Josh Holloway
@jholloway.bsky.social
Lecturer in Government at Flinders University.
Democracy | Parties | Elections
Democracy | Parties | Elections
These figures from the new McKinnon index seem unusually low to me. While they're slightly different questions, the figures are also at odds with the ~90% confidence in the AEC previously in reports like from the APSC as recently as 2023.
Wonder what's going on here.
Wonder what's going on here.
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
These figures from the new McKinnon index seem unusually low to me. While they're slightly different questions, the figures are also at odds with the ~90% confidence in the AEC previously in reports like from the APSC as recently as 2023.
Wonder what's going on here.
Wonder what's going on here.
Ideology matters, though. As respondents placed themselves further right on the political spectrum, the competence and warmth advantage of Indigenous candidates declined - and in some instances reversed.
October 3, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Ideology matters, though. As respondents placed themselves further right on the political spectrum, the competence and warmth advantage of Indigenous candidates declined - and in some instances reversed.
What we found: Indigenous aspirant candidates were rated *more competent* and *warmer* than both White and Chinese-Australian counterparts - an inverted hierarchy of bias relative to what one might expect from existing work. This finding was amplified for darker-skinned Indigenous candidates.
October 3, 2025 at 4:54 AM
What we found: Indigenous aspirant candidates were rated *more competent* and *warmer* than both White and Chinese-Australian counterparts - an inverted hierarchy of bias relative to what one might expect from existing work. This finding was amplified for darker-skinned Indigenous candidates.
In a large nationally representative survey experiment (n=4,000), respondents evaluated the perceived personality traits of potential candidates with identical biographies, but different racial backgrounds, skin tones, and gender.
October 3, 2025 at 4:49 AM
In a large nationally representative survey experiment (n=4,000), respondents evaluated the perceived personality traits of potential candidates with identical biographies, but different racial backgrounds, skin tones, and gender.
🎉 New publication out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social with @duncanmcdonnell.com and Michelle Evans!
We expected public bias to work against aspiring Indigenous political candidates in Australia. Instead, we found the opposite - an 'inverted hierarchy' of bias.
Open access: doi.org/10.1017/S153...
We expected public bias to work against aspiring Indigenous political candidates in Australia. Instead, we found the opposite - an 'inverted hierarchy' of bias.
Open access: doi.org/10.1017/S153...
October 3, 2025 at 4:40 AM
🎉 New publication out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social with @duncanmcdonnell.com and Michelle Evans!
We expected public bias to work against aspiring Indigenous political candidates in Australia. Instead, we found the opposite - an 'inverted hierarchy' of bias.
Open access: doi.org/10.1017/S153...
We expected public bias to work against aspiring Indigenous political candidates in Australia. Instead, we found the opposite - an 'inverted hierarchy' of bias.
Open access: doi.org/10.1017/S153...
weird that: i) a party that has become the natural party of government in SA and recently enjoyed a (seat count) landslide federally needs 'saving', and ii) the positions that have relegated their opponents to, well, opposition are what's being championed here
but it's the Tiser and Hildebrand, so
but it's the Tiser and Hildebrand, so
September 29, 2025 at 5:12 AM
weird that: i) a party that has become the natural party of government in SA and recently enjoyed a (seat count) landslide federally needs 'saving', and ii) the positions that have relegated their opponents to, well, opposition are what's being championed here
but it's the Tiser and Hildebrand, so
but it's the Tiser and Hildebrand, so
all of it is great but it's hard to beat Coates's reply here, posing what should be a question posed to all op-ed writers like Klein
September 29, 2025 at 5:07 AM
all of it is great but it's hard to beat Coates's reply here, posing what should be a question posed to all op-ed writers like Klein
Labor state governments were among those that cut back staff and student involvement in governance and decision making, but let's move past that.
September 21, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Labor state governments were among those that cut back staff and student involvement in governance and decision making, but let's move past that.
there's surely a better URL for this story
September 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
there's surely a better URL for this story
with what's been going on at ANU, UTS, Macquarie, etc. seems like an appropriate time to again post this 2021 study. Gives some good hints as to where some alternative savings might be found
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
August 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
with what's been going on at ANU, UTS, Macquarie, etc. seems like an appropriate time to again post this 2021 study. Gives some good hints as to where some alternative savings might be found
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
we really do have a lobby group for everything, huh
July 31, 2025 at 4:36 AM
we really do have a lobby group for everything, huh
These catered events cost more than what sessional academics are being paid to coordinate, teach, and mark mid-sized units.
The money is always there to pay teaching staff fairly, it just gets siphoned off for other purposes.
The money is always there to pay teaching staff fairly, it just gets siphoned off for other purposes.
July 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
These catered events cost more than what sessional academics are being paid to coordinate, teach, and mark mid-sized units.
The money is always there to pay teaching staff fairly, it just gets siphoned off for other purposes.
The money is always there to pay teaching staff fairly, it just gets siphoned off for other purposes.
Hard to avoid feeling it absolutely would be declared a national disaster if it was happening on Sydney beaches
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
July 8, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Hard to avoid feeling it absolutely would be declared a national disaster if it was happening on Sydney beaches
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
idk this seems like a bad way to do things in a country with among the highest rates of skin cancer in the world
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
July 4, 2025 at 5:35 AM
idk this seems like a bad way to do things in a country with among the highest rates of skin cancer in the world
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
also I believe this has now reached the level of 'bootable offence' for the US Ambassador in Canberra
June 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
also I believe this has now reached the level of 'bootable offence' for the US Ambassador in Canberra
this Peter Lewis strategy advice for 'progressive groups' is awful
First, when was the last time those groups had a campaign 'driven by anger, passion'? Maybe Your Rights at Work in 2005-07?
Second, one reason why these groups are so ineffectual is their insistence on 'insider politics' with Labor
First, when was the last time those groups had a campaign 'driven by anger, passion'? Maybe Your Rights at Work in 2005-07?
Second, one reason why these groups are so ineffectual is their insistence on 'insider politics' with Labor
June 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
this Peter Lewis strategy advice for 'progressive groups' is awful
First, when was the last time those groups had a campaign 'driven by anger, passion'? Maybe Your Rights at Work in 2005-07?
Second, one reason why these groups are so ineffectual is their insistence on 'insider politics' with Labor
First, when was the last time those groups had a campaign 'driven by anger, passion'? Maybe Your Rights at Work in 2005-07?
Second, one reason why these groups are so ineffectual is their insistence on 'insider politics' with Labor
Anyone in the SA Labor government considered that maybe the answer to this problem isn't to just recruit more police officers to continue to perform roles they're not suited for?
www.indailysa.com.au/news/busines...
www.indailysa.com.au/news/busines...
June 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Anyone in the SA Labor government considered that maybe the answer to this problem isn't to just recruit more police officers to continue to perform roles they're not suited for?
www.indailysa.com.au/news/busines...
www.indailysa.com.au/news/busines...
Got to give credit though, this type of opportunistic transformation usually takes years spent in the young Labor -> staffer -> MP pipeline. She's managed it in just a few days
June 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Got to give credit though, this type of opportunistic transformation usually takes years spent in the young Labor -> staffer -> MP pipeline. She's managed it in just a few days
with the quality of the Labor dirt unit, I'm sure they know what they're getting into. Still, while terribly embarrassing for the Greens, I wouldn't exactly count this as a victory for Labor, particularly given it doesn't change the legislative arithmetic much.
June 3, 2025 at 12:43 AM
with the quality of the Labor dirt unit, I'm sure they know what they're getting into. Still, while terribly embarrassing for the Greens, I wouldn't exactly count this as a victory for Labor, particularly given it doesn't change the legislative arithmetic much.
And we're in (conditionally)! The origin of this project is quite literally older than both my children, but very happy to finally get this paper with @duncanmcdonnell.com and Michelle Evans on Indigenous Australian representation into such a great journal.
May 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
And we're in (conditionally)! The origin of this project is quite literally older than both my children, but very happy to finally get this paper with @duncanmcdonnell.com and Michelle Evans on Indigenous Australian representation into such a great journal.
I am of course stoically awaiting the update
May 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I am of course stoically awaiting the update
Geez, this would have to be about the first time anyone has accused the Albanese Labor government of being ambitious, particularly on climate change
May 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Geez, this would have to be about the first time anyone has accused the Albanese Labor government of being ambitious, particularly on climate change
I presume those houses just vanished into thin air and weren't purchased by people, say, needing a home
May 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I presume those houses just vanished into thin air and weren't purchased by people, say, needing a home