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Alistair Sisson

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Alistair Sisson @alistairsisson.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
On Waterloo: with demolitions imminent and activists attempting to stop them, I thought I'd write a primer on the redevelopment and the key problems with it. This is also the first post in my new substack where I'll be sharing future research and ideas on housing open.substack.com/pub/moresoci...
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A critical primer on the redevelopment of the Waterloo estate
In the last few days, housing activists in Sydney occupied part of the Waterloo public housing estate.
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Ben Spies-Butcher @bspiesbutcher.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Great piece from my colleague @alistairsisson.bsky.social exploring the implications of our voter data on the ##HousingCrisis johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
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As the home ownership dream fades, Australians may be open to a frank conversation about house prices
One of the most basic axioms in Australian politics is that voters support rising house prices. John Howard expressed this axiom when he infamously remarked that no one had ever told him “I'm angry wi...
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Ben Spies-Butcher @bspiesbutcher.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
What do voters think about the housing crisis? Just out in @aunz.theconversation.com our piece (w @shaunwilson.bsky.social @alistairsisson.bsky.social Kristian Ruming and Adam Stebbing) for MQ's Housing and Urban Research Centre exploring #Housing attitudes theconversation.com/most-austral...
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Most Australians agree there’s a housing crisis. But they differ on what’s causing it – and how to fix it
New research shows older voters believe immigration is crunching housing supply, while young voters blame high interest rates and low wage growth.
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
This is a ridiculous and damaging move from the ARC which should cause all academics here and abroad substantial concern. www.afr.com/policy/healt...
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Research funding body suspends grant to pro-Palestinian academic
Controversial academic Randa Abdel-Fattah, who has said Zionists “have no claim or right to cultural safety”, has had her $870,000 research grant suspended.
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Alistair Sisson @alistairsisson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Open letter in solidarity with Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah and condemning the latest attempt to silence her — please sign & share docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open Letter on Academic Freedom
We, the undersigned, write to express our condemnation of the decision by the Education Minister Jason Clare to request the Australian Research Council (ARC) to investigate the Future Fellowship of M...
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Nat Osborne she/her @drnatosborne.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Incarceration doesn't make for safer communities - this carceral "common sense" needs critical examination so we can understand what prisons are really for, & the impact they really have, in the colony Thanks @emmakrussell.bsky.social @francismarkham.work @blatmannaama.bsky.social Andrew Burridge!
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Alistair Sisson @alistairsisson.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Came to Brian Howe’s archives to read housing stuff, stayed for his hatred of cars
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Aya Nassar @ayanassar.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Proud to be part of team who has been working on this: “Palestine: Spaces and Politics”. An introductory curriculum to Palestine in context, using a spatial lens. Most resources are open access, prioritizing Palestinian authors. #menasky, #geosky palestine.araburbanism.com
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Palestine: Spaces and Politics
Introductory Curriculum
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Amplify Palestine @amplifypalestine.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
"Boycotts are effective, and ending complicity is a profound ethical obligation that Palestinians have asked us to fulfill." Leanne Betasamosake Simpson & Robyn Maynard on the "largest cultural boycott from writers since the South African anti-apartheid movement" breachmedia.ca/why-we-boyco...
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Why we boycott Israel: ‘One day everyone will have always been against this’ ⋆ The Breach
More than 6,000 literary workers have pledged to stop working with institutions that support the horrors in Gaza
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