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Jill Sheppard
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political scientist and radiant mother
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grugstan.bsky.social
As an organiser, I’ve been banging this drum for a decade now — but more and more the data backs my gut up.

The AES and Macquarie post-election studies for both 2022 and 2025 have shown just how stark a cleavage housing tenure is.
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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profjanegreen.bsky.social
UK politics followers, these graphs are in a paper by @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social and co (inc. me).

There's so much useful info in them.

The long-term context for the politics of our time, how the 'Brexit elections' differed, though note the Y axes may need to be bigger for the next election!!
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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grugstan.bsky.social
Two months ago, I wrote a paper for the Electoral Matters Committee. It clocked in at 23,000 words with 16 data tables, 11 graphs, 204 footnotes and 30,000 datapoints.

I made the case that we should take advantage of this historic juncture to expand participation in our representative democracy.
GREEN SHOOTS FOR THE GRASSROOTS MAINTAINING TRUST IN OUR DEMOCRACY BY RESTORING PARTICIPATION IN DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS This paper proposes interconnected reforms that aim to rebuild trust in Australia’s democratic institutions — our Parliament, our political parties and the ecosystem of creative conflict they drive. These institutions are a great strength in our system and shouldn’t be circumvented, dismissed or ignored by policymakers. For decades, Australia was the world’s laboratory for democratic reforms. We led the way on the secret ballot, women’s suffrage (for some at least), a living wage for MPs, compulsory and preferential voting and more. But since the turn of the millennium, we’ve stalled out. For too many people, our democracy isn’t working — not the way it should and not the way we say it does. While better than many other countries, our system still leaves people feeling like their voice isn’t being heard or their vote doesn’t count. This term, we can fix that.
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
jillesheppard.bsky.social
What's going on at UQ politics? Five one year teaching contracts! uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/uqcare...
Lecturer
School of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS) 5x Fixed term positions available at variable FTE levels Teaching focused – Semester 1 & 2 in 2026 Base salary will be in the range $...
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November 8, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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grattaninstitute.bsky.social
3-storey townhouses and apartments should be permitted on all residential land in all capital cities to help fix Australia’s housing crisis.

Building more homes will create cheaper housing and more productive cities. Our new report shows how. buff.ly/NfAM6C7 #auspol
A promotional graphic with the text, New Grattan report: More homes, better cities, Letting more people live where they want. A picture of three storey town houses.
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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mklapdor.bsky.social
Parl Library has updated the Bills Digest to include analysis of these proposed measures (section at the end): www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
The proposed changes are likely to raise similar concerns to those raised by stakeholders in response to security notice provisions in 2014. The Bills Digest for the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014 noted issues raised by welfare groups, human rights organisations, academics and the former Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Bret Walker (pp. 48-49). These include: • unequal treatment of people who have not been charged or convicted of any crime • human rights infringements, including a lack of review rights • the measures may be seen to be targeting marginalised groups • the undermining of key principles in Australia's welfare system. The key principles the 2014 and the current amendments risk undermining (pp. 48-50) are: • that all those who meet the eligibility criteria and need support are eligible for assistance from the welfare system unless they have been gaoled • that ministers cannot make decisions regarding eligibility for social security on a case-by-case basis and • that individuals be given reasons for decisions and have clear avenues for review and appeal. The proposed amendments may raise additional concerns including the increased risk of criminal activity by alleged violent offenders when they lose financial resources.
October 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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restaurant-bot.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 8:04 AM
jillesheppard.bsky.social
Granted I know extremely little about health policy but this feels like an important point theconversation.com/gps-will-soo...
4. Current bulk billing rates If a practice has low rates of bulk billing now, even with moderate out-of-pocket charges, moving to full bulk billing may also leave them with reduced revenue.
October 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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benraue.com
Today's blog post is again about the 1984 election - how many MPs jumped ship to safer seats? And how different was the swing in seats with sitting Labor MPs or without any sitting MP? #auspol www.tallyroom.com.au/63522
The 1984 expansion – reverse musical chairs
When the new electoral map was published in 1984, it kicked off a game of musical chairs, but with a difference – this time there were more seats than players. Some of these seats were more a…
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October 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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erincook.bsky.social
breathless Mamdani coverage from desks in Sydney when i couldn't get SHIT up about a demonstration movement next door that killed eight people
October 28, 2025 at 4:19 AM
jillesheppard.bsky.social
I promise you will not believe *why* Elizabeth Lee has been suspended from the Canberra Liberals www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Elizabeth Lee and Peter Cain suspended from Canberra Liberals
Canberra Liberals leader Leanne Castley has immediately suspended Elizabeth Lee and Peter Cain from the party room, and is seeking to remove them permanently.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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besttrousers.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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benraue.com
Today's blog post looks back at the 1984 parliamentary expansion - how did it change the shape of the pendulum, and how did it change where marginal seats were located? www.tallyroom.com.au/63515 #auspol
The 1984 expansion – how much did the map change?
If there is a substantial expansion of the size of the federal Parliament, it will be a rare event. It has only happened twice before since federation, and hasn’t happened at all in my lifeti…
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October 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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roycerk2.bsky.social
Last Friday I appeared before a Senate committee to talk about the Commonwealth's proposed changes to FOI laws @withmeaa.bsky.social, in my capacity as a working freelance journalist. The changes copy FOI regimes at the state level -- two hours later, one of those states hit me with a charge:

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Screenshot of charges table requiring a payment of $1,508.80 for access to documents from a South Australian government agency.
October 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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ausjpolsci.bsky.social
How is WeChat used to mobilise ethnic Chinese voters in political campaigns? Luna L Zhao looks at the case of New Zealand in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The use of social media in political mobilisation: the case of WeChat in New Zealand politics
Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter/X have become central to political communication, yet their role in mobilising specific demographic segments remains underexplored. WeChat, widely u...
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October 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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bspiesbutcher.bsky.social
How did #Housing shape the 2025 #auspol Election? Come to our free webinar.

We analyse new data to see how generation, tenure and voting shape housing politics

With @emmabaker.bsky.social @shaunratcliff.bsky.social and @everybodyshome.bsky.social Maiy Azize

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Housing and the 2025 Federal Election: Between Crisis and Inertia
Join our free webinar for key insights into housing and politics—ideal for researchers, students, and policymakers tackling Australia's housing crisis.
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October 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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catherinedevries.bsky.social
Scholars & pundits have focussed a lot on the electoral demise of center left, but in doing so we paid to little attention to the electoral problems of the center right.

Case-in-points here not only British conservatives or center right in France, but increasingly also the center right in Spain.
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October 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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timbale.bsky.social
This, from @catherinedevries.bsky.social, is really useful advice for young (and, tbh, old!) academics. Worth passing on if you know any, maybe? catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
October 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
jillesheppard.bsky.social
Reading a week-old Canberra Times and see the Cbr Libs have paid for (I assume??) advice that suggests campaigning as though the ACT has an entirely different electoral system. Very good!!
Ms Hannam's review recommended Senate ticket-style preselections, which would set the order of preference for Liberal candidates and "eliminate the angst over how-to-tovte] cards". While voters would still vote for candidates in order of their preference, a ticket-style preselection would determine the order of priority for campaigning within the party. "How-to-vote cards were a very big point of contention for this campaign. Each candidate having an individual HTV card where they could decide the order not only caused more division, but meant candidates took days out of the grassroots activities to speak with fellow candidates in order to secure a more competitive spot on HTVs," the review said. "At a practical level on a booth, voters were often presented with five HTVs which led to voter confusion."
October 11, 2025 at 5:35 AM
jillesheppard.bsky.social
I accidentally inspired one of the best things I've read in years www.woroni.com.au/words/all-of...
October 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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veryimportant.lawyer
“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy
September 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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benansell.bsky.social
On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n
British Politics' Midlife Crisis
Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters
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September 30, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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wombat.numbat.space
Students use #ChatGPT to do their homework, so how can teachers design effective courses so they actually learn anything at all?

Register before August 31st to get early bird tickets! wombat2025.numbat.space/program/work...

#RStats #AI #LLM #DataScience
WOMBAT 2025 - Invited Talk Jenny Richmond - Rethinking data science education in the age of genAI 29-30 september 2025, Naarm/Melbourne womabt2025.numbat.space
August 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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timmclellan.bsky.social
Private consultants are taking control of how public universities are evaluated and run.

My submission to the Senate university governance inquiry raises concerns about the impact of Nous Group and their dodgy UniForum data on our universities.

www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStor...

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Image shows a screenshot of the conclusion of the linked Senate inquiry submission. This text can be found on page 10. The text is too long for alt text, but here is the first three quarters of the text: Conclusion Over the past decade, Nous Group’s UniForum data has quietly taken on the status of authoritative benchmark for the quality of a range of professional and academic services performed by public universities in Australia and across the world. This authoritative status is performed through scientific-looking graphs and scientific-sounding jargon designed to imply UniForum data is generated through rigorous methods and backed by expert consensus. This performance of authority is significant: it lends UniForum data an air of credibility and facticity that makes acting upon its results irresistible. When one begins to open the black box and examine how UniForum data is actually produced, however, it becomes difficult to justify the degree to which Australian university executives are relying upon it in their decision-making. My analysis is based on a review of publicly available documents, and it is therefore possible that Nous or its clients would point to things not in the public domain that address some of the conceptual and methodological flaws that I have highlighted in UniForum. But the fact that the underlying UniForum data and methodology is not in the public domain is itself one of the key causes for concerns. When the stakes are so high, it cannot be acceptable for Nous Group and its clients to simply tell university staff and governing councils, ‘trust us, these numbers are based on rigorous methods and analysis.’ The lack of rigor, external scrutiny, and transparency in UniForum’s underlying data and methodology would be a cause for concern in any public institution, but it is especially concerning in the context of universities where rigorous, transparent, and accountable knowledge production is a core part of what we do. ...
September 17, 2025 at 5:54 AM