Louis Devine
@louissdevine.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Political Theory at the University of Melbourne
Host of the Ideas Matter podcast🎙️
https://linktr.ee/louissdevine
Host of the Ideas Matter podcast🎙️
https://linktr.ee/louissdevine
Solidarity with Crown Casino staff who are taking industrial action tonight. Fun fact, Crown is one of the most unionised work places in Australia.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Melbourne Crown casino workers prepare for midnight strike on New Year’s Eve
Bar staff, croupiers and security staff among those taking action from 10pm to 2am in industrial action the company says will impact ‘Victorian families’
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Solidarity with Crown Casino staff who are taking industrial action tonight. Fun fact, Crown is one of the most unionised work places in Australia.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Watching Pluribus and I can't help but feel that this show would be Kant's worst nightmare. All autonomy gone. But worst of all, the hivemind is a slave to its "biological imperative". It is incapable of acting upon reasons. At least it can't lie tho 🤷
December 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Watching Pluribus and I can't help but feel that this show would be Kant's worst nightmare. All autonomy gone. But worst of all, the hivemind is a slave to its "biological imperative". It is incapable of acting upon reasons. At least it can't lie tho 🤷
Why, in 2025, does Australia still have release dates for books several months after they've been released in the US and UK? Are they being translated into Australian? What gives?
December 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Why, in 2025, does Australia still have release dates for books several months after they've been released in the US and UK? Are they being translated into Australian? What gives?
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Also: the NSW Police authorised a nazi rally (“Abolish The Jewish Lobby” etc) in front of NSW parliament 6 weeks ago.
But it’s the bridge protesters calling for a ceasefire that are the problem? Srsly
But it’s the bridge protesters calling for a ceasefire that are the problem? Srsly
December 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Also: the NSW Police authorised a nazi rally (“Abolish The Jewish Lobby” etc) in front of NSW parliament 6 weeks ago.
But it’s the bridge protesters calling for a ceasefire that are the problem? Srsly
But it’s the bridge protesters calling for a ceasefire that are the problem? Srsly
Trump Third Term
(I wasn't going to pass the social media check anyway)
(I wasn't going to pass the social media check anyway)
December 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Trump Third Term
(I wasn't going to pass the social media check anyway)
(I wasn't going to pass the social media check anyway)
A new policy idea for @victorianlabor.bsky.social to take up
December 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
A new policy idea for @victorianlabor.bsky.social to take up
Had a fascinating conversation with @pjthinker.bsky.social about his latest book, Against Post-Liberalism. A timely defence of liberal egalitarianism against a reactionary agenda which seeks to undermine democracy. No country, including Australia is immune.
open.spotify.com/episode/2qfs...
open.spotify.com/episode/2qfs...
What Post-Liberals Get Right (and Wrong) About Liberalism
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December 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Had a fascinating conversation with @pjthinker.bsky.social about his latest book, Against Post-Liberalism. A timely defence of liberal egalitarianism against a reactionary agenda which seeks to undermine democracy. No country, including Australia is immune.
open.spotify.com/episode/2qfs...
open.spotify.com/episode/2qfs...
Barnaby had already effectively quit the Nats by not attending party room meetings. We have learnt nothing new from today's announcement. Barnaby, who is suffering from relevance deprivation, is simply trying to keep himself in the headlines. #auspol
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Barnaby had already effectively quit the Nats by not attending party room meetings. We have learnt nothing new from today's announcement. Barnaby, who is suffering from relevance deprivation, is simply trying to keep himself in the headlines. #auspol
The pressure mounting regarding gambling reform is very interesting. It shows that Albanese, on this and so many other issues, is the handbreak on genunine reform. What is the point of a Labor 'left' prime minister if he is so timid?
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The pressure mounting regarding gambling reform is very interesting. It shows that Albanese, on this and so many other issues, is the handbreak on genunine reform. What is the point of a Labor 'left' prime minister if he is so timid?
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
If Labor does a deal with the Coalition rather than the Greens, that is absolutely the final straw for me on their environmental credibility. Maybe I'm the fool for hanging on this long...we will see.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Coalition to help Labor rush through new nature laws if environmental protections dropped
Sussan Ley’s offer allows a clear path to pass laws to rewrite Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act in final sitting week
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
If Labor does a deal with the Coalition rather than the Greens, that is absolutely the final straw for me on their environmental credibility. Maybe I'm the fool for hanging on this long...we will see.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Albo is convinced that he is some master political strategist, when in reality he is the Steven Bradbury of Australian politics - the Opposition falling down while he remains standing.
Unless Labor does something major on housing, Aus is not immune to a populist backlash against immigration #auspol
Unless Labor does something major on housing, Aus is not immune to a populist backlash against immigration #auspol
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Albo is convinced that he is some master political strategist, when in reality he is the Steven Bradbury of Australian politics - the Opposition falling down while he remains standing.
Unless Labor does something major on housing, Aus is not immune to a populist backlash against immigration #auspol
Unless Labor does something major on housing, Aus is not immune to a populist backlash against immigration #auspol
Why is that whenever there is a policy backflip or turn away from ambition, Albanese is behind it?
November 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Why is that whenever there is a policy backflip or turn away from ambition, Albanese is behind it?
After losing the 2025 election for not having a credible energy policy, copying Trumpism, and being weak on female representation, the Liberal Party have decided to:
- dump net zero
- constantly talk about immigration
- most likely roll their first ever female leader
Nice. #auspol
- dump net zero
- constantly talk about immigration
- most likely roll their first ever female leader
Nice. #auspol
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
After losing the 2025 election for not having a credible energy policy, copying Trumpism, and being weak on female representation, the Liberal Party have decided to:
- dump net zero
- constantly talk about immigration
- most likely roll their first ever female leader
Nice. #auspol
- dump net zero
- constantly talk about immigration
- most likely roll their first ever female leader
Nice. #auspol
This mug, much like the Liberal Party itself, has seen better days. Appropriately discovered at an op-shop.
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 AM
This mug, much like the Liberal Party itself, has seen better days. Appropriately discovered at an op-shop.
This is rather shocking. Good news for the ALP, but Hanson with 32% favourability and One Nation polling twice as high as the Greens? Bad news for the country.
November 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
This is rather shocking. Good news for the ALP, but Hanson with 32% favourability and One Nation polling twice as high as the Greens? Bad news for the country.
First as tragedy, then as farce.
What a clown show. First the Nationals force the Liberals to dump all climate policies, now they say they have gone too far.
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
First as tragedy, then as farce.
If you're rich and you vote Liberal, at least you get your tax cuts. But if you're a farmer and you vote National, you get screwed. No one will be more affected by climate change. And yet it's affluent voters deserting the Libs, not rural voters deserting the Nats. Odd. #auspol
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
If you're rich and you vote Liberal, at least you get your tax cuts. But if you're a farmer and you vote National, you get screwed. No one will be more affected by climate change. And yet it's affluent voters deserting the Libs, not rural voters deserting the Nats. Odd. #auspol
aw that's so nice
November 13, 2025 at 3:08 AM
aw that's so nice
The Liberals abandoning net zero is bad news for everyone. It's tempting to see this decision as good, because it ensures they will stay out of power. But this will weaken investor confidence in renewables and take pressure off Labor, who will now look amazing with even lacklustre effort. #auspol
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The Liberals abandoning net zero is bad news for everyone. It's tempting to see this decision as good, because it ensures they will stay out of power. But this will weaken investor confidence in renewables and take pressure off Labor, who will now look amazing with even lacklustre effort. #auspol
R.I.P. Graham Richardson (1949 - 2025), a factional heavyweight and history-defining Environment Minister.
But most importantly, author of one the best openers to a book on #auspol 👇🏻
But most importantly, author of one the best openers to a book on #auspol 👇🏻
November 8, 2025 at 5:20 AM
R.I.P. Graham Richardson (1949 - 2025), a factional heavyweight and history-defining Environment Minister.
But most importantly, author of one the best openers to a book on #auspol 👇🏻
But most importantly, author of one the best openers to a book on #auspol 👇🏻
I revisited Raymond Geuss' short work, Philosophy and Real Politics. This is still one of my favourite works of recent political theory, but I am less of a realist than I once thought. A sympathetic yet critical review:
open.substack.com/pub/ideasmat...
open.substack.com/pub/ideasmat...
What does it mean to be a political realist?
Re-reading 'Philosophy and Real Politics' by Raymond Geuss
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November 7, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I revisited Raymond Geuss' short work, Philosophy and Real Politics. This is still one of my favourite works of recent political theory, but I am less of a realist than I once thought. A sympathetic yet critical review:
open.substack.com/pub/ideasmat...
open.substack.com/pub/ideasmat...
An excellent article from my colleague and friend, Cory Alpert @tst-news.bsky.social
www.straitstimes.com/opinion/how-...
www.straitstimes.com/opinion/how-...
How Zohran Mamdani beat Trump-backed Andrew Cuomo in New York
It’s a reminder that Americans haven’t given up on the idea that democracy still matters. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
An excellent article from my colleague and friend, Cory Alpert @tst-news.bsky.social
www.straitstimes.com/opinion/how-...
www.straitstimes.com/opinion/how-...