New in @ausjps: Kate Thompson & Kelly Gerard examine Job Ready Graduates, HASS curriculum rationalisation and the Australian regulatory state - showing how disciplines are pushed to articulate their value in economic terms.

We've got a new paper out in the @ausjpolsci.bsky.social! We tracked the money behind minor parties and independents across electoral cycles. What we found confirms some key assumptions about political finance in Australia, but challenges others🧵

My article 'Measuring Descriptive Representation' was published this afternoon in Representation. In the paper I propose a new approach based on disproportionality, which makes better use of the data we have and avoids the very common pitfall of category concatenation. doi.org/10.1080/0034...

6 years ago, I started asking a question that political science had largely ignored: how & why do women get involved in PRR parties as grassroots members? Today, my 1st book proposes an answer. Grassroots Women in the Populist Radical Right is now out online with OUP: academic.oup.com/book/62754

Happy budget day folks. The brilliant Claire Fitzpatrick and I are in the Conversation this morning talking about the some of the tensions between legacy and new media in the budget lock up. Thanks to Amanda at @aunz.theconversation.com for working with us on this.

Catch @phoebehayman.bsky.social, myself and other like-minded nerds live on @benraue.com's Tally Room tonight talking all things Farrer! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQaK...

Today's podcast previews this Saturday's Farrer by-election, with @markriboldi.bsky.social

VIDEO: Coordinated booing at the Anzac Day Dawn Service. watch: youtu.be/6oFq_00l-Aw Who coordinated the booing at the 2026 Anzac Day Dawn Service? Same people as last year, really. Receipts herein.

Two new papers out this week from our ARC Discovery project on agenda-setting in the High Court of Australia. A thread. @anucrawfordschool.bsky.social

Was great to write about the legacy of WorkChoices in @aunz.theconversation.com for their new Politics and Policy Series. doi.org/10.64628/AA....

Is “fringe” politics entering Australian local government? Mark Chou, Rachel Busbridge, Benjamin Moffitt and Luke Dean map fringe candidates in the 2024 NSW and Victorian council elections—and find almost one-quarter were elected. New in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social

Great to join @marijataflaga.bsky.social and Mark Kenny on the Democracy Sausage podcast! Together with my pal and colleague @joshsunman.bsky.social, we unpack One Nation's SA election results and turn our attention to the upcoming Vic election in November. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/o...

Good Morning! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Loving this coverage with the best of the best

You can grab your weekend reading - a chapter on the Greens' federal campaign from Stewart Jackson and me - right here: doi.org/10.22459/L.2...

📚 BOOK LAUNCH 📚 What really happened in the 2025 election? Hosted by renowned journalist Nick Bryant, join leading experts for the launch of 'Landslide: The 2025 Australian Federal Election'. 🗓️ 16 April ⏰ 6 pm 📍National Library of Australia Register 👇 www.library.gov.au/whats-on/eve...

Wrote my first Conversation article on truth in political advertising in South Australia! Based on my book chapter, it's the first time I've done something like this and ended up on WA radio. Not too bad for a day at work. theconversation.com/south-austra...

You can pre-order the book here: global.oup.com/academic/pro... This labour of love has been 6 (!) years in the making, and I can't wait for it to be out 💕

MATTHEW BADLOSS IS IT

The formidable @joshsunman.bsky.social brought me with him to provide some historical and comparative context for One Nation's surge in the polls.

It looks like Labor is getting ready to announce plans to expand the size of the federal Parliament, for only the third time in the history of the Australian federation, according to the SMH www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

IN NEW ISSUE: Gen-Z Compulsory Turnout: @ammassarisofia.bsky.social, Ferran Martinez i Coma & @duncanmcdonnell.com examine what drives Gen-Z electoral behaviour by surveying them on their '22 AU federal election choices. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/3CAvTvp @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

🚨 New article by me and Jordan McSwiney in The Conversation about One Nation’s long history of dysfunction, infighting and scandal, and why this is will be one of the biggest barriers to the party translating its polling surge into electoral success theconversation.com/can-one-nati...

And this is one of *two* books on the populist radical right that you should be looking forward to in June 😃

Could Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point really gain traction in Australia? I spoke to Tory Shepherd from @theguardian.com for this piece ✍️ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

New year and new article out in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social with Mark Chou, Rachel Busbridge & Luke Dean: Mapping the ‘fringe’ in Australian local politics We provide the first systematic analysis of fringe candidates in the 2024 NSW & VIC local government elections. 🧵

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

Rob Manwaring and I are in British Politics this January. We examine the policy and ideological orientation of Keir Starmer’s Labour government through a comparative analysis with five recent centre-left governments. It's open access too! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

After 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at @elgarpublishing.bsky.social 📚 Three volumes ⭐ 431 entries 🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world A very short 🧵

Here is our conversation article accompanying the launch of our report!

Was great to work on this report with Adele Webb and @maxgroemping.bsky.social! I learnt a lot working on this report, and I'm glad it's out there in the world.

🎁 Christmas has come early for @ammassarisofia.bsky.social & me with the publication of our article "The geography of the party on the ground: Local branches in Italy and Sweden in the late twentieth century" in @politicalgeography.bsky.social: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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

Great to see this event we organised, with funds from @auspsa.bsky.social and featuring George Megalogenis, @frankbongiorno.bsky.social @bspiesbutcher.bsky.social @lizhumphrys.bsky.social & @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social has been made into a podcast by UTS Impact Studios. pod.link/1760672339/e...

Today's podcast is with Sarah Cameron about the 2025 Australian Election Study. We discuss generational and gender splits, Peter Dutton's (lack of) popularity, changing attitudes to the USA and voter dealignment. www.tallyroom.com.au/63669 #auspol

Rob and I are in the Conversation this week!

Thrilled that my first (ever!) and first single-authored article is out in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social 🎉 PRR parties have built a shared transnational discourse on issues like immigration & culture wars. But do their digital publics also take part in this discursive transnationalisation? A 🧵

🚨 We have a new article out in Political Studies Will hopefully be of interest to scholars of the far-right, party politics, social movements, and anyone drawing breath really Led by the excellent Imogen Richards, & Callum Jones & with Jordan McSwiney & me journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

stories out of the Australian Senate inquiry into University Governance are horrific - but what several people testified about @ouranu.bsky.social today is beyond the pale. All solidarity with brave Liz Allen www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

@marijataflaga.bsky.social @markriboldi.bsky.social and I have a chat about UBIs & crisis thinking in housing and social welfare policy. I haven't listened, so if I say anything regrettable just know I've grown and changed since back then (yesterday). 😱🏠💰🗣️ reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/...

We know the Albanese government won by a landslide in the 2025, but does this mean that Albo's model of 'consensus politics' is the way to go? @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social & Rob Manwaring dig in on 'consensus politics' in contemporary social-democratic politics www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Hello Sydneysiders! On Tuesday 23rd Sep join Frank Bongiorno, George Megalogenis, @bspiesbutcher.bsky.social, @lizhumphrys.bsky.social & me for our public event A New Australian Politics: Rupture or Realignment. Registration is free & we'd love to see you there! events.humanitix.com/a-new-austra...

Excited to share my first ever peer-reviewed journal article, now published open access in Television & New Media. It looks at how political influencers are using YouTube to engage young audiences and the potential implications for participatory politics. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

We're in @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social's Political Insight this week unpacking a bit about what British parties could learn from Australia’s election journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Latest issue out now! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1467923x... With @eunicegoes.bsky.social Grant Duncan @claire-ainsley.bsky.social @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social Rob Manwaring Jörg Michael Dostal @pjsloman.bsky.social Archie Brown @nicholasdjames.bsky.social @iaindocherty.bsky.social Jon Shaw

🚨 Happy to see my new paper with Prof Marian Sawer out in the Australian Journal of Political Science The good news: it’s open access The bad news: It’s about the “war on woke” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We're in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social, examining the ALP's first term in government and exploring the resurgence of 'consensus' politics. This one is also open access!

Fun fact: On Meta, during the #FederalElection Anti-Nuclear\LNP orgs outspent pro-Nuclear/LNP ones d almost 3:1. Me in the Conversation looking at the biggest third party spenders on Meta in the federal election. #AusPol theconversation.com/follow-the-m...

Larissa Waters is the Greens' new leader. Besides having an apt surname for an ecological party leader, what do we know about her? And what might we expect from her leadership of Australia's largest minor party? New piece from me in @aunz.theconversation.com theconversation.com/fresh-start-...

Gracias Pepe. DEP