Canberra Alliance for Participatory Democracy
@capadaus.bsky.social
Promoting people participation in Politics. Incorporating Active Democracy Australia.
.Pol.is – for finding out what the people want (their will).
Governments govern for the people. But how do MPs and the people know what the people (collectively) want? Pol.is for finding out.
Find out more and register at canberra-alliance.org.au/event/
Governments govern for the people. But how do MPs and the people know what the people (collectively) want? Pol.is for finding out.
Find out more and register at canberra-alliance.org.au/event/
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 AM
.Pol.is – for finding out what the people want (their will).
Governments govern for the people. But how do MPs and the people know what the people (collectively) want? Pol.is for finding out.
Find out more and register at canberra-alliance.org.au/event/
Governments govern for the people. But how do MPs and the people know what the people (collectively) want? Pol.is for finding out.
Find out more and register at canberra-alliance.org.au/event/
AI helping plan political change.
A conversation. 70minute video.
Building a partnership with a machine.
#auspol #democracy #ai
canberra-alliance.org.au/activity/
A conversation. 70minute video.
Building a partnership with a machine.
#auspol #democracy #ai
canberra-alliance.org.au/activity/
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 AM
AI helping plan political change.
A conversation. 70minute video.
Building a partnership with a machine.
#auspol #democracy #ai
canberra-alliance.org.au/activity/
A conversation. 70minute video.
Building a partnership with a machine.
#auspol #democracy #ai
canberra-alliance.org.au/activity/
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We covered a lot in this one. Population movements, country v city, marginal seat campaigns, and the extremely cooked old Senate system.
The podcast is back for a short run, and today's podcast is about the history of previous parliamentary expansions, in 1948 and 1983, with historians Frank Bongiorno and @cmonnox.bsky.social www.tallyroom.com.au/63628 #auspol
Podcast #156: History of a bigger parliament
Ben was joined by Frank Bongiorno and Chris Monnox to discuss the history of Australia’s federal parliament being expanded, in 1949 and 1984. We discuss the motivations for these changes, the…
www.tallyroom.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
We covered a lot in this one. Population movements, country v city, marginal seat campaigns, and the extremely cooked old Senate system.
In these times of more fluid parliaments, maybe we could scrap the idea of Oppositions altogether. Maybe every MP could be a parliamentarian(!) in a unity government. Governing for the benefit of the nation. #democracy #auspol
As the number of votes for major parties continues to slide, and ‘the coalition’ find it harder to agree what to coalesce around, the legal and rhetorical meaning of ‘the opposition’ is evolving rapidly…great piece by @browne90.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/explainers/2...
thepoint.com.au/explainers/2...
If the Opposition is not the alternative government, what is the point of it?
With Victoria on its third Oppostion Leader in a year, and speculation about pressure on the Federal and NSW Liberals, we're left wondering: what makes an Opposition Government?
thepoint.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 AM
In these times of more fluid parliaments, maybe we could scrap the idea of Oppositions altogether. Maybe every MP could be a parliamentarian(!) in a unity government. Governing for the benefit of the nation. #democracy #auspol
Is it that 'democracies' (whatever they are) are weak? Or is it that commercial entities of the petrochemical-financial-military-industrial complex have captured governments who are doing their bidding?
COP is compromised.
November 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Is it that 'democracies' (whatever they are) are weak? Or is it that commercial entities of the petrochemical-financial-military-industrial complex have captured governments who are doing their bidding?
Young people are disenchanted with how politics is happening. The danger of burning it down before building the alternative ... that's boring.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Burn it all down movements
When a 34-year-old democratic socialist defeats a political dynasty in the nation's largest city, we're witnessing more than another electoral upset.
johnmenadue.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Young people are disenchanted with how politics is happening. The danger of burning it down before building the alternative ... that's boring.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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There's a common misconception that preferences explain the thumping majority Labor won at this year's election.
Not true -- as @skyelark.bsky.social explains in @thepointau.bsky.social fact check
thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
Not true -- as @skyelark.bsky.social explains in @thepointau.bsky.social fact check
thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
Factcheck: Does Labor owe its parliamentary majority to preferential voting?
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 AM
There's a common misconception that preferences explain the thumping majority Labor won at this year's election.
Not true -- as @skyelark.bsky.social explains in @thepointau.bsky.social fact check
thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
Not true -- as @skyelark.bsky.social explains in @thepointau.bsky.social fact check
thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
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How democracy has changed since 1975, in six charts:
1/ The crossbench has grown from 3 in the Senate to 20 in the Senate and 13 in the House, making blocking supply much more difficult than it was for Malcolm Fraser.
1/ The crossbench has grown from 3 in the Senate to 20 in the Senate and 13 in the House, making blocking supply much more difficult than it was for Malcolm Fraser.
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
How democracy has changed since 1975, in six charts:
1/ The crossbench has grown from 3 in the Senate to 20 in the Senate and 13 in the House, making blocking supply much more difficult than it was for Malcolm Fraser.
1/ The crossbench has grown from 3 in the Senate to 20 in the Senate and 13 in the House, making blocking supply much more difficult than it was for Malcolm Fraser.
Agree. Transparency about who is running this is very important for knowing if to engage.
The site is very confusing a apparently i am voting when I am not. I can’t seem to find the full details of the site argument.
November 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Agree. Transparency about who is running this is very important for knowing if to engage.
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Australia’s democracy has changed radically since 1975.
So many more women in parliament, but less o in the Colaition
So many more minor party and independent MPs
And each MP now has so many more constituents…
Great article/graphs from @browne90.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
So many more women in parliament, but less o in the Colaition
So many more minor party and independent MPs
And each MP now has so many more constituents…
Great article/graphs from @browne90.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
How Australian democracy has changed since 1975, in six charts
50 years on from the Dismissal, how has Australian democracy changed? Here are six ways that Australian politics looks very different to when Gough Whitlam was PM in November 1975.
thepoint.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Australia’s democracy has changed radically since 1975.
So many more women in parliament, but less o in the Colaition
So many more minor party and independent MPs
And each MP now has so many more constituents…
Great article/graphs from @browne90.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
So many more women in parliament, but less o in the Colaition
So many more minor party and independent MPs
And each MP now has so many more constituents…
Great article/graphs from @browne90.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Basic psychology in this book; the best way to get someone to do something is get them to do it; then the brain rationalises why they did it. Same with good #democratic people's #participation in #government. #auspol.
So if we inspire, encourage & engage people in #livingdemocracy, it will flourish.
So if we inspire, encourage & engage people in #livingdemocracy, it will flourish.
New post - a long review of @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social's book, Don't Talk About Politics.
This is a book that arrived just at the right time for me, helping some difficult ideas slide into place.
It lays out a fundamental challenge to politics-as-usual
in-between-days.ghost.io/the-hitchhik...
This is a book that arrived just at the right time for me, helping some difficult ideas slide into place.
It lays out a fundamental challenge to politics-as-usual
in-between-days.ghost.io/the-hitchhik...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Political Psychology?
"The point, in short, is that we need to talk less about politics (in the sense of arguing with people) and instead build a world where those people are likely to encounter more and thus change their ...
in-between-days.ghost.io
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Basic psychology in this book; the best way to get someone to do something is get them to do it; then the brain rationalises why they did it. Same with good #democratic people's #participation in #government. #auspol.
So if we inspire, encourage & engage people in #livingdemocracy, it will flourish.
So if we inspire, encourage & engage people in #livingdemocracy, it will flourish.
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Exactly what Peter said
Like why would the bbc need to ‘balance’ its cover of the US in this way?
When the BBC covers, say, Xi critically should it also run a programme dedicated to the CCP’s achievements?
When the BBC covers, say, Xi critically should it also run a programme dedicated to the CCP’s achievements?
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Exactly what Peter said
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New post - a long review of @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social's book, Don't Talk About Politics.
This is a book that arrived just at the right time for me, helping some difficult ideas slide into place.
It lays out a fundamental challenge to politics-as-usual
in-between-days.ghost.io/the-hitchhik...
This is a book that arrived just at the right time for me, helping some difficult ideas slide into place.
It lays out a fundamental challenge to politics-as-usual
in-between-days.ghost.io/the-hitchhik...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Political Psychology?
"The point, in short, is that we need to talk less about politics (in the sense of arguing with people) and instead build a world where those people are likely to encounter more and thus change their ...
in-between-days.ghost.io
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
New post - a long review of @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social's book, Don't Talk About Politics.
This is a book that arrived just at the right time for me, helping some difficult ideas slide into place.
It lays out a fundamental challenge to politics-as-usual
in-between-days.ghost.io/the-hitchhik...
This is a book that arrived just at the right time for me, helping some difficult ideas slide into place.
It lays out a fundamental challenge to politics-as-usual
in-between-days.ghost.io/the-hitchhik...
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An era calling for courage over caution
November 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
An era calling for courage over caution
.@AndrewLeighMP: "In democracies, randomised trials are natural allies of electoral accountability."
www.themonthly.com.au/share/9db7ba...
www.themonthly.com.au/share/9db7ba...
The courage to learn
How randomised trials, typically employed in science and medicine, could help governments make better policy and rebuild public trust
www.themonthly.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
.@AndrewLeighMP: "In democracies, randomised trials are natural allies of electoral accountability."
www.themonthly.com.au/share/9db7ba...
www.themonthly.com.au/share/9db7ba...
McKinnon Index 2025: Strong support for #Australian #democracy, moderate support for government effectiveness but low confidence in #government and MPs.
So much rich data.
#auspol.
mckinnon.co/index
So much rich data.
#auspol.
mckinnon.co/index
McKinnon Index Key Findings | McKinnon
The McKinnon Index is an annual dashboard of democratic health is made up of a collection of measures aimed at tracking the health and effectiveness of our government and democracy over time.
mckinnon.co
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM
McKinnon Index 2025: Strong support for #Australian #democracy, moderate support for government effectiveness but low confidence in #government and MPs.
So much rich data.
#auspol.
mckinnon.co/index
So much rich data.
#auspol.
mckinnon.co/index
Reminder - next week end.
We asked some AI how to strengthen democracy and they told us. Then they self censored! Why? Find out.
Register to attend: bit.ly/4hBVG6q
Register for Zoom: bit.ly/4hEM8I1
More information canberra-alliance.org.au/event/formen...
We asked some AI how to strengthen democracy and they told us. Then they self censored! Why? Find out.
Register to attend: bit.ly/4hBVG6q
Register for Zoom: bit.ly/4hEM8I1
More information canberra-alliance.org.au/event/formen...
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Reminder - next week end.
We asked some AI how to strengthen democracy and they told us. Then they self censored! Why? Find out.
Register to attend: bit.ly/4hBVG6q
Register for Zoom: bit.ly/4hEM8I1
More information canberra-alliance.org.au/event/formen...
We asked some AI how to strengthen democracy and they told us. Then they self censored! Why? Find out.
Register to attend: bit.ly/4hBVG6q
Register for Zoom: bit.ly/4hEM8I1
More information canberra-alliance.org.au/event/formen...
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How did Whitlam's government profoundly change Australia in less than three years despite being shambolic and scandal-prone?
#AUListen #DemocracySausage The vista of the new 🎙️Troy Bramston @markgkenny.bsky.social @marijataflaga.bsky.social
Listen Now ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra....
#AUListen #DemocracySausage The vista of the new 🎙️Troy Bramston @markgkenny.bsky.social @marijataflaga.bsky.social
Listen Now ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra....
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 AM
How did Whitlam's government profoundly change Australia in less than three years despite being shambolic and scandal-prone?
#AUListen #DemocracySausage The vista of the new 🎙️Troy Bramston @markgkenny.bsky.social @marijataflaga.bsky.social
Listen Now ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra....
#AUListen #DemocracySausage The vista of the new 🎙️Troy Bramston @markgkenny.bsky.social @marijataflaga.bsky.social
Listen Now ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra....
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The Senate is more powerful than prime ministers like to admit, and last week we saw why that matters --
If clash over govt secrecy escalates, Labor may inspire Libs, Nats to question Senate customs that benefit govt.
@thepointau.bsky.social live blog:
live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
If clash over govt secrecy escalates, Labor may inspire Libs, Nats to question Senate customs that benefit govt.
@thepointau.bsky.social live blog:
live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
Australia Institute Live — Daily Updates
Stay updated with the latest from The Australia Institute.
live.thepoint.com.au
November 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The Senate is more powerful than prime ministers like to admit, and last week we saw why that matters --
If clash over govt secrecy escalates, Labor may inspire Libs, Nats to question Senate customs that benefit govt.
@thepointau.bsky.social live blog:
live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
If clash over govt secrecy escalates, Labor may inspire Libs, Nats to question Senate customs that benefit govt.
@thepointau.bsky.social live blog:
live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
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New Australia Institute polling shows most Australians, regardless of who they vote for, think cash-for access payments represent corrupt conduct.
“Politicians could improve public faith in democracy by ruling out taking money in a way that most view as corrupt.’
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
“Politicians could improve public faith in democracy by ruling out taking money in a way that most view as corrupt.’
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 AM
New Australia Institute polling shows most Australians, regardless of who they vote for, think cash-for access payments represent corrupt conduct.
“Politicians could improve public faith in democracy by ruling out taking money in a way that most view as corrupt.’
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
“Politicians could improve public faith in democracy by ruling out taking money in a way that most view as corrupt.’
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
We asked some AI how to strengthen democracy and they told us. Then they self censored! Why?
2pm November 16th 2025
The Irish Club, 6 Parkinson Street Weston.
Register to attend: bit.ly/4hBVG6q
Register for Zoom version: bit.ly/4hEM8I1
More information: canberra-alliance.org.au/events/
2pm November 16th 2025
The Irish Club, 6 Parkinson Street Weston.
Register to attend: bit.ly/4hBVG6q
Register for Zoom version: bit.ly/4hEM8I1
More information: canberra-alliance.org.au/events/
Exploring radical political change with AI; What could go wrong?
We asked a couple of AIs, What are the ways to deal openly and transparently and strengthen democracy ...?
They told us, then self censored! We asked why?
events.humanitix.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
We asked some AI how to strengthen democracy and they told us. Then they self censored! Why?
2pm November 16th 2025
The Irish Club, 6 Parkinson Street Weston.
Register to attend: bit.ly/4hBVG6q
Register for Zoom version: bit.ly/4hEM8I1
More information: canberra-alliance.org.au/events/
2pm November 16th 2025
The Irish Club, 6 Parkinson Street Weston.
Register to attend: bit.ly/4hBVG6q
Register for Zoom version: bit.ly/4hEM8I1
More information: canberra-alliance.org.au/events/
Take home: "The implication is that the theory of change we've all relied on - that we can build sufficiently strong arguments, and sufficient community power, to demand that governments do the right thing - simply doesn't work".
We need a new politics #auspol and soon.
We need a new politics #auspol and soon.
"the broad failure of our political system. The hyper-adversarialism that frames everything as competition for dominance.... The alienation from each other and the more-than-human world. The collapse of effective feedback mechanisms."
in-between-days.ghost.io/wedgie-polit...
in-between-days.ghost.io/wedgie-polit...
Wedgie politics & the banality of ecocide
On the adolescent inanity of politics at the end of the world as we know it
There's something so banal about the way the latest "attempt" to "reform" Australia's "environment laws" is unfolding.
[Is...
in-between-days.ghost.io
October 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Take home: "The implication is that the theory of change we've all relied on - that we can build sufficiently strong arguments, and sufficient community power, to demand that governments do the right thing - simply doesn't work".
We need a new politics #auspol and soon.
We need a new politics #auspol and soon.
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🤔 What makes them different?
They generate sensible and ambitious agreements centred on ideas of a common good. They do this because they create conditions for informed, nuanced debate on issues where politics has become stuck.
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They generate sensible and ambitious agreements centred on ideas of a common good. They do this because they create conditions for informed, nuanced debate on issues where politics has become stuck.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🤔 What makes them different?
They generate sensible and ambitious agreements centred on ideas of a common good. They do this because they create conditions for informed, nuanced debate on issues where politics has become stuck.
🧵👇
They generate sensible and ambitious agreements centred on ideas of a common good. They do this because they create conditions for informed, nuanced debate on issues where politics has become stuck.
🧵👇
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Interesting to see the @belfasttelegraph.co.uk reporting on growing calls for a citizens' assembly to help keep Stormont on track. 🔗 bit.ly/3WpNjRQ
For those asking "what exactly is a citizens' assembly?" we can help:
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For those asking "what exactly is a citizens' assembly?" we can help:
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Calls for Citizens’ Assembly to help keep Stormont on track growing
Fresh calls for a new Citizens’ Assembly in Northern Ireland are growing — with the aim of helping keep the Stormont Executive on track.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Interesting to see the @belfasttelegraph.co.uk reporting on growing calls for a citizens' assembly to help keep Stormont on track. 🔗 bit.ly/3WpNjRQ
For those asking "what exactly is a citizens' assembly?" we can help:
🧵👇
For those asking "what exactly is a citizens' assembly?" we can help:
🧵👇
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The first episode of TRISE - Transnational Institute of Social Ecology's podcast "Monilizing Social Ecology" is now available online!
In this episode, we explore what social ecological transformations require on the ground and how they are being made a reality around the world.
shorturl.at/dAFwI
In this episode, we explore what social ecological transformations require on the ground and how they are being made a reality around the world.
shorturl.at/dAFwI
Mobilizing Social Ecology Podcast #1: A Talk with Eleanor Finley - Transnational Institute of Social Ecology
Mobilizing Social Ecology is a podcast of the Transnational Institute of Social Ecology (trise.net). It explores ecological and democratic transformations for collective liberation and life-sustaining...
www.trise.net
October 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The first episode of TRISE - Transnational Institute of Social Ecology's podcast "Monilizing Social Ecology" is now available online!
In this episode, we explore what social ecological transformations require on the ground and how they are being made a reality around the world.
shorturl.at/dAFwI
In this episode, we explore what social ecological transformations require on the ground and how they are being made a reality around the world.
shorturl.at/dAFwI