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Dr Liz Allen

@drdemography.com
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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

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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 25/09/2026
ANU Council is rebuilding and you could be part of the new governance of Australia’s national university. Check it out www.anu.edu.au/jobs/anu-cou...
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ANU Council Members
We welcome individuals who bring diverse perspectives, expertise and lived experience, and who are committed to advancing the University's mission, values and long-term success. Council membership pro...
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ANU Australian Studies Institute @anuausi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
OUT NOW! Treasurer of Australia and ANU Alum, The Hon @jimchalmers.bsky.social, joins @markgkenny.bsky.social and @drdemography.com on #DemocracySausage 🌭🎙️ to unpack the 2026 Intergenerational Report. #auspol 🎧👉 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra...
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 29/08/2026
Intolerance and anti-immigration sentiment on the rise in Australia, as racism and racist attacks increase www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Fears for social cohesion as anti-immigration views rise in Australia
The 2026 Lowy Institute Poll records the largest ever decline in support for cultural diversity in Australia, with some saying they live in fear of racist attacks even in the largely progressive city ...
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 28/08/2026
While we’re at it, can renters get interest paid on their rental bonds? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
ACT Greens say bond transfer scheme would prevent 'doubling up' for moving renters
The ACT Greens say the current system where som renters must pay for an extra bond before their old one is returned has made moving home unaffordable for many Canberrans.
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 27/08/2026
Devastating. I’m pleased to see Australia stepping up and providing some financial aid. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Live: Nepal-Tibet flood kills 392, at least 39 Australians missing
Grave fears are held for hundreds of people missing after flash floods swept through mountainous parts of Nepal and Tibet. At least 39 Australians are among those reported missing, Foreign Minister Pe...
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 27/08/2026
Experts call for safe(er) sex education as police investigate choking link to girl's death www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Experts' warning following 16yo's death after possible sexual choking act
Experts are calling for greater education on the risks of strangulation after the death of a Sydney teenage girl, which the ABC understands is related to a suspected sexual choking act.
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 27/08/2026
‘this is about what happens to women who express opinions’ www.canberratimes.com.au/story/933840...
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What Mark Parton said to me after he sicced his followers on me
Mark Parton taught me a lesson in malicious smears.
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 27/08/2026
New ANU scholarship scheme to help overcome the barriers to university access. This is truly fabulous. “Talent and potential exist in every community, but opportunity does not,” Professor Brown said. reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/...
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New ANU Vice-Chancellor Scholars Program opens doors for students facing barriers to university
The Australian National University (ANU) has launched a new flagship scholarship program designed to help overcome barriers to higher education and support students from across Australia to study and ...
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 24/08/2026
Statement on ANU apology for ‘indefensible treatment’
I am pleased with the resolution agreed with the Australian National University. I look forward to helping the University rebuild trust, and helping to ensure that what happened to me is not the experience of future whistleblowers.
I would like to thank: my lawyer Dougal Hurley who has worked tirelessly in pursuit of accountability, my friends in parliament and academia, and my husband and family whose unwavering support sustained me.
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 23/08/2026
‘parents caring for young children with disability are twice as likely to experience psychological distress and nearly twice as likely to say they are not in good health’ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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'Survival mode': Study reveals toll on parents of children with disability
A major Australian study finds parents caring for young children with disability are twice as likely to say they are in poor health, feeling constantly in demand and lonely.
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Dr Gemma L Saravanos @glsaravanos.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Evidence suggests gloves aren't routinely needed for injections, yet practice varies widely. Our review highlights the need for clear, consistent, evidence-based guidance to support safe sustainable practice 👋💉 See the #preprint on ResearchSquare www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-1...
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Sustainable glove use of nurses and midwives when administering injections: A scoping review
Background Inappropriate non-sterile glove use presents patient and healthcare worker safety risks and contributes to healthcare waste and emissions. Existing guidelines suggest gloves are not routin...
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 21/08/2026
Ad running on Facebook
AFL footy shop
True colour never fade 
Picture is Issac Heeney
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 21/08/2026
Hear hear!! Fat people cannot win, regardless of what we do. And I’ve had enough | Rebecca Shaw www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Fat people cannot win, regardless of what we do. And I’ve had enough | Rebecca Shaw
Using weight loss drugs like Ozempic is not ‘cheating’ – and why does it matter how a person changes their body anyway?
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/08/2026
All aboard the cervical screening bus: how NHS clinic-on-wheels is saving lives
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All aboard the cervical screening bus: how NHS clinic-on-wheels is saving lives
Exclusive: With no appointment needed and a relaxed environment, bus clinic encourages more women to be checked
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 13/08/2026
My colleagues at the Australian Data Archive have released some very awesome data! Electric Vehicle Survey 2025. Get on it! www.linkedin.com/posts/austra...
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What influences Australians when choosing their next car?
The Australian Data Archive (ADA) is pleased to announce the publication of the Electric Vehicle Survey 2025, providing new research data on how Australian consumers make decisions when purchasing a new vehicle.
The survey captured responses from 3,756
Australian consumers who had either recently purchased a vehicle or were planning to purchase one within the next 12 months. It explores the considerations that influence whether consumers consider or purchase electric, hybrid, petrol or diesel vehicles.
Explore the Electric Vehicle Survey 2025 dataset through the Australian Data Archive:
https://Inkd.in/e7-xffUM
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 11/08/2026
Happy Census Day! #Census2026au www.abs.gov.au/media-centre...
abs.gov.au
You can still complete your Census, even if you haven’t received your instructions
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Ben Schwarz @benschwarz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...
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More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds
The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Thread, on the use of gAI to produce xenophobic videos featuring stereotypes of the dangerous, dirty, sexually predatory, violent foreigner threatening the cleanliness, order and peace of China. Fascinating, and terrifying.
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 29/07/2026
How to navigate shifting political views in your romantic relationship www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
"[And remembering] you might disagree about political issues, but there's a lot in the relationship that's meaningful and that brings you joy."

She also recommends:

Being charitable during discussions
Picking your battles
Trying to reconstruct arguments with facts
Don't automatically assume bad motives
Find out if there's compromise
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 29/07/2026
This feels dystopian. Not a life or limb service. Just more inequality.
Australia's first stand-alone private ED opens pitching shorter wait times
$375 gets you private emergency treatment and shorter queues.
Steve Evans • 1hr ago
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 28/07/2026
#Census2026au is two weeks away! Two weeks!
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 29/11/2025
#Census2026au will be the most progressive population stocktake Australia has ever seen, as gender and sexual orientation are finally added www.abs.gov.au/census/2026-...
Changes to content for the 2026 census
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 27/07/2026
I was teaching in a class of about 200-odd today when the national test alert sounded. Most of our phones sounded right on 2pm, though not totally in sync. It made a gloriously consuming sound. (We were very excited). For ~30mins afterward random phones were still sounding in isolated cases.
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 25/07/2026
Diabolical there isn’t sufficient accountability of what happened under Berry’s leadership. Details must be exposed, and not just for this but any other suspicious matters. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/931708...
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A $200k soft landing? Why Yvette Berry should leave the Legislative Assembly
Why stepping down from the cabinet is not true accountability.
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 23/07/2026
Minister resigns to avoid a circus. More like avoiding accountability. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
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'I don't want a circus': ACT Education Minister resigns from cabinet
ACT Education Minister Yvette Berry resigns after the Integrity Commission made "serious corrupt conduct" findings against two senior public servants in her portfolio.
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 23/07/2026
The good people ABS have compiled the options for getting help with #Census2026au in language. Check it out and tell your friends. www.abs.gov.au/media-centre...
In-language support options for the 2026
Census
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 22/07/2026
I can confirm these are AHmazing. And so is Prof Bradby. 🥧
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 21/07/2026
‘The Labor Party collected more than $4 million in gambling donations in five years, including $1.5 million around the last election, as it dithered on reform before backing down from a full crackdown on betting advertising.’ www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
smh.com.au
Labor’s millions in gambling donations revealed amid last-ditch push for reform
The Labor Party collected more than $4 million in gambling donations over the last five years, including $1.5 million around the last election.
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 21/07/2026
ANU has been to hell and back. It’s time we come together. It’s time for a BIG community block party! ANU turns 80 this year and to celebrate the campus is opening up to all. Please come along. Bring your friends, the family! There’s free face painting!! www.anu.edu.au/about/our-hi...

ANU Community Day on 15
August
The Australian National University (ANU) turns 80 this year, and we're inviting Canberra to join the celebration. Experience our beautiful campus and discover the rich stories of the ANU community.
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Benjamin T. Jones @drbenjaminjones.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
It was great to get a few quotes in this article along with the one and only @drdemography.com www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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A dark chapter of Australia's past is resurfacing in immigration politics
Australia ended the White Australia policy decades ago. A new immigration debate has revived concern about its ideas.
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 21/07/2026
Research upon research has shown that Australia’s privatised employment services don’t help people get jobs, it’s punitive and serves only the providers - helping them get rich and richer www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
abc.net.au
Job system broken for workers, booming for private equity, report says
A new report argues Australia's employment services system is failing jobseekers, while filling the pockets of private equity firms and millionaires.
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Looking at that footage of Barnaby Joyce, as I used to look at Mark Latham ... can't help thinking about how having an unpredictable adult in a family house - who goes from sullen to rage in an instant - can be terrifying.
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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The missing piece
Artistaffame published a post on Ko-fi
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Data houses. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame.  A row of data centres with construction team including Ute marked “DATA-CON”and crane upstage. Downstage a man in construction overalls marked “DATA-CON” talking to another in a suit with briefcase and rolled plans, says, “When the crash comes, we can refit them as cheap housing for people who don’t mind a lack of windows.”
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Dan Ilic @danilic.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Finally — woke is over. A man can become the leader of a Women's publication purely on merit.
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 20/07/2026
Come join us @ourANU for a symposium in November on the topic of grandparents. Hurry, abstracts are due the end of July! Please share.
Grandparenting in Australia:
A Multidisciplinary Symposium
Thursday 26 November 2026
The Australian National University
Call For Papers

We are planning a special issue of a Q1 journal to follow the symposium, with full papers due by April 2027.
Indigenous and ECR scholars may be eligible for a limited number of travel subsidies. The symposium will also be free and catering will be provided.
Please submit a 300-word abstract and a short bio to Associate Professor Francesco Ricatti (francesco.ricatti@anu.edu.au) and Dr Emily Gallagher (emily.gallagher@anu.edu.au) by 31 July 2026.
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 20/07/2026
Why does Australia take a census? It’s our only national family photograph and it provides valuable evidence about who we are and how and where we live. My explainer from 2025. #Census2026au is 11 August - we all count! theconversation.com/australias-c...
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Australia’s census is getting a stress test – keeping it going is good for everyone
Census testing begins next month ahead of the 2026 official headcount. National census are under threat overseas, threatening the collection of quality data.
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
A month ago old mate columnist told boomers, the luckiest, most recipient generation in history, to organise to lobby for even more privileges. But now it's wrong to tell women which advertisers support sexist drivel on radio, in case they wanna boycott 'em? #logic www.theage.com.au/national/the...
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These ‘witches’ claim to have brought down Kyle, Karl and Alan Jones. In fact, they’re bullies
But by what right does activist group Mad F---ing Witches appoint itself as guardian of what is proper and fair? How representative are they of the “real” audience?
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/07/2026
Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 18/07/2026
'Social media bans are likely to make things worse: psychologist Candice Odgers on kids, tech and mental health. Maybe we should just kick all men off the internet? www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
The quickest way to make being online safer for children and teens would be to kick all adult men off the internet, the Canadian psychologist Candice
Odgers believes. Men are the biggest perpetrators of sextortion and most likely to spread misinformation, she says.
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 16/07/2026
Reminder that data centres have driven new capital expenditure in Australia. In other words, data centres are good for business. But are they on balance good for the nation?
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Luke Pearson @lukelpearson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 13/07/2026
Don’t be a census vandal. Answer truthfully. P.S. More Australians report no religion on the census than any other single religion. #Census2026au
Jill Marinelli
@JillMarinelli1
X.com
Something to remember Census night
Make sure to tick a Christian religion even if you are an atheist on census night.
We need to ensure Australia stays primarily a Christian country.
Please do your bit to help keep Australia
Christian
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 13/07/2026
Principles listed here won’t prevent what happened at ANU. The government has the opportunity to make good change to prevent wrongdoing. This is putting lipstick on a pig! www.canberratimes.com.au/story/930902...
Australia's universities will be forced to publish consultancy expenditure, the decisions of governance meetings and salaries of executives under a set of new federal principles.
A new standard on preventing and responding to racism, which will force universities to adopt a contentious definition of anti-Semitism in an attempt to stamp out discrimination, is also set to be implemented.
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Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Which is pretty much like the rest of the country. I think we’re so much better than the people peddling division give us credit for
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 11/07/2026
In this friendship group there are 'no Jews, no Muslims, just one big family' www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
abc.net.au
In this friendship group there are 'no Jews, no Muslims, just one big family'
When a group of Jewish mates decided to support a newly arrived Muslim family, all of their lives would change. Together they have flipped expectations about religion and friendship.
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mariecolemanao.bsky.social @mariecolemanao.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Pocock is such a valuable member of the Senate. Ably supported by retired volunteer advisers many of whom have been very serious APS and can be experts in particular fields.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
yes, thats entirely possible, and I could have said that as a historian, too, but this strikes me as absolutely hilarious--both the idea that "no one had ever thought of this before" but also the confidence
The trouble for the Blue Zones began about as far from a Greek island as one can get: a Canberra library in the dead of winter. Saul Newman, then a PhD postdoctoral researcher working in plant science, had started spending his spare time digging, for fun, into the data around the oldest people who have ever lived.

But things weren't adding up, he tells the ABC, and he "discovered these shocking levels of problems in this data".

The more he researched, the more he started to wonder if poor record-keeping or pension fraud could be behind many of these claims of extreme longevity, including in the Blue Zones.

"Nobody before me seemed to have any qualms about the Blue Zones. Why did nobody notice this for 20 years?" Newman says. 

"There are some extraordinary, unexplained issues."
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"executives with no understanding of the industry" seems to be an endemic problem across industries: higher education, medicine, you name it, a bunch of suits with MBAs and unearned arrogance are destroying everything around us, and for some reason, we're supposed to accept that they know best
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 10/07/2026
I reckon blue zones could be a quirk reflecting poor data and incomplete vital registration, btw.
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