James Boggs
@jamesboggs.bsky.social
MPPG student at UNSW Sydney. Policy adviser in med ed/workforce.
Committed to progressive social policy.
Reader, theatre geek and history nerd.
Here to share thoughts about what I'm studing, working on, reading and seeing. All views my own.
Committed to progressive social policy.
Reader, theatre geek and history nerd.
Here to share thoughts about what I'm studing, working on, reading and seeing. All views my own.
Thomas Kenneally's calming wisdom is sorely needed right now. Wise & compassionate words. #auspol #thomaskenneally #bonditerror
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The Bondi terror attack was designed to drive us to rancour – but there is no peace in division | Thomas Keneally
A desperate opposition may be tempted to stoop to gross opportunism, but we must not set one group of society against another
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December 22, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Thomas Kenneally's calming wisdom is sorely needed right now. Wise & compassionate words. #auspol #thomaskenneally #bonditerror
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
From the Cronulla riots to the Lindt Cafe siege, resilience & compassion have defined Sydney, not violence and hatred.
Sending thoughts to those affected by last night's terror, especially Sydney's Jewish community.
It's not acts of violence that define Sydneysiders, but how we respond. #sydney
Sending thoughts to those affected by last night's terror, especially Sydney's Jewish community.
It's not acts of violence that define Sydneysiders, but how we respond. #sydney
December 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
From the Cronulla riots to the Lindt Cafe siege, resilience & compassion have defined Sydney, not violence and hatred.
Sending thoughts to those affected by last night's terror, especially Sydney's Jewish community.
It's not acts of violence that define Sydneysiders, but how we respond. #sydney
Sending thoughts to those affected by last night's terror, especially Sydney's Jewish community.
It's not acts of violence that define Sydneysiders, but how we respond. #sydney
My thoughts and sympathies are with all those impacted by the horrendous scenes unfolding in Bondi.
Over the next days and weeks, we will learn a lot more. At this stage we know very little - hoping we can all lead with kindness and wait for the facts to emerge in due course. #auspol
Over the next days and weeks, we will learn a lot more. At this stage we know very little - hoping we can all lead with kindness and wait for the facts to emerge in due course. #auspol
December 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
My thoughts and sympathies are with all those impacted by the horrendous scenes unfolding in Bondi.
Over the next days and weeks, we will learn a lot more. At this stage we know very little - hoping we can all lead with kindness and wait for the facts to emerge in due course. #auspol
Over the next days and weeks, we will learn a lot more. At this stage we know very little - hoping we can all lead with kindness and wait for the facts to emerge in due course. #auspol
Compelling, yet disturbing, reporting by @squigglyrick.bsky.social today.
#auspol #socialsecurity #welfare #robodebt
Particularly strange’: Ombudsman damns welfare compliance www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
#auspol #socialsecurity #welfare #robodebt
Particularly strange’: Ombudsman damns welfare compliance www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
‘Particularly strange’: Ombudsman damns welfare compliance
In an interview with The Saturday Paper, the Commonwealth ombudsman says government departments still need to ‘unlearn’ the culture that produced robodebt.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Compelling, yet disturbing, reporting by @squigglyrick.bsky.social today.
#auspol #socialsecurity #welfare #robodebt
Particularly strange’: Ombudsman damns welfare compliance www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
#auspol #socialsecurity #welfare #robodebt
Particularly strange’: Ombudsman damns welfare compliance www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Deeply concerning developments. Empirical research remains the gold standard for a reason yet it is becoming easier and easier to question or misuse findings. We need to do more to ensure people know what 'evidence' really is. #academicsky #empiricalmethod theconversation.com/the-united-s...
The United States CDC has abandoned science in its new advice about vaccines and autism
The CDC website used to state, clearly and correctly, that the evidence shows no link between vaccines and the development of autism.
theconversation.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Deeply concerning developments. Empirical research remains the gold standard for a reason yet it is becoming easier and easier to question or misuse findings. We need to do more to ensure people know what 'evidence' really is. #academicsky #empiricalmethod theconversation.com/the-united-s...
An interesting read. However, we also need to consider how and what we teach young people, boys in particular, to support them to be digitally literate and therefore able to identify the traps they are falling into. stories.theconversation.com/how-boys-get...
How boys get sucked into the manosphere
It starts with one innocuous video. It ends in misogyny, anger and nihilism. Welcome to this online rabbit-hole of toxic masculinity.
stories.theconversation.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
An interesting read. However, we also need to consider how and what we teach young people, boys in particular, to support them to be digitally literate and therefore able to identify the traps they are falling into. stories.theconversation.com/how-boys-get...
Very much looking forward to hearing Sean Kelly discuss his #quarterlyessay 'The Good Fight' at @gleebooks.bsky.social this afternoon!
December 7, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Very much looking forward to hearing Sean Kelly discuss his #quarterlyessay 'The Good Fight' at @gleebooks.bsky.social this afternoon!
It does feel odd that such things need to be said, but we are living in odd times.
Celebrating the maiming or killing of civilians isn’t culture, community or politics – it’s moral collapse, writes Raghid Nahhas.
#HumanRights #Ethics #Gaza
#HumanRights #Ethics #Gaza
Celebrating war crimes is a moral failure, not cultural pride
From ancient Rome to modern Melbourne, societies have repeatedly transformed civilian suffering into spectacle. Celebrating violence against the innocent is not a cultural quirk – it is a profound moral collapse.
johnmenadue.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
It does feel odd that such things need to be said, but we are living in odd times.
Just rewatched Billy Elliot at the #britishfilmfestival - can't believe it's 25 years since this was released! Still one of my all-time favourite films!
December 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Just rewatched Billy Elliot at the #britishfilmfestival - can't believe it's 25 years since this was released! Still one of my all-time favourite films!
Between this and the reforms allowing the cancellation of welfare payments for those ACCUSED of serious crimes, December 2025 is indicating a worrying #socialpolicy direction for the Albanese govt #auspol
Did we learn nothing from robodebt? NDIS automation will put vulnerable lives at the mercy of machines | Georgia Van Toorn
Did we learn nothing from robodebt? NDIS automation will put vulnerable lives at the mercy of machines | Georgia Van Toorn
It’s hard to overstate the potential dangers of replacing discretion with algorithms in a system as consequential as the national disability insurance scheme
Never again. That was the resounding message delivered via the robodebt royal commission from the thousands of Australians whose lives and livelihoods were upended by the cruellest experiment in bureaucratic automation the country has ever seen.
Now, with plans under way to automate the calculation of individual NDIS support plans, it appears we’ve reached new heights of institutional amnesia. Once again, vital lifelines to support will be placed at the mercy of automated systems. Only this time, the mechanisms for review and redress will be vanishingly thin. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Between this and the reforms allowing the cancellation of welfare payments for those ACCUSED of serious crimes, December 2025 is indicating a worrying #socialpolicy direction for the Albanese govt #auspol
This is essential reading. To cancel income support based on an arrest warrant—without a charge, conviction or court appearance— feels ideology-driven, not evidence-based, echoing the punitive logic of Robodebt. We must demand better.
theconversation.com/with-a-sneak...
#AusPol #SocialSecurity
theconversation.com/with-a-sneak...
#AusPol #SocialSecurity
With a sneaky tweak, the government has made welfare recipients guilty until proven innocent
The government’s laws cancelling social security payments for some accused of crimes turn a safety net into a weapon for punishing people.
theconversation.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is essential reading. To cancel income support based on an arrest warrant—without a charge, conviction or court appearance— feels ideology-driven, not evidence-based, echoing the punitive logic of Robodebt. We must demand better.
theconversation.com/with-a-sneak...
#AusPol #SocialSecurity
theconversation.com/with-a-sneak...
#AusPol #SocialSecurity