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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 54m

I find it really weird to have a discussion paper about multi-party governance & minority government in #auspol without even mentioning the divergent experiences in the ACT & Tasmania, let alone South Australia’s experience of independent MPs as Ministers politicsir.cass.anu.edu.au/research/pub...

Lessons from the crucible: Options for parliamentary representation, accountability and trust from power sharing situations | School of Politics & International Relations

Australia has a long tradition of democratic innovation, with its political institutions evolving alongside shifting social, technological, environmental, and geopolitical conditions. Yet like many pe...

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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 3d

Remembering the time when Coorey was convinced that Keith Wolahan was a “fluent Chinese speaker” because he said 我叫, 这是 and 对 in a video with Ted O’Brien

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Leroy @leroylynch.bsky.social · 6d

#Redbridge fed poll in AFR
TPP: ALP 54 (+0.5) L/NP 46 (-0.5)
Primary: ALP 34 L/NP 28 (-1) GRN 11 (0) ON 14 (+3)
archive.is/u7zN1
#auspol
sample 1,997 - 25 Sep to 7 Oct
(+/-) changes from last poll completed 8 Sep which had respondent allocated prefs, don't know if new TPP is same or last election

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Leroy @leroylynch.bsky.social · 10d

The #Newspoll federal poll was taken between 29 September - 2 October 2025, sample of 1264, online survey. Here is the table graphic as it appears on page 4 of The Australian, 6 October, including voting, leader approval ratings, better Prime Minister, and a question on house prices. #auspol

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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 13d

I doubt he’ll challenge this term, more likely to make media interventions every now and again when the Coalition looks like stabilising

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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 13d

‘The Asset Economy’ really should’ve gotten more political traction than it did both here and abroad

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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 13d

I’m not sure Abundance is explicitly challenging Securenomics but it’s definitely the “in” narrative & in part a response to the limited electoral traction of the Biden Administration

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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 13d

It’s why I like Weber’s distinction between class and status

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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 15d

The town square is a great idea & glad it got up

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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 15d

Even better is at the same time, some of the Greens councillors are also staffers + the plan includes five council car parks being used for 100% social housing (which opponents of the plan are also complaining about)

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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 16d

Seems like former Greens leader Christine Milne is on a unity ticket with the Nationals in NIMBY opposition to big renewable projects www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/more-... #auspol

www.theaustralian.com.au

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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 15d

I’m sure there’ll be some interesting observations about Australian democracy but this line-up for the Boyer Lectures isn’t very diverse. Not one young person or person w/ a non-European (who is also not First Nations) background. They’d provide different perspectives

www.abc.net.au/about/media-...

2025 ABC Boyer Lecture series examines Australia as a Radical Experiment in Democracy - About the ABC

Academics, writers and policy experts will explore Australia: A Radical Experiment in Democracy across a series of five orations for the 2025 Boyer Lecture series, hosted by its creative director Juli...

www.abc.net.au

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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 15d

I’m sure there’ll be some interesting observations about Australian democracy but this line-up for the Boyer Lectures isn’t very diverse. Not one young person or person w/ a non-European (who is also not First Nations) background. They’d provide different perspectives

www.abc.net.au/about/media-...

2025 ABC Boyer Lecture series examines Australia as a Radical Experiment in Democracy - About the ABC

Academics, writers and policy experts will explore Australia: A Radical Experiment in Democracy across a series of five orations for the 2025 Boyer Lecture series, hosted by its creative director Juli...

www.abc.net.au

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Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · 15d

#Essential primaries in theory not on same scale as other polls because undecided left in. ALP 35 L-NP 27 Green 11 ON 13 TOP 2 IND/other 6 undecided 6

Their "2PP+" by respondent prefs ALP leads 51-44 (=53.7)
My 2025 prefs estimate 56.2 to ALP

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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 15d

Maybe they should just ram through AV

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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 15d

The general platitudes in the book about more supply being good & trade-offs existing are fine but it’s too simplistic & fails to grapple with how political economy shapes things (as well as being US-centric).

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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 15d

These comments from Milne don’t suggest a nuanced position, just a blanket opposition + a degrowth mentality (and someone who doesn’t know about the Jevons Paradox)

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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 15d

Even for a highly urbanised place like Sydney, potential rooftop solar capacity would max out at 75% of energy needs

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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 15d

Australia’s total solar rooftop potential is 2/3 of the anticipated energy capacity in 2050 (which also likely doesn’t take into account what AI will do). This idea it can all be rooftop solar if we want to decarbonise is simply not feasible, we’ll still need large scale renewables

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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 16d

archive.is/sft6u

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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 16d

Seems like former Greens leader Christine Milne is on a unity ticket with the Nationals in NIMBY opposition to big renewable projects www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/more-... #auspol

www.theaustralian.com.au

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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 16d

What’s even the point of Australian media outlets having foreign correspondents in places like the US when they don’t even break the important stories that are primarily relevant to Australia?

It’s like how the @washingtonpost.com broke the story about Indian spies being expelled from Australia

Nikkei Asia (Official) @asia.nikkei.com · 16d

Good morning, Asia. This was our most read story while you were sleeping.

AUKUS survives Pentagon review, with US submarine sales to proceed
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AUKUS survives Pentagon review, with US submarine sales to proceed

Washington to conclude evaluation ahead of Australian PM's visit on Oct. 20

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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 16d

Similar to Australian Labor in some regards but an important difference is that even with fiscal caution in the 1st term, ALP didn’t pursue austerity & @albomp.bsky.social doesn’t go around publicly denigrating the party voting base when there’s disagreement

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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 16d

What’s even the point of Australian media outlets having foreign correspondents in places like the US when they don’t even break the important stories that are primarily relevant to Australia?

It’s like how the @washingtonpost.com broke the story about Indian spies being expelled from Australia

Nikkei Asia (Official) @asia.nikkei.com · 16d

Good morning, Asia. This was our most read story while you were sleeping.

AUKUS survives Pentagon review, with US submarine sales to proceed
trib.al/uVqHeDX

AUKUS survives Pentagon review, with US submarine sales to proceed

Washington to conclude evaluation ahead of Australian PM's visit on Oct. 20

trib.al

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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 17d

Coorey failing to understand it’s actually very normal in Europe for the leaders of parties to speak at big events & even election rallies held by sister parties, unlike in the US www.afr.com/politics/fed... #auspol

Albanese’s Liverpool kiss is up there with Morrison’s MAGA rally

The Australian PM had been making a virtue of not weighing in to the domestic politics of other countries. Then he stood up at UK Labour’s annual conference.

www.afr.com

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