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lisadenny.bsky.social
Dr Lisa Denny
@lisadenny.bsky.social
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Systems Thinker. Demographer. Researcher. Educator. Mum. www.lisadenny.com.au
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · 2d
There are always consequences to decisions that need to be thought through BEFORE making decisions. With an ageing population and ⬆️ health services demand plus the need for ⬆️ STEM knowledge and skills,why on earth stop subsidising laboratory technicians?! #politas www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
From $4,000 to $21,000 — lab training in Tasmania could be a thing of the past
Tasmanian TAFE graduates worry as some locally taught courses that helped them forge a career may disappear as the cost to study them increases dramatically.
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · 2d
This is occurring because Australia failed to plan for an ageing population. We are just at the start. Successive governments have tried to 'grow our way out of it' through economic growth, exacerbating the issue over the longer term (i.e.⬇️TFR) #politas #auspol
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · 3d
The reality is that for all age groups apart from those 45 to 69 years, more people are leaving Tasmania than arriving here to live. Since 2021 on ave.13K arrive and 16K depart each year with a net loss of 2.7K. Whole families are leaving. The reasons are likely multifactor and personal. #politas
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · 3d
If the response to this is ‘let’s build a stadium’ I will scream 😱

We need systemic responses to systemic issues. Act with a sense of purpose.

#politas

Brain drain fears amid youth exodus from Tasmania www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmani...
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · 3d
If the response to this is ‘let’s build a stadium’ I will scream 😱

We need systemic responses to systemic issues. Act with a sense of purpose.

#politas

Brain drain fears amid youth exodus from Tasmania www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmani...
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · 13d
Today at 4pm I’ll be chatting with David Reilly on ABC Drive @4ish to chat all things ‘climate refugee migration’ to Tasmania #politas
Hint - more Tasmanians move to Queensland that Queenslanders move to Tasmania.
I reckon there will be a few taswegians in QLD for the school hols, too #wishiwas 😊
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · 15d
Tasmania (and many Tasmanians) suffer from romanticism.
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · 15d
While anecdotal evidence that suggests that Tasmania is, and will be, a haven for climate 'refugees', there is little empirical evidence to support this notion. Migration is complex. More people move to other states than arrive here (except for NSW and NT) #politas www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · 16d
This is incredibly short-sighted given serious mismatch in housing demand and supply. Older people are unable to downsize due to lack of appropriate housing (wider doorways, accessible bathrooms etc) preventing young people/families getting into housing #politas www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmani...
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · 20d
What population data is most meaningful? A Tasmanian perspective on the ABS National, State and Territory population data released yesterday #politas lisadenny.substack.com/p/what-popul...
What population data is most meaningful?
Release of ABS National, State and Territory population data
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · 25d
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
When speaking doesn't come easily, the consequences can be life altering
One in four children starting school now has a speech or language delay. It can hold back their learning, affect their friendships and harm their mental health. Speech therapists are struggling to fin...
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · 29d
Today, when I was giving a webinar my screen went black. Afterwards, I found out why.
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · Sep 4
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
The rich are 'squeezing out' ordinary people and this millionaire aims to stop it
Gary Stevenson achieved his childhood dream of becoming rich by his mid-20s. The 39-year-old now spends most of his time campaigning against the wealthy.
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · Sep 3
Course: Decision-making and demographic change using a systems thinking framework - 20/21 Nov

Designed to expand your knowledge + understanding of the interdependent nature of the systems we work in and how decisions we make influence socio-demographic change
Info: www.lisadenny.com.au
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · Aug 28
No surprises here. Population change is largely predictable. Data reflects decisions made by people - where they live, if they have children and how many. Better understanding the drivers of decisions enables better prediction, planning/shaping change, informing investment and services etc #politas
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · Aug 27
Interesting but unsurprising comments so far - cue societal collapse if we don’t do something. Maybe not in our lifetimes but the trajectory is already there… living standards will definitely decline in our lifetimes if they (decision-makers) don’t act with purpose. RW will suffer too.
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · Aug 27
I have extensively researched and commented on these issues for almost two decades (including a PhD0. See here www.lisadenny.com.au
Read my speech to the Tasmanian Economic Roundtable here www.lisadenny.com.au/uploads/1/5/...
Read my musings of solutions here
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · Aug 27
Those repeated quick fixes compound the problem, and here we are today with persistent low productivity rates, underutilised women, less educated men and ultra-low fertility rates. 5/5 #politas #auspol
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · Aug 27
Perhaps its time spend more time in problem diagnosis and to actually find the cause/s of productivity decline and address those rather than the 'quick fixes' favoured by decision-makers aligned with election cycles. 4/5
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · Aug 27
The reality is, as women's' educational attainment and their subsequent labour force participation has been increasing since the 1960s, men's educational attainment has been decreasing along with their labour force participation. 3/5
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · Aug 27
Perhaps when some 'solutions' are presented to us to improve productivity they (being decision/policy-makers) may not be asking women to shoulder the responsibility like they usually do (improve labour force participation rates, have more children, do it for your country, etc). 2/5
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · Aug 27
Perhaps now that mainstream media has finally connected poor literacy - particularly for boys - to low productivity, we may seem some action with purpose? (thanks James Campbell)
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · Aug 26
Great to see the Opposition Leader take on the crucial portfolios of education and economic development - the full pipeline of the education system 👏👏 #politas
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · Aug 24
More examples of not thinking through the potential consequences (particularly unintended ones) at the time of decision-making. Whatever upcoming ‘decisions’ are made re the 3Ps need to give serious consideration to potential longer term implications #systemsthinking

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Treasury is preoccupied with three P-words that won't improve your life
The failure to match population with housing and infrastructure has led to a more serious decline in living standards than is evident from GDP per capita statistics.
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · Aug 24
The economic reforms of the late 20thC did not use a systems thinking approach nor consider the unintended consequences - we now have greater inequity and intergenerational unfairness. Any reforms today must consider/predict any -ve consequences and redesign.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
The 'golden era' of reform in the 1980s and 90s had a dark side
Treasurer Jim Chalmers won't be making big reforms to the tax system immediately. He knows major policy changes can have unintended consequences.
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Dr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · Aug 23
Agree. Got to hold on to some hope but it will take political will and a sense of purpose to first see the opportunities and then grasp them.