Fascinating in-depth conversation with two former Secretaries of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (Terry Moran & Glyn Davis) about the routines, systems and processes that shape power in #auspol josephnoelwalker.com/glyn-davis-t...

Fascinating in-depth conversation with two former Secretaries of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (Terry Moran & Glyn Davis) about the routines, systems and processes that shape power in #auspol josephnoelwalker.com/glyn-davis-t...

The ATO is meant to be bringing work back in-house. But its target to cut consultants is ‘woefully inadequate’

How bad was it, really? Catherine Osborn, writer of @foreignpolicy.com LatAm newsletter, reflects on COP30 in Brazil. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/cop...

The affordability crisis is an inequality crisis. When prices spike in key sectors, it's not just inflation—it's a massive redistribution shock that hits poor households hardest. In our **new working paper**, we identify the sectors that matter most. A thread 🧵 scholarworks.umass.edu/entities/pub...

‘It feels as if I’m working for the ATO – except for the pay’: test case could put brakes on tax office outsourcing

Barnaby defecting means One Nation now has 5 parliamentarians which entitles it to minority party status & therefore more resources such as additional offices, postage, international travel benefits, more staffers + potentially a party room at APH #auspol

This week's Tallyroom podcast is essential listening for understanding the modern Australian Labor Party. 👏 friends of POP: host @benraue.com in conversation with @redrabbleroz.bsky.social www.tallyroom.com.au/63678

I highly recommend this article by @redrabbleroz.bsky.social if you haven't yet had a chance!

A chart by The Economist claims that, adjusted for population, Australia has 143 public sector employees per 1K people, placing it among the largest public sector workforces in the world. If that sounds surprisingly high, that’s because it is. Osmond Chiu explains why in his blog for Per Capita:

Chatted with @benraue.com about one of those niche #auspol topics I know too much about - the history of & evolution of Labor factions www.tallyroom.com.au/63678 #auspol

Chatted with @benraue.com about one of those niche #auspol topics I know too much about - the history of & evolution of Labor factions www.tallyroom.com.au/63678 #auspol

#Resolve ALP 35 L-NP 26 Grn 11 ON 14 IND 8 other 6 2PP 55-45 (+2) to ALP by respondent prefs My last election estimate 56.3 to ALP (+1.7)

I’m partial to the old radical demand of 6 hours work, 6 hours rest, 6 recreation, 6 hours education

ICYMI - my op-ed making the case for more public holidays in Australia www.canberratimes.com.au/story/912288... #auspol #ausunions

ICYMI - my op-ed making the case for more public holidays in Australia www.canberratimes.com.au/story/912288... #auspol #ausunions

Proof that @liamhogan.id.au was correct about Gen X www.afr.com/politics/fed...

“The facts show that we are not big spenders, but rather a low-spending nation…Cutting public spending doesn’t make us better off. It starves us of long-term investments in our future.” www.theage.com.au/money/planni... #auspol

#Redbridge/Accent ALP 35 L-NP 26 Grn 10 ON 18 other 11. This is a different poll (Nov 7-26) to partly overlapping in time poll which also had ON 18. Their 2PP 54-46 to ALP, my estimate 54.5

#DemosAU (MRP) ALP 33 L-NP 24 Grn 13 ON 17 Ind/Other 13 2PP 56-44 to ALP 5 Oct - 11 Nov. demosau.com/wp-content/u...

A worker at one of the Australian Taxation Office’s outsourced call centres is pursuing a “same job, same pay” order that threatens to unravel the agency’s extensive use of third-party contractors www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

My argument for more public holidays to be gazetted 👇 #auspol

The public service is not bloated, and cuts will hurt Australians. Two charts on The Point from @grogsgamut.bsky.social show the context and costs of slashing APS budgets: thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

The Australian Election Study is out today with plenty of very interesting results in its 2025 & trends reports australianelectionstudy.org #auspol

Wonderful piece from @ericblanc.bsky.social on Milwaukee’s strong socialist history.

"If the data is accurate...it would call into question the business model of OpenAI and nearly every other general-purpose LLM vendor" www.ft.com/content/fce7...

For people who leave their nerdy public sector reform long-reads to the weeekend… 👇👀 Are legacy mentalities from comms, political strategy and trad policy dragging government down?

There are far more South Australians than Asian Australians (currently zero) in the NSW Liberal parliamentary party room #nswpol #auspol

Pretty embarrassing the Victorian Liberals had to go to the NT to find a keynote party speaker from a culturally diverse background for their “multicultural” fundraiser. All it says is they have no one prominent at the state or federal level www.trybooking.com/events/landi... #springst #auspol

There are far more South Australians than Asian Australians (currently zero) in the NSW Liberal parliamentary party room #nswpol #auspol

For all the understandable criticism of COPs & the need for more ambitious emissions reductions, the fact projected global warming has gone from towards 4°C or more to about 2.3–2.5°C now really should be mentioned more often to highlight that global progress is being made & can be built upon

Pretty embarrassing the Victorian Liberals had to go to the NT to find a keynote party speaker from a culturally diverse background for their “multicultural” fundraiser. All it says is they have no one prominent at the state or federal level www.trybooking.com/events/landi... #springst #auspol

"CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research" my column on the CSIRO research cuts #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

Our national science agency is under attack with more than 800 research & science support roles already gone & more than 300 more jobs to be cut. These cuts now surpass those delivered by the Abbott Government. Can you join me and take action? www.proudtobepublic.org.au/csiro

That's more than 1,100 jobs lost at the CSIRO over the last two years. "Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third." This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government. www.smh.com.au/national/csi...

“They (Labor) are now responsible for cuts to public science that exceed the Abbott government – cuts current Labor MPs rightly slammed at the time.” #auspol

“They (Labor) are now responsible for cuts to public science that exceed the Abbott government – cuts current Labor MPs rightly slammed at the time.” #auspol

We’ve tested tens of thousands of climate messages at @populares.co Nobody cares about "net zero" jargon. People care about jobs, industry and energy independence. If you’re not talking about that, you’re losing. My @thenewdaily.bsky.social op-ed 👇 www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

We’re at that point in #auspol where the same political debates w/ the same language is relitigated 15-20 yrs on w/out past references as everyone's forgotten about it. Not a surprise the same arguments about federation "not working" are made as it's mainly ideological www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

We’re at that point in #auspol where the same political debates w/ the same language is relitigated 15-20 yrs on w/out past references as everyone's forgotten about it. Not a surprise the same arguments about federation "not working" are made as it's mainly ideological www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Deloitte caught in false claim it owned up to AI in tainted report. It told finance it had explained the cause of errors to DEWR. False - initially it used the same snow job it tried on the media "oh just some errors in citation". www.afr.com//politics/de...

The rules for innovation in Australia are paywalled & crumbling. Mandatory standards for EV charging or batteries cost hundreds to access. This is slowing the net-zero transition and killing innovation. ✍️ Flavio Menezes inflectionpoints.work/articles/a-h...

Millennials even less likely to have voted for the Coalition (21%) than Zoomers (27%) at the last #ausvotes www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... #auspol

Millennials even less likely to have voted for the Coalition (21%) than Zoomers (27%) at the last #ausvotes www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... #auspol

I’ve learnt that in some schools, the position of school captains have been renamed as joint prime ministers. Do they not understand about the damage to civics education they are doing??!!!

I’ve learnt that in some schools, the position of school captains have been renamed as joint prime ministers. Do they not understand about the damage to civics education they are doing??!!!

New IMF paper shows that during the 2022 supply-driven inflation surge, inflation-targeting central banks did not deliver better outcomes than non-targeting peers, even though they tightened more aggressively. www.imf.org/en/Publicati...

Essentials like housing, food, energy, & childcare are not ordinary commodities. When their prices surge, they trigger redistribution shocks. Our research identifies these sectors as key drivers of inequality. Link: scholarworks.umass.edu/entities/pub...

In 2025 Labor's vote was higher in the Senate than the House. In 14 Coalition v Independent seats, Labor had 250,000 more Senate votes, but just 31,000 fewer in the other 136 seats. It all points to deliberate Labor strategic voting to elect Independents. antonygreen.com.au/fed2025-evid...