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My ‘hot take’ on the Greens’ 2025 election performance
A week after polling day, finally the political commentary and hot takes are starting to sound less reactionary, less pushing…
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The Truth is Out There – Civil Society Supporter Emails in the Federal Election
When Ariadne Vromen and I started talking about researching civil society organisation activity in the 2025 federal election, one of…
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A Tale of Two Political Engagement Toolkits
Back in 2015, I worked with the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) to produce a Political Engagement Toolkit for…
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Community Campaigning can Trump Populism [article]
Originally Published by ABC Religion and Ethics, 26 May 2022. “This was not your typical election outcome. The Australian Labor…
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Two songs and two books with Gough Whitlam
Like a lot of things with politics, I came to know about Gough late. I was of a generation who…
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Chasing Rabbits – Help! [September 2014]
One of the many things I learned about while working in politics is chasing rabbits. It’s a pretty simple game…
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On my way to the Middle East
Yesterday I found out i’ve been accepted to go on a study tour of the Middle East in January and…
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Should I feel something?
I really should start off by saying that I’m an educated and employed white male from a developed economy.
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Career U-turn
This week I started a new job which sees me working full-time for the first time in a few years.…