This essay is such an important ethnography of professional life on campus these days

Thank you Alice!!

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The joys of version control! Thanks for your very keen eye @darraghmurray.bsky.social

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Alfred Deakin's protectionist party retained office, despite the fact that it had fewer seats than the opposition (George Reid's anti-socialists) and the crossbench (comprised of the Labor Party). Opposition and crossbench hated one another more than they hated the government

Someone should tell Sheridan that Westminster parliaments are older than political parties

Thank you very much Gavin!

Following the government's substantial victory (without key newspapers in its corner) they now have an unprecedented opportunity to govern boldly, without fear of what major newspapers might say.
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The first two points are clearly gratuitous. (1) We studied a 30-year time period, and 1993 changes little. (2) We have called media moguls, "moguls". 🤯
(3) The piece says that editorials never mattered, but fails to explain why newspapers kept on printing them! 5/6

This morning,
@theaustralian.bsky.social had a crack at our analysis. They say it needed to include 1993 election, that it uses "romantic" language to describe media proprietors, and that we fail their "test of political reality and logic" 4/6

TV leaders' debates have declined in relevance too.
@skynewsau.bsky.social made plenty of hay with their "high stakes" debate this time, but it was seen live by max 2% of voters. 3/6