#FoxHedgehog SA (state) 61-39 to ALP (63-37 vs ON) ALP 40 Lib 19 ON 20 Green 12 Other 9 First SA poll of the election leadup and if anything even worse for Liberals in seat outlook terms. www.foxhedgehog.com.au/news-den/the... #saparli

Those respondent preferences might be taken as implying an ALP/ON overall split somewhere in the ballpark of 57-43 but possibly the Liberal dunnos would be more of the HTV-card following variety which would pull it back somewhat. If that is the Liberals recommended prefs to ON.

#Newspoll: Liberal and other voter preferences to keep Pauline Hanson’s One Nation at bay One Nation would have received just 29 per cent of preferences from Coalition, Greens and independent voters if an election was held last week. www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/polit... ($) #auspol

#BREAKING 🚨 Greens MLA Kat McNamara has resigned from the Northern Territory parliament, triggering a by-election in Nightcliff

💷 Why do the costs of health, education & care services seem to rise relentlessly? In our latest blog we turn to William Baumol to explain why it pays to be cautious about rapid productivity growth/lower costs in people driven services. @stephenboydippr.bsky.social🖊️ www.ippr.org/articles/ret...

Americans really don't get the fundamental nature of political parties is different in the USA. It's not about ideology or voting systems, it's that political parties are quasi-public institutions, highly regulated by the state instead of private associations that can exclude people from membership

#Newspoll federal poll. Here is the table graphic as it appears on page 4 of The Australian, 9 February 2026, including voting, leader approval ratings, and better Prime Minister. For this poll, unlike the previous polls, no TPP is given. The poll was of 1234 voters, taken 4 to 7 Feb. #auspol

Hanson says the supposed anti-duopoly party One Nation would give supply to the ex-Coalition to assist it to govern. www.skynews.com.au/opinion/chri...

From afar, you really have to wonder if Keir Starmer is British Labour’s version of François Hollande

Interesting arguments but I think the #auspol analysis falls short on a number of fronts & relies too much on a belief that a muscular subtropical Corbynism will somehow win over One Nation voters

Interesting arguments but I think the #auspol analysis falls short on a number of fronts & relies too much on a belief that a muscular subtropical Corbynism will somehow win over One Nation voters

Really weird Robin Archer’s excellent book on this question does not even get a mention in this @jacobinmag.bsky.social interview when most of the points come straight from it. Also the divergence with Canada in the 1930s after the CCF forms doesn’t get a mention jacobin.com/2026/02/labo...

This year, 680 Australians were recognised in the Order of Australia Honours List. Notably, only 27% of recipients were women. However, what has received far less attention is the lack of cultural diversity within the list. Per Capita explores this disparity in their new paper:

Pedro Sánchez: Europe’s left-wing icon Spain’s prime minister on how progressive politics can win on its own terms By Adam Rasmi

Steve Bannon interfered in the 2019 Australian federal election, as part of a global effort to stifle climate action. He should face investigation under Australia’s foreign interference laws. #auspol www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

#Redbridge/Accent fed poll in the AFR Libs, Nats in freefall while Hanson surges: Poll TPP: ALP 56 (0) L/NP 44 (0) Primaries: ALP 34 (-1) L/NP 19 (-7) ON 26 (+9) GRN 11 (-2) OTH 10 (+1) www.afr.com/politics/fed... ($) #auspol archive version: archive.is/0xdkl

A pattern is emerging: a controversial announcement is made that catapults the NT chief minister and her government into national headlines, which gloss over policy details that make the change more limited or ambiguous than it first appears. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02... #ntpol #auspol

NDIS workers are being stalked, harassed and assaulted while ‘urgent’ safety reforms take three years to enact

Your regular reminder that #LunarNewYear is a public holiday in parts of Australia - on Christmas Island they get two days for it. Wouldn’t it be nice if it was emulated across the country? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol

Your regular reminder that #LunarNewYear is a public holiday in parts of Australia - on Christmas Island they get two days for it. Wouldn’t it be nice if it was emulated across the country? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol

Not only should NSW get a replacement holiday for ANZAC Day when it falls on a weekend but it should also get additional permanent public holidays as it is the jurisdiction with the least number of public holidays in Australia www.news.com.au/national/nsw... #nswpol #auspol

I enjoyed writing this in the great new issue of Renewal. It's an effort to think through how fighting the far right should be integrated with campaigns for economic alternatives in a "postneoliberal" context

Not only should NSW get a replacement holiday for ANZAC Day when it falls on a weekend but it should also get additional permanent public holidays as it is the jurisdiction with the least number of public holidays in Australia www.news.com.au/national/nsw... #nswpol #auspol

Much of this argument is equally applicable to Australia & #auspol

Interesting. cepr.org/voxeu/column...

Much of this argument is equally applicable to Australia & #auspol

Excellent primer on the Atlas Network and it’s impact on Australia www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Outsourced call centre staff at NDIS have to pretend to work for government, workers say

Labor’s 2025 #ausvotes campaign review is now online alp.org.au/national-pre... #auspol

🚨NEW BLOGPOST🚨 Fast answers, overconfidence and the superficial appearance of rigour. Airport bookstores are the perfect place for those who chase fresh ideas without doing the legwork. Unfortunately, much of our policy is shaped by the same impulse. www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/airport-bo...

Labor’s 2025 #ausvotes campaign review is now online alp.org.au/national-pre... #auspol

I also really enjoyed @redrabbleroz.bsky.social's thoughtful and account of Australian Labor's 2025 election victory and its implications renewal.org.uk/articles/the...

In a well-functioning market, peddlers of bad products go out of business. In the "marketplace of ideas" this doesn't happen.

Fantastic to see this out! A brilliant range of different perspectives & ideas on how to pursue effective social democratic strategies, challenge concentrations of wealth & power and fight back against the far right

Carney’s speech today is well worth reading/watching, if you missed it like me www.weforum.org/stories/2026...

Osmond Chiu, Per Capita's research fellow, is a contributing writer for Volume 33, Issue 3-4 of Renewal: A Journal of Social Democracy. If you're a subscriber, read his piece "The unexpected Albolanche: Australian Labor’s historic landslide victory" here: renewal.org.uk/articles/the...

SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Osmond Chiu (@redrabbleroz.bsky.social) analyses the electoral success of the Australian Labor Party, and the prospects for Anthony Albanese's second term

‘Bizarre’ bonuses and sausage sizzles: how Australia’s outsource call centres try to lure in poorly paid workers

By sheer coincidence I'm sure, the United Nations will need to choose a new Secretary General by the end of the year #justsaying

By sheer coincidence I'm sure, the United Nations will need to choose a new Secretary General by the end of the year #justsaying

The case against Graeberism and for Mamdanism dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...

I’ve written an essay about Labor’s 2025 #ausvotes landslide for the upcoming issue of @renewaljournal.bsky.social to give a global social democratic audience a better sense of what happened #auspol

I’ve written an essay about Labor’s 2025 #ausvotes landslide for the upcoming issue of @renewaljournal.bsky.social to give a global social democratic audience a better sense of what happened #auspol

Call centre operator that won major Centrelink contract paid no corporate tax for two years

I have a piece in the upcoming Winter 2026 double issue of @renewaljournal.bsky.social that goes through Australian Labor’s tumultuous first term & explains how the “centre left revival” occurred so keep an eye out

I have a piece in the upcoming Winter 2026 double issue of @renewaljournal.bsky.social that goes through Australian Labor’s tumultuous first term & explains how the “centre left revival” occurred so keep an eye out

“The ‘Make America Great Again’ movement is less a conservative restoration than a strategic recalibration rooted in the logic of the Warring States.” —Hui Huang #china #history #tariffs

Made a show about Chicago's infamous parking deal.