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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · Sep 8

How do democracies respond to extremist attacks? Selen A Ercan, Jordan McSwiney, Emily Beausoleil, Claire Fitzpatrick & @andreafelicetti.bsky.social explore 2 approaches to resilience- ‘bouncing back’ & deepening democracy. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/I5TbA9U

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

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Australian Journal of Political Science @ausjpolsci.bsky.social · Aug 7

How do the Teals actually vote in parliament? Do they resemble a party in this way? @palesl.bsky.social has the answers in this new research note in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social @auspsa.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The parliamentary voting behaviour of ‘teal’ independent MPs

I examine the voting behaviour of ‘teal’ independent MPs in Australia’s 47th Parliament, addressing ongoing debates about whether these MPs function as effectively as a cohesive party. Using data f...

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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · Aug 8

I been enjoying a lot of Adrian Tchaikovsky stuff lately. City of Last Chances and Cage of Souls were fun.

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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · Aug 3

Had the pleasure of reviewing Civic Engagement in Australian Democracy for the AJPH. Excellent chapters on compulsory and early voting, the Voice referendum and the role of the public, judges and NGOs in democracy - check it out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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ANU Australian Studies Institute @anuausi.bsky.social · Jul 31

How do politicians talk about housing, and does it impact policy?

#ICYMI Political scientists @markriboldi.bsky.social & @pandanuspetter.bsky.social join @marijataflaga.bsky.social to discuss housing policy, safety nets and the fair go.

#AUListen 🎧 #DemocracySausage ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra...

Democracy Sausage Episode: 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. How do politicians talk about housing, and does it impact policy? W...

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · Jul 31

New Closing the Gap data show Australia is on track to meet just four targets, while another four are getting worse. It’s time for a new approach.

👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/progres...

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Daniel Casey 🎗️✡️ @danielcaseycbr.bsky.social · Jul 30

New article & 1st from my PhD! Is there a rel’ship between letters from the public to the Prime Minister & topics of speeches. I find evidence of deliberate, systemic non-responsiveness. The PM knowingly ignored this form of public opinion. @govandopp.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/gov....

Responsiveness to the Public Opinion Expressed in Letters to Political Leaders: Insights from Australia | Government and Opposition | Cambridge Core

Responsiveness to the Public Opinion Expressed in Letters to Political Leaders: Insights from Australia

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Dr Nathan Fioritti @nathanfioritti.bsky.social · Jul 29

The latest from me in @aunz.theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-greens-e...

The Greens’ expulsion of a co-founder is unlikely to jeopardise the party’s future

The expulsion of co-founder Drew Hutton shows transgender rights and safety are not negotiable for the party.

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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · Jul 30

In this episode I reference a paper by @cosmohoward.bsky.social and I where we analyzed narratives and strategies in Oz Parliament around the phrase 'Housing Crisis' 2020-2023 check it out:

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Do crisis narratives encourage redistribution? Australian housing policy debates during COVID-19 | Journal of Social Policy | Cambridge Core

Do crisis narratives encourage redistribution? Australian housing policy debates during COVID-19

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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). 😱🏠💰🗣️

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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.

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Daniel Casey 🎗️✡️ @danielcaseycbr.bsky.social · Jul 28

Pol comm; representation; & leg affairs scholars! Check out UKMP Inbox - a database of UK MP's enewsletters. Builds on @dcinbox.bsky.social and canberrainbox.com.au.

@ecpr-polcom.bsky.social @psa-parliaments.bsky.social @psaexecpolitics.bsky.social @psaepop.bsky.social @psabcpe.bsky.social

Adam L. Ozer @ozerthinking.bsky.social · Jul 28

Introducing The UK MP Inbox: a public database of email newsletters written by UK Members of Parliament.

To read more about the Inbox, I wrote a blog post discussing these data and some potential use cases for social scientists and researchers:

adamlozer.github.io/blog/posts/2...

#polisky

Adam L. Ozer, Ph.D. - The UK MP Inbox

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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...

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Daniel Casey 🎗️✡️ @danielcaseycbr.bsky.social · Jul 29

2yrs since #Robodebt Report, we turn our attention to whether the APS is responding/learning. In this ANU Policy Brief @mariamaley4 & I look at how the broader APS is responding.

policybrief.anu.edu.au/aps-leaders-...

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Making sense of Robodebt’s failures is key to cultural reform in the APS - ANU Policy Brief

ANU research shows many public service leaders failed to communicate with staff about the lessons and implications of the Robodebt scandal.

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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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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · Jul 27

Amen

Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · Jul 27

democracy is tricky, gimme a break!

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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · Jul 24

Should we lower the voting age to 16, and if so should we make it compulsory? The gang (@jillesheppard.bsky.social, @powercleanpolitics.bsky.social @blairwilliams26.bsky.social Faith Gordon) and I weigh in. Check it out!
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Should Australia lower the voting age to 16 like the UK? We asked 5 experts

The UK wants to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to vote in the next general election in 2029. 5 experts give their verdicts on if Australia should do the same.

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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · Jul 24

I really need to log into this thing more regularly! Hurray for compulsory voting, and boo to the void. Of course, we have it and we're still fairly dissatisfied with our democracy...

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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · Jun 12

A really fascinating article which has come along just as I'm thinking about political place-making, representations of self and Bob Katter...

Journal of Australian Studies @jas-jozstudies.bsky.social · Jun 12

Next in 49.2, guest editor @sybiln.bsky.social examines the impact of Menzies' narrative of self as a child of the Victorian Mallee on shaping public knowledge about the regions.

#OzStudies #Menzies #elites #RegionalHistory #Mallee

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Screenshot of journal article. Title: "Robert Menzies’s Mallee: The Region as a Frame of Elite Struggle". Author: Sybil Nolan, University of Melbourne. Abstract: This article explores how Australia’s longest-serving prime minister, Sir Robert Menzies (1894–1978), framed his origin story as a child of the Victorian Mallee. By 1898, when Menzies was three, the Federation drought had begun. Local water trusts charged farmers and residents for water that often they were unable to deliver. The result was political conflict over water security. Although Menzies, who grew up in Jeparit, remembered the drought all his life, the water crisis itself received scant notice in his memoir, Afternoon Light (1967). This article considers the agency of elites in shaping public knowledge of the regions from which they rise and how critical elite history can use interdisciplinary approaches to produce new insights into elites and their social impact.

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Australian Journal of Political Science @ausjpolsci.bsky.social · May 22

We are here! Welcome to the new Bluesky account of the Australian Journal of Political Science (AJPS), the official journal of the Australian Political Studies Association (‪@auspsa.bsky.social‬)! 1/1

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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...

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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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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · May 20

Thats my understanding. Plenty of loose 'tendencies' inside the tent, but I think your Gold Coast pro business types, west Queensland old school nats, country town social conservatives and everybody else have a lot of pragmatic glue holding them together.

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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · May 20

Crisafulli didn't seem too keen on nuclear, but I guess it's something they can manage internally. Of course, I could be totally wrong.

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