Pat Leslie
@palesl.bsky.social
Politics researcher at ANU (Australian politics, comparative institutions, quantitative methods).
patleslie.net
fan: Sheffield United F.C. ⚔️
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fan: Sheffield United F.C. ⚔️
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Pat Leslie
@palesl.bsky.social
· Apr 28
My piece on the voting behaviour of the teals has made it to the AusJPS. New, improved and open access.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
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New edited volume just dropped! Quantitative History of China: State Capacity, Institutions, and Development edited by Chen Zhiwu, myself, and Ma Debin is now able as a free PDF/ePub download. 1/2
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Quantitative History of China
This Open Access book showcases a collection of new findings concerning China's political, social, and economic history based on large historical datasets.
link.springer.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
New edited volume just dropped! Quantitative History of China: State Capacity, Institutions, and Development edited by Chen Zhiwu, myself, and Ma Debin is now able as a free PDF/ePub download. 1/2
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Canberra libs wouldn't want more than 10 members anyway because they would run out of fingers to run the numbers
Mark Parton is the new leader of the Canberra Liberals, which means 44 per cent of the current party room members (4 out of 9) have now served as leader
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Canberra libs wouldn't want more than 10 members anyway because they would run out of fingers to run the numbers
dear me
The Canberra Liberals' leader and her deputy are stepping down, a week and a half after the former leader and another backbencher were suspended from the party room for crossing the floor
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Breaking: Leanne Castley steps down as Canberra Liberals leader
Leanne Castley's resignation comes after weeks of silence following the removal of Elizabeth Lee and Peter Cain from the Canberra Liberals party room.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
dear me
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I’m honoured to be featured alongside some of Australia’s biggest names in wonkdom in the summer issue of Inflection Points.
My paper is the culmination of 4 years work on declining civic participation — and why other researchers into the phenomenon have a blind spot for political parties.
My paper is the culmination of 4 years work on declining civic participation — and why other researchers into the phenomenon have a blind spot for political parties.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I’m honoured to be featured alongside some of Australia’s biggest names in wonkdom in the summer issue of Inflection Points.
My paper is the culmination of 4 years work on declining civic participation — and why other researchers into the phenomenon have a blind spot for political parties.
My paper is the culmination of 4 years work on declining civic participation — and why other researchers into the phenomenon have a blind spot for political parties.
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Some very interesting #auspol results on contributors to the housing crisis & policy preferences from the MQ Housing and Urban Research Centre that show a strong partisan split
Results are also filtered by age, housing tenure & property investment in the report
www.mq.edu.au/__data/asset...
Results are also filtered by age, housing tenure & property investment in the report
www.mq.edu.au/__data/asset...
October 22, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Some very interesting #auspol results on contributors to the housing crisis & policy preferences from the MQ Housing and Urban Research Centre that show a strong partisan split
Results are also filtered by age, housing tenure & property investment in the report
www.mq.edu.au/__data/asset...
Results are also filtered by age, housing tenure & property investment in the report
www.mq.edu.au/__data/asset...
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Recast this with 65 year Olds and I'm sold
here's one of the ads
October 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Recast this with 65 year Olds and I'm sold
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Absolutely nothing to see here
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Sportsbet dines with government minister at Labor fundraiser despite calls to reject lobbying from industry
Exclusive: Dinner occurred on the same day that four crossbench MPs held a press conference calling on government to ignore lobbying from gambling industry
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Absolutely nothing to see here
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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see also a new pre-print on the same type of network from Eve Cheng and myself:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
September 19, 2025 at 6:08 AM
see also a new pre-print on the same type of network from Eve Cheng and myself:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
ellmer, an absolutely incredible piece of software. ellmer.tidyverse.org
September 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
ellmer, an absolutely incredible piece of software. ellmer.tidyverse.org
Always thought provoking. Never thought about freedom of speech as the Socratic method of liberalism. Thank you @clothedvillainy.bsky.social
substack.com/@clothedvill...
substack.com/@clothedvill...
Liberalism for me, but not for thee
Engaging seriously with the question of political non-violence
substack.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Always thought provoking. Never thought about freedom of speech as the Socratic method of liberalism. Thank you @clothedvillainy.bsky.social
substack.com/@clothedvill...
substack.com/@clothedvill...
I’ll go first. I like to celebrate by announcing the return of the Electoral Regulation Research Network working paper series!
With yours truly as its editor (with Dr Eden Blazejak, and Dr Peta Stephenson)
If you’ve got an idea for a short paper, get in touch!!
law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/errn...
With yours truly as its editor (with Dr Eden Blazejak, and Dr Peta Stephenson)
If you’ve got an idea for a short paper, get in touch!!
law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/errn...
September 15, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I’ll go first. I like to celebrate by announcing the return of the Electoral Regulation Research Network working paper series!
With yours truly as its editor (with Dr Eden Blazejak, and Dr Peta Stephenson)
If you’ve got an idea for a short paper, get in touch!!
law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/errn...
With yours truly as its editor (with Dr Eden Blazejak, and Dr Peta Stephenson)
If you’ve got an idea for a short paper, get in touch!!
law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/errn...
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Parliamentary Library hosting a lecture on AI and civic participation [15 September] events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5ecd00...
Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams
Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams
events.teams.microsoft.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Parliamentary Library hosting a lecture on AI and civic participation [15 September] events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5ecd00...
An important and intuitive intervention. Some universities (not Australian ones I don’t think) allow key positions like chancellor to be elected by alumni, staff and students.
The democratic design of Australian universities (imo) do have accountability loops, but they are too narrow…
The democratic design of Australian universities (imo) do have accountability loops, but they are too narrow…
September 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
An important and intuitive intervention. Some universities (not Australian ones I don’t think) allow key positions like chancellor to be elected by alumni, staff and students.
The democratic design of Australian universities (imo) do have accountability loops, but they are too narrow…
The democratic design of Australian universities (imo) do have accountability loops, but they are too narrow…
Light rail, but evil
September 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Light rail, but evil
gantt charting my way to Final Victory
August 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
gantt charting my way to Final Victory
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The CHES EU team has published a new research note in @electoralstudies.bsky.social describing some trends across the 25 years now covered by our trend file and exploring two new items included in the 2024 wave of the survey: doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
Here’s a summary thread:
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Here’s a summary thread:
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August 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The CHES EU team has published a new research note in @electoralstudies.bsky.social describing some trends across the 25 years now covered by our trend file and exploring two new items included in the 2024 wave of the survey: doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
Here’s a summary thread:
1/
Here’s a summary thread:
1/
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How do the Teals actually vote in parliament? Do they resemble a party in this way? @palesl.bsky.social has the answers in this new research note in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social @auspsa.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The parliamentary voting behaviour of ‘teal’ independent MPs
I examine the voting behaviour of ‘teal’ independent MPs in Australia’s 47th Parliament, addressing ongoing debates about whether these MPs function as effectively as a cohesive party. Using data f...
www.tandfonline.com
August 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
How do the Teals actually vote in parliament? Do they resemble a party in this way? @palesl.bsky.social has the answers in this new research note in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social @auspsa.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
sorry albo's trousers are ludicrous.
July 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
sorry albo's trousers are ludicrous.
My old man was in PR and he always used to say to me: “son, if you ever embarrass yourself publicly, maybe some sort of embarrassing farting moment for example, what is most important is that you keep talking about the embarrassing thing. Own the narrative”
July 18, 2025 at 4:23 AM
My old man was in PR and he always used to say to me: “son, if you ever embarrass yourself publicly, maybe some sort of embarrassing farting moment for example, what is most important is that you keep talking about the embarrassing thing. Own the narrative”
Per the UK Supreme Court: "The UKSC has a total of 12 Justices, there are 9 men and 2 women, they come from a variety of legal backgrounds but have all been practising barristers at one stage."
www.supremecourt.uk/uploads/the_...
www.supremecourt.uk/uploads/the_...
www.supremecourt.uk
July 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Per the UK Supreme Court: "The UKSC has a total of 12 Justices, there are 9 men and 2 women, they come from a variety of legal backgrounds but have all been practising barristers at one stage."
www.supremecourt.uk/uploads/the_...
www.supremecourt.uk/uploads/the_...