Larger electorates make politicians more distant and less accountable. In 1974, it could take as little as 2,500 voters changing their minds to make a safe seat marginal. Last year, that number was 4,800.
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Royal commission into the cost of parking at hospital when…??
It’s been a long year, huh
seems bad
Nothing more humbling than realising you’ve put your shirt on the wrong way around
seems bad
I wonder if they’ll reposition further to the right, liberals towards the centre? #auspol
seems bad
Black Smoke Rises From Coal-Fired Power Station in Traditional Sign That Liberal Party Has Chosen New Leader
Has the LNP finally realised they have problems appealing to female voters…?
Sussan Ley becomes first female Liberal Party leader, replacing Peter Dutton
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A thoughtful piece on the politics of North Korean human rights inside South Korea - a small part of an important dynamic that is not well understood outside Korea.
U.S. NEWS Ohio police find raccoon holding meth pipe during traffic stop When an officer took the pipe away, the raccoon pulled out another.
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They’ll be even more stuffed next time around if either of these two are leading
International trends are certainly a part of it for my money — but generally agree here. It’s not just that the LNP well and truly dropped the ball; the person throwing it to them fumbled it majorly to begin with
I mean on one hand it’d get him out of BCC but on the other…
Good point. If Angus is next, they’ll certainly continue to learn things the hard way
Next Federal LNP leader? I can’t think past Dan Tehan at the moment. He shows all the joy of a plank of wood, but otherwise has a relatable ‘every man’ kind of persona that would appeal to dyed-in-the-wool LNP voters. This kind of personality is extremely malleable by the LNP PR machine #auspol
BCC’s performance is not something the federal LNP should model themselves on. McGrath is deluded.
How much is James McGrath being paid to advertise Adrian Schrinner’s Brisbane City Council administration on this ABC panel…?
This speech will be a point of much analysis — but if Labor don’t deliver there’s plenty in there for a future opposition campaign to use against them #auspol
Saying that Australia/Dickson can now have ‘Post-Dutt clarity’ is an excellent way to put it. I can’t top that.
As far as how Saturday nights so far this year have gone, this is a pretty good one #auspol
I don’t know about you, but I’m well and truly exhausted from trying to make sense of the timeline that we’re living in
Anthony Albanese reacts to election endorsement from Tiger King star Joe Exotic
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An uncritical reliance on ‘merit’ in hiring can actually perpetuate bias and inequality.
No surprises here
The defining question when future historians debate this era will be whether Trump was the cause of America's decline, or the inevitable result of it.
The legal prohibition against territorial conquest is a pillar of the current global legal order. Too bad it's dying.
My latest for @wpr.bsky.social.
Bugs Bunny in tux meme which reads "i wish all everything a very stop"
