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Anthony Zougras
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PhD Candidate in History from South Australia | Host of the A History of Australia podcast (@ahistoryofaus.bsky.social) available on all platforms | General lover of Australian history & politics | My Links: https://linktr.ee/AnthonyZougras
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Can I finally pull this out?

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An image of Sussan Ley smiling with the words "2028 election campaign update ... Fuck"
November 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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For anyone interested, this is what Photakis' changes to Mayo/Barker would look like (roughly). Current Mayo compared to Photakis' Mayo

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Mayo as per the 2018 redistribution Mayo as per Photakis' proposed redistribution
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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As always, I've also updated the candidate tracker below.
An excel spreadsheet with all the current candidates for the 2026 SA state election, broken down by party.
November 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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It gets so much worse when you dive abit deeper. If you break it down by gender (see below), nearly 50% of women polled were 'unsure', meaning that not a single Liberal politician appealed to them as a potential leader. Horrific stuff for the LNP.

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Graph showing poll results regarding who should lead the Liberal Party, broken down by Gender.
October 29, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Just going to leave One Nation's timeline here (that I'll now have to update annoyingly). Thanks Pauline/Barnaby...

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A timeline stretching from 1996 to 2025 showing the changes in One Nations names/splits in the party.
October 27, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Firstly, I need to show you their absolutely horrible front page. It's all AI-generated slop, with a picture of a Lion (Trumpet of Patriots vibes anyone?) and a terribly AI-generated pic that can only be described as a mess.
The P2P front page. It includes an AI generated Lion head, their party name and slogan in green and yellow (the we is in yellow), and a terribly made AI-image with Australia and lady justice in front of a horrific mess of things.
October 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Excel spreadsheet showing all the candidates known for the SA election in 2026.
October 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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I've also updated the candidate tracker here, adding in all 5 candidates for Labor.
An excel spreadsheet showing all the confirmed and likely candidates for the 2026 SA state election.
October 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Realised I didn't add the picture, here it is
An excel spreadsheet containing the known candidates for the 2026 SA state election.
October 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Decided to finalise my votes as well. I've got some fiction from my childhood, some historical books that I think are excellent/mean alot to me, and also a couple bits of fiction that hit hard (shocked Didion didn't even make the long list at all).
My votes for Radio Nationals top 100 books; - Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion) - The Biggest Estate on Earth (Bill Gammage) - Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (Rick Riordan) - Bennelong and Phillip: A History Unravelled (Kate Fullagar) - Skulduggery Pleasant (Derek Landy) - A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin) - The Colony: A History of Early Sydney (Grace Karskens) - The Reds: The Communist Party of Australia from origins to illegality (Stuart Macintyre) - The Secret Army and the Premier (Andrew Moore) - House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
October 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Caught a photo of of the Adelaide Uni merger as I walked to my office. Nexus 10 losing its University of Adelaide signage, in preparation for the new one. The merger only gets closer by the day.

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A photo of Nexus 10 in Adelaide, as the University of Adelaide sign is removed to make room for the new Adelaide University sign.
September 30, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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I've updated my candidate tracker once more, removing Susan Close and Stephen Mullighan from their seats and adding two new candidates, Jessica Nies (Legalise Cannabis) and Mark Neugebauer (Independent), to the Legislative Council. See below for details.

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A spreadsheet of all the candidates currently known for the 2026 SA state election.
September 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Big news coming out of SA today, Peter Malinauskas has announced that Deputy Premier Susan Close and Treasurer Stephen Mullighan will not be recontesting the 2026 state election. I've attached the announcement below, and will update the tracker with my thoughts, but this is big.

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A twitter announcement by SA premier Peter Malinauskas, reading; Today marks an important day in our state’s political story. Deputy Premier Susan Close and Treasurer Stephen Mullighan have shared with me their decision to not re-contest at the next election. They will also be stepping away from their Cabinet roles, a decision that marks the close of an extraordinary chapter of service by both of them. For more than a decade, I’ve had the privilege of working side by side with Susan and Stephen. They are not only colleagues but close confidantes and dear friends. I’ve seen their formidable intellect, unwavering determination and genuine care for South Australians up close. Their determination to get things done have delivered results for South Australians now, but have also set our state up for the long term. Of course, I would love for both to stay. But politics is not forever, and the sacrifices on their families and loved ones are real. They should be deeply proud of their achievements and the service they’ve given to our state. I’ve been fortunate to lead a strong, united team – a reflection of the integrity of people like Susan and Stephen. Their decision gives us time for renewal ahead of the March election. I’ll have more to say on the shape of Cabinet tomorrow. To Susan and Stephen - I can’t thank you enough for everything you’ve done for South Australia. It also includes a photo of the three of them together in front of government house.
September 18, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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So, it looks like we now have a logo for Sarah Game's Fair Go for Australians party. And its... not the worst, however, it's also pretty derivative. It's either a mashup of Labor and Australia's Voice's logos, or a variant of the UWU logo. Way too similar to them at the very least.

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Sarah Game's Fair Go for Australians party logo, a deep magenta speech bubble with the words Fair Go in white within it, and for Australians below it.
September 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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I've also done abit of a dive and found 4 more candidates to be added. This includes Legalise Cannabis' first candidate, Jeff Knipe for Chaffey, and three independents, Lou Nicholson, Airlie Keen, and Matt Schutlz. I'll put some info on them below.

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A spreadsheet containing the current candidates for the 2026 South Australian state election.
September 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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The Liberals have put forward their 6 candidates for the Legislative Council, and so I have updated the tracker to give you some idea of who these candidates are. In addition, I've updated the spreadsheet with them as well!

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The list of Legislative Council Candidates for the 2026 SA election.
September 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Found another one of these, this time in the 11 November 1932 issue of the 'South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus'. To be fair to these guys, L. Hawken was verbally insulted days prior about being a New Guardsmen, so I have to assume that caused them to do this.

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Text from the 11/11/1932 issue of the 'South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus' It having been brought to our notice that several mis-informed persons have been coupling our names with the New Guard, we take this opportunity to contradict such rumors, which are false and malicious. We are not members of, and have never at any time been connected with that organisation in any way. The persons concerned are hereby warned that such statements will not be tolerated, and if repeated Legal proceedings will follow. (Signed) H. L. HAWKEN. J. H. HAWKEN. Bellambi, 7-11-32
September 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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And now I think I've found perhaps the most insane political candidate in any Australian state election. Harry Meatheringham, independent for Annadale, wanted to deport the Governor, make Archbishop Kelly 'King of Australia', and give double dole to women/children and nothing for men.

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Text taken from an article in the 20 May 1932 issue of the Daily Advertiser; Annandale Seat Mr Meatheringham A Candidate "Policy" Enunciated Sydney Thursday Mr Harry Meatheringham, who has been a candidate for elections on numerous occasions, announced today that he proposes to contest the forthcoming election as an Independent candidate for Annandale. He enunciated his policy as: (1) Deport the Governor; (2) re-elect Mr. Scullin as Prime Minister; (3) Burn the Red Flag and Exterminate the New Guard; (4) crown Archbishop Kelly King of Australia; 95) double dole for all women and children, and let men look after themselves.
September 9, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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I just found something hilarious in the Labor Daily from April 1932. Some person, a Carden V Dewhurst, took out ad space to state that they were not part of the New Guard. I really wonder what sequence of events made them feel the need to state that in such a weird place?

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The article text, an ad from the 6 of April 1932 issue of The Labor Daily, states "I, Carden V Dewhurst, deny that I belong to the New Guard"
September 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Got a few more updates for the list. This includes Mark Neugebauer and Jacob Van Raalte in Adelaide, Gary Hardgrave in Brisbane, and our first politician in Melbourne, Jordan Dittloff. Seems to be the 'whos who' of Australia's Right-wing.

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A spreadsheet of Australian politicians who attended the 'March for Australia' far-right rallies on the 31st of August. The current list includes PHON members Pauline Hanson, Malcolm Roberts, Lee Hanson, Rob Caddies, & George Christensen, KAP members Bob Katter, Robbie Katter, Nick Dametto, & Shane Knuth, ex-Liberal MP Gary Hardgrave, ex-LDP member Mark Neugebauer, ex-Australian Federation Party Member Jacob Van Raalte, Libertarian members Steve Christou, Jordan Dittloff & John Ruddick, Independent John Macgowan, & United Voice Australia member Mark Aldridge.
August 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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I've been able to add a few more onto the list, including PHON members Lee Hanson in Hobart and Rod Caddies in Perth. I've also found John Macgowan, an independent candidate at the 2025 Tas election, spoke at the Hobart march as well.

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A spreadsheet of Australian politicians who attended the 'March for Australia' far-right rallies on the 31st of August. The current list includes PHON members Pauline Hanson, Malcolm Roberts, Lee Hanson, Rob Caddies, & George Christensen, KAP members Bob Katter, Robbie Katter, Nick Dametto, & Shane Knuth, Libertarian members Steve Christou & John Ruddick, Independent John Macgowan, & United Voice Australia member Mark Aldridge.
August 31, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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I've set up a quick spreadsheet list of the politicians who we know attended the various marches today. Only a small group so far, but a telling one. If you know of any more, feel free to let me know and I'll add them, its important we keep track of what politicians support this.

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A spreadsheet of Australian politicians who attended the 'March for Australia' far-right rallies on the 31st of August. The current list includes PHON members Pauline Hanson, Malcolm Roberts, & George Christensen, KAP members Bob Katter, Robbie Katter, Nick Dametto, & Shane Knuth, Libertarian member Steve Christou, & United Voice Australia member Mark Aldridge.
August 31, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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I've actually done a second round of updates just now, adding in some additional pre-selected candidates for Labor and Liberal (Adelaide & Unley are looking interesting). I also renamed Frome to Ngadjuri.

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An excel spreadsheet showing the candidates for the 2026 South Australian state election by electoral district.
August 30, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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I've updated the 2026 South Australian election candidates tracker below! Key notes include the addition of the Greens & Sarah Game candidates, Keiran Snape (Independent), and For Unley/Libertarians as parties. I've also removed outgoing Liberal candidates & the UMA from the list.

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Excel spreadsheet discussing candidates for each party in the SA state election in 2026, based on what electoral district they will be contesting.
August 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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From Frank 'The Lorax' Pangallo to a Liberal Pre-Selection Hopeful who claims to be able to cure lactose intolerance through prayer, it may have been a slow 48hrs for SA politics but it was not a boring one. The tracker is updated!

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Frank "I'm the Lorax and I speak for the trees" Pangallo holding a chainsaw.
August 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM