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Daniel Casey 🎗️✡️ @danielcaseycbr.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Whoot! Acceptance day! My paper on coalition politics & how Gamson does/don't work in opposition. Forthcoming in Parliamentary Affairs. R2 compared my work to "a wild kangaroo".... I'll be adding that reference to the paper... Thanks @thiagonsilva.bsky.social for support & advice.

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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Had a go at summarizing Albo and Co's achievements since re-election in 2025. They've been beavering away at a variety of reforms which were well targeted toward people's concerns last election, but is it still what people want? Is it enough? theconversation.com/a-year-on-fr...

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A year on from the election, what has the Albanese government achieved?

The government has been working to fulfil its modest promises and address people’s pressing concerns. But not everything is going according to plan.

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 04/05/2026

Contract signed! Coming out in 2027 with Melbourne University Publishing (MUP): "Indigenous Participation and Representation in Australia's Major Parties" - the result of many years of research by Michelle Evans & me.

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Sofia Ammassari @ammassarisofia.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Proud supervisor moment: the second article from Francesco’s PhD thesis has been accepted for publication in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social!

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Kurt Sengul @kurtsengul.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

🚨Pauline Hanson was apparently a hot commodity at the “Science Meets Parliament” dinner this year How should the scientific community engage with anti-science parties like One Nation? I contributed a few thoughts to this interesting piece in The Monthly ✍️ www.themonthly.com.au/may-2026/nat...

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She blinded me with pretence

At what point do selfies with Pauline Hanson at the annual “Science Meets Parliament” dinner legitimise One Nation’s misinformation campaigns?

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Lee Morgenbesser @lmorgenbesser.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

With Hungary’s crucial election a few days away, its National Election Office has published a list of accredited international observers (n. 859). Having spent nearly a decade researching the behavior of international observers, I decided to take a closer look 😊 www.valasztas.hu/en/internati...

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International observers registered for the parliamentary elections to be held in 2026

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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

It's thrilled city population me today because Juliet Pietsch, @cosmohoward.bsky.social & I's latest Fair Go work is out now. Interested in what Aussies think Fair Go means & whether those beliefs explain attitudes to the inclusion of migrants? Check it out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Fairness and Belonging: Public Attitudes Towards Migration and Symbolic Boundaries

In Australia, ideals of fairness, merit, and inclusion are said to be reflected in national identity through the concept of the fair go. While the fair go embodies the right to fair opportunities for....

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Shaun Ratcliff @shaunratcliff.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

The 1st publication from the 2025 Cooperative Election survey was launched yesterday prepared by the Macquarie Housing & Urban Research Centre, this report explores perceptions of housing affordability and perceived solutions (thread)

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Now that the Deloitte report, about the government's unlawful administration of mutual obligations, is making international headlines, it's worth looking at what's actually in it (apart from AI slop) and WHY it was actually commissioned A thread👇

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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Interested in MPs' constituency work and how well suited it might be to crisis leadership during disasters like floods, fires and pandemics? I am chuffed to have my new paper out now in Parliamentary Affairs to help answer these questions. Check it out! academic.oup.com/pa/article/d...

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Constituency representation as crisis leadership: Understanding the potential of policy, service, and symbolic connection-building in response to disasters

Abstract. In this paper, I investigate how Members of Parliaments’ (MPs) performance of the important job of connecting constituents to the representative

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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

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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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

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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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 31/07/2025

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 · 30/07/2025

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....

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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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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

@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/...

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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 · 28/07/2025

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

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Australian Journal of Political Science @ausjpolsci.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

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....

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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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emilyrosefoley.bsky.social @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

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 · 12/06/2025

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

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Australian Journal of Political Science @ausjpolsci.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

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 · 22/05/2025

🚨 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....

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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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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Interesting development. People wonder what it will mean for the merged Liberal National Party in Queensland. My two cents without any inside information is - not much. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

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Live: Nationals to split from Liberals, abandoning Coalition

Nationals leader David Littleproud confirms his party will not be re-entering a Coalition agreement with the Liberal Party. Follow live.

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Dr Nathan Fioritti @nathanfioritti.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

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-...

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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

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Sofia Ammassari @ammassarisofia.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Thrilled that my article on women's activism in PRR parties has been conditionally accepted in @cpsjournal.bsky.social! Drawing on membership surveys of the League 🇮🇹 and the Sweden Democrats 🇸🇪, I show that women members are *more active* than men because they are more embedded in party networks.

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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Deadline Reminder!⏰ The application period for APSA’s Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants closes June 1st. Be sure to check out our website for more information on eligibility, application materials, and answers to #DDRIG FAQs here : buff.ly/6xJB6vt

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Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants - American Political Science Association (APSA)

2025 APSA DDRIG The 2025 APSA Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant cycle is now open.The application closes June 1, 2025, at 11:59pm Eastern Time. Now

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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Was just in Birmingham for the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social annual general conference - was fun hob nobbing with other learned scholars like this chap I saw working on the stairs. He had some interesting ideas but didn’t want to connect on LinkedIn. #psa25

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Australian Journal of Public Administration @ausjpa.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

📣 @ausjpa.bsky.social 's Top 5⃣ "articles by @altmetric.com score" for 2⃣0⃣2⃣4⃣ # 4⃣ ❓ @cosmohoward.bsky.social, @pandanuspetter.bsky.social & Juliet Pietsch show how different dimensions of the fair go idea play a role in policy debates and decisions 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

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Pavlos Vasilopoulos @pavlosvas1.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Does the accumulation of assets shape vote choice? In our new paper @bjpols.bsky.social with Justin Robinson & @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social we assess the effects of within-person changes in patrimony on party support in Britain Main findings 🧵 (1/4) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Does the Accumulation of Assets Shape Voting Preferences? Evidence from a Longitudinal Study in Britain | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

Does the Accumulation of Assets Shape Voting Preferences? Evidence from a Longitudinal Study in Britain - Volume 55

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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Great research on Australian Gen-Z attitudes to voting and the efforts of the AEC to get them enrolled. I wonder if this is just a 'youth' effect and a reversable trend? Check it out!

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Mark Riboldi @markriboldi.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Advance's Week 1 YouTube Assault. AKA I thought GetUp used to be good at this stuff. More of my thoughts on civil society campaigning in the 2025 #auspol federal election - this time on YouTube. www.markriboldi.com.au/2025/04/05/a...

Screengrabs from YouTube videos from Advance (L), GetUp (top right) and the ACL (bottom right)

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 07/04/2025

With Gen Z and Millennials combined now outnumbering Baby Boomers as the dominant voter bloc, their votes will shape the election. But do they care?

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47% of Gen Z mainly vote to avoid a fine. It’s a sign of younger Australians’ discontent with democracy

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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

The starter pistol has been fired, and the floodgates are open for election spam - this week a smorgasbord of requests for cash and promises of local pork - check it out in @danielcaseycbr.bsky.social and I's second piece for @crikey.com.au : www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/07/y...

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Yes We Spam: Oddly specific donation pleas and pork promises on the trail's first week

Plus both major parties dabble in some deceptive postal-vote links.

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Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

🎆JOB ALERT🎆 Come work with me & my lovely colleagues at Monash in Politics & International Relations - 3 year Level B Lecturer role, balanced 40/40/20 profile. We want someone to start in Semester 2 (i.e. July). Closes April 17. Happy to chat! careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

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Job Search

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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

@danielcaseycbr.bsky.social and I have been using his CanberraInbox project to take a look at what lovely spam our pollies are sending their subscribers as the election heats up! We'll be doing weekly updates, so keep your eyes peeled and your spam forks sharp!

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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I've been slack on social media - but busy with election commentary! Thanks for reading @ariadnevromen.bsky.social! Everyone else - check it out!

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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Which Australian PMs and Opposition leaders had the biggest gaps between their personal popularity and their party's vote share in opinion polls 1985-2024? And how do Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton compare? theconversation.com/do-parties-w...

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Do parties win elections because of their leaders, or in spite of them? History shows it’s a bit of both

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