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Kurt Sengul @kurtsengul.bsky.social · Aug 18

🚨 We have a new article out in Political Studies

Will hopefully be of interest to scholars of the far-right, party politics, social movements, and anyone drawing breath really

Led by the excellent Imogen Richards, & Callum Jones & with Jordan McSwiney & me

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · Aug 12

stories out of the Australian Senate inquiry into University Governance are horrific - but what several people testified about @ouranu.bsky.social today is beyond the pale. All solidarity with brave Liz Allen www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Academic labels Julie Bishop ‘hostile and arrogant’ in tearful evidence to ANU inquiry

Liz Allen alleged she was ‘bullied into near suicide’ at the institution

www.theguardian.com

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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · Jul 30

@marijataflaga.bsky.social @markriboldi.bsky.social and I have a chat about UBIs & crisis thinking in housing and social welfare policy. I haven't listened, so if I say anything regrettable just know I've grown and changed since back then (yesterday). 😱🏠💰🗣️

reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/...

Democracy Sausage: Safety nets below and a roof above

Political scientists Mark Riboldi and Pandanus Petter join Democracy Sausage to discuss housing policy, safety nets and the fair go.

reporter.anu.edu.au

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Australian Journal of Political Science @ausjpolsci.bsky.social · Jul 28

We know the Albanese government won by a landslide in the 2025, but does this mean that Albo's model of 'consensus politics' is the way to go? @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social
& Rob Manwaring dig in on 'consensus politics' in contemporary social-democratic politics www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Recalibrating labour-capital relations: a typology of consensus politics under the Albanese Labor Government

This article examines the Albanese Labor Government's adoption of ‘consensus politics’ as a governing strategy, drawing comparisons with the corporatist approaches of previous Australian Labor gove...

www.tandfonline.com

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emilyrosefoley.bsky.social @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social · Jul 17

Hello Sydneysiders! On Tuesday 23rd Sep join Frank Bongiorno, George Megalogenis, @bspiesbutcher.bsky.social, @lizhumphrys.bsky.social & me for our public event A New Australian Politics: Rupture or Realignment. Registration is free & we'd love to see you there! events.humanitix.com/a-new-austra...

A New Australian Politics: Rupture or Realignment
Please join us on at the University of Technology Sydney on Tuesday 23 September 2025, for a public event on the future of Australian democracy.

Is Australia entering a new political era? With a record majority off a near record low primary vote, the new parliament continues the rise of new electoral coalitions, unsettling our assumptions about class, gender, race, and power.
Our stellar panellists George Megalogenis, Frank Bongiorno, Elizabeth Humphrys, Ben Spies-Butcher, and Emily Foley will be engaged in a wide-ranging discussion exploring whether we’re witnessing a rupture or a realignment in Australian politics, and what it means for political life today. The conversation will explore how the traditional party duopoly is being eroded under pressure from shifting demographics, growing economic inequality, and increasing political disillusionment. What happens when the working class no longer feels represented, and when younger, more diverse voters no longer see themselves in the major parties?
Tuesday 23 September — UTS Green Lecture Theatre

Building 7 — Room 025 (full location details below)
Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/a-new-australian-politics-rupture-or-realignment
Speakers
George Megalogenis is an author and journalist with over thirty years’ experience in the media, including over a decade in the federal parliamentary press gallery. His latest Quarterly Essay, Minority Report, explores the strategies and secret understandings of a political culture under pressure.
Frank Bongiorno is based at the Australian National University and author of several works of Australian history, including The Eighties: The Decade That Transformed Australia (2015) and Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia (2022). He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Australian Academy of Humanities.
Elizabeth Humphrys is the Head of Discipline of Social and Political Scie…

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Finley Watson @finwatson.bsky.social · Jun 26

Excited to share my first ever peer-reviewed journal article, now published open access in Television & New Media.
It looks at how political influencers are using YouTube to engage young audiences and the potential implications for participatory politics.

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emilyrosefoley.bsky.social @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social · Jul 4

Nice one Finley!!

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emilyrosefoley.bsky.social @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social · Jun 17

We're in @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social's Political Insight this week unpacking a bit about what British parties could learn from Australia’s election journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

What British Parties Could Learn From Australia’s Election - Emily Foley, Zareh Ghazarian, Rob Manwaring, Ben Wellings, 2025

journals.sagepub.com

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Political Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social · Jun 3

Latest issue out now!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1467923x...

With @eunicegoes.bsky.social Grant Duncan @claire-ainsley.bsky.social @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social Rob Manwaring Jörg Michael Dostal @pjsloman.bsky.social
Archie Brown @nicholasdjames.bsky.social @iaindocherty.bsky.social Jon Shaw

The Political Quarterly: Vol 96, No 2

Click on the title to browse this issue

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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emilyrosefoley.bsky.social @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social · May 25

Grazieee Sofia!!

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Kurt Sengul @kurtsengul.bsky.social · May 21

🚨 Happy to see my new paper with Prof Marian Sawer out in the Australian Journal of Political Science

The good news: it’s open access

The bad news: It’s about the “war on woke”

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The war on woke: continuity and change in Australian anti-elitist discourses

The ‘War on Woke’ is the latest form of populist anti-elitist discourse in Australia. It includes a number of elements already analysed 20 years ago such as the role of the Murdoch print media in c...

www.tandfonline.com

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emilyrosefoley.bsky.social @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social · May 22

We're in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social, examining the ALP's first term in government and exploring the resurgence of 'consensus' politics. This one is also open access!

Recalibrating labour-capital relations: a typology of consensus politics under the Albanese Labor Government

This article examines the Albanese Labor Government's adoption of ‘consensus politics’ as a governing strategy, drawing comparisons with the corporatist approaches of previous Australian Labor gove...

www.tandfonline.com

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Mark Riboldi @markriboldi.bsky.social · May 20

Fun fact: On Meta, during the #FederalElection Anti-Nuclear\LNP orgs outspent pro-Nuclear/LNP ones d almost 3:1.

Me in the Conversation looking at the biggest third party spenders on Meta in the federal election. #AusPol

theconversation.com/follow-the-m...

Follow the money: the organisations that spent the most on social media during the election

Climate 200, Advance Australia and the ACTU were some of the biggest third party social media advertising spenders during the 2025 election campaign.

theconversation.com

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Dr Nathan Fioritti @nathanfioritti.bsky.social · May 15

Larissa Waters is the Greens' new leader. Besides having an apt surname for an ecological party leader, what do we know about her? And what might we expect from her leadership of Australia's largest minor party?

New piece from me in @aunz.theconversation.com theconversation.com/fresh-start-...

Fresh start for the Greens, with new leader Larissa Waters

Larissa Waters will be tasked with rebuilding the Greens in the lower house after its near election wipe out and managing the sole balance of power in the Senate

theconversation.com

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emilyrosefoley.bsky.social @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social · May 14

Gracias Pepe. DEP

NPR @npr.org · May 13

José Mujica, the charismatic former guerrilla fighter who later went on to lead Uruguay and became known as "the world's poorest president" for his austere lifestyle, has died at 89.

Uruguay's ex-President José Mujica, nicknamed 'world's poorest president,' dies at 89

José Mujica, the charismatic former guerrilla fighter who later went on to lead Uruguay and became known as "the world's poorest president" for his austere lifestyle, has died at 89.

www.npr.org

emilyrosefoley.bsky.social @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social · May 10

Rob and I have a new(ish) article in Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. In the paper we discuss the extent to which the first term Albanese Labor Government reshaped Australia's political economy. It's open access too!

A ‘new economic model’ in Australia? The political economy of the Australian Labor Party

The election of the Labor government in Australia in 2022, under the leadership of Anthony Albanese, marked a change in the political and economic direction of the country. Post-pandemic, the Labor...

www.tandfonline.com

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emilyrosefoley.bsky.social @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social · May 7

I'll be chatting to comrades at the Migrant Workers Centre on June 18th about some of my research on temporary labour migration and the ALP government. Registration is free and open to all!

18 June - Upcoming Research Webinar: Migration Policy and PALM Workers

Please RSVP: 18 June - Upcoming Research Webinar: Migration Policy and PALM Workers

www.migrantworkers.org.au

emilyrosefoley.bsky.social @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social · May 6

Can send you all the tik tok’s I have compiled of Rennick stan accounts if you do this project haha

emilyrosefoley.bsky.social @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social · May 5

I was going to post a photo of me holding this book HOT OFF THE PRESS but my airline has lost my luggage so have a read of this blog post and then go and get a copy of @ptheodoropoulos.bsky.social's new book. I have read it and it's brilliant! Also ask for your institutional library to buy a copy.

Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · May 1

The socialization of precarity may be forged through the sweat, blood & anxieties of migrant workers’ daily experiences – but it feeds on the desire for dignity, autonomy, security & strength. Hence its insidious power.

Out this International Workers’ Day ↓
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Ben Raue @benraue.com · May 3

Blog post summarising the night is up, and I'm going to bed www.tallyroom.com.au/60426 #ausvotes

Australia 2025 – Wrap-up of the night

Good morning, I have been writing this blog post after getting home to wrap my own head around the scale of the count. I expect I will have some issues with the website’s accessibility today,…

www.tallyroom.com.au

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emilyrosefoley.bsky.social @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social · May 2

Where can I file my complaint that there is no sausage sizzle in Australia House in London?

Democracy Sausage

A real-time crowd-sourced map of sausage and cake availability at Australian elections. It's practically part of the Australian Constitution. Or something. #demsausage

democracysausage.org

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Phoebe Hayman @phoebehayman.bsky.social · Apr 30

The boom in early voting has consequences for campaign timing and strategies

Today I spoke with the ABC about how major, minor and independent candidates are adapting their campaigns to this new normal in different ways

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

More than 4 million Australians have already voted. Major political parties take note

Applications for postal votes close tonight at 6pm but early voters are wasting no time having their say.

www.abc.net.au

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Pat Leslie @palesl.bsky.social · Apr 28

My piece on the voting behaviour of the teals has made it to the AusJPS. New, improved and open access.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · Apr 15

"The Distinctive Vocabularies of Right-Wing Populists" by Stefano Ondelli & me, out in the new issue of Government & Opposition.

We examine the keywords of Trump, Le Pen & Salvini, compared to some of their principal mainstream rivals.

A bit of a thread...🧵

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The Distinctive Vocabularies of Right-Wing Populists | Government and Opposition | Cambridge Core

The Distinctive Vocabularies of Right-Wing Populists - Volume 60 Issue 2

www.cambridge.org

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · Apr 25

#OtD 25 Apr 1945 Milan and Turin were liberated from fascism following workers' uprisings and a general strike. The date has since been celebrated as Italy's annual 'Day of Liberation'. Learn more in our podcast series on the Italian resistance: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9705...

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