck/ex...
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Trump has one playbook:
When truth threatens him, he calls it a “hoax.”
He did it with Russia, Ukraine, COVID, the 2020 election, E. Jean Carroll, and now 20,000+ emails, “The Jeffrey Epstein Hoax”
If it’s all a hoax, why did real people suffer?
He did it with Russia, Ukraine, COVID, the 2020 election, E. Jean Carroll, and now 20,000+ emails, “The Jeffrey Epstein Hoax”
If it’s all a hoax, why did real people suffer?
The Hoax Presidency: From Russia to Epstein
A Decade of Denial, Deflection, and Deceit.
www.livingitwitholiviatroye.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Trump has one playbook:
When truth threatens him, he calls it a “hoax.”
He did it with Russia, Ukraine, COVID, the 2020 election, E. Jean Carroll, and now 20,000+ emails, “The Jeffrey Epstein Hoax”
If it’s all a hoax, why did real people suffer?
He did it with Russia, Ukraine, COVID, the 2020 election, E. Jean Carroll, and now 20,000+ emails, “The Jeffrey Epstein Hoax”
If it’s all a hoax, why did real people suffer?