Official journal of the Australian Political Studies Association (@auspsa.bsky.social). Find us at https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cajp20https://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mqzvibai4h2iIndependent and minor party success is concentrated in inner-urban and rural seats — not the suburbs. And since 2011, women make up nearly 60% of newly elected IMPs. Hayman, Spies-Butcher & Riboldi find evidence of enduring realignment, not just backlash. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.267044919 Jul 2026 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzvibai4h2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mqsct3zery2fNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: Is the Community Independents Movement about electing candidates or empowering communities? Hendriks, Lloyd-Hurwitz & Reid find this tension is the CIM’s defining internal challenge - and that managing it is key to its unity. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.267045816 Jul 2026 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqsct3zery2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mqj5sst5ut2kNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: Minor parties & independents account for 16% of disclosed federal political funding, but their funding profiles are strikingly different from each other, and from the majors. First systematic study of non-major electoral finance in Australia. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.267045213 Jul 2026 07:21 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqj5sst5ut2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mqilvpav7d2rIndependent and minor party success is concentrated in inner-urban and rural seats — not the suburbs. And since 2011, women make up nearly 60% of newly elected IMPs. Hayman, Spies-Butcher & Riboldi find evidence of enduring realignment, not just backlash. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.267044913 Jul 2026 01:59 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqilvpav7d2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mqbp26irbs2qNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: Is the Community Independents Movement about electing candidates or empowering communities? Hendriks, Lloyd-Hurwitz & Reid find this tension is the CIM’s defining internal challenge - and that managing it is key to its unity. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.267045810 Jul 2026 08:08 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbp26irbs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mqb6nmnfgq2fNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: 34% of non-US universities require all three elements of Wahlke elements of a political science curriculum vs just 18% in the US. Richard Frank’s cross-national study of 218 programs across 5 democracies reveals what drives curriculum design. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.266418910 Jul 2026 03:15 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqb6nmnfgq2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mpxmjokf4y2pNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: the US military suppressed the Diné language in boarding schools - then extracted it as a military weapon. Sulagna Basu analyses this contradiction through the concept of ‘technification’ in settler militarism. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.267201306 Jul 2026 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxmjokf4y2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mpwzt4sbhj22New in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: Minor parties & independents account for 16% of disclosed federal political funding, but their funding profiles are strikingly different from each other, and from the majors. First systematic study of non-major electoral finance in Australia. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.267045206 Jul 2026 02:22 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpwzt4sbhj22https://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mppt5qgthe2eNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: Real domestic emissions barely moved in Labor’s first term. Matthew Ryan argues the ALP’s climate approach is a Faustian bargain with private capital — and its ‘tactical fatalism’ on fossil fuels is driving us deeper into overshoot. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.267045003 Jul 2026 05:34 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mppt5qgthe2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mppdxjkak52bNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: 34% of non-US universities require all three elements of Wahlke elements of a political science curriculum vs just 18% in the US. Richard Frank’s cross-national study of 218 programs across 5 democracies reveals what drives curriculum design. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.266418903 Jul 2026 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mppdxjkak52bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mpfpaawqtt2nNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: JRG didn’t reshape student choices - it deepened a curriculum crisis already underway. Thompson & Gerard find HASS course offerings at four universities fell by over 60% since 2017, driven by chronic underfunding, not the price signal. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.266418529 Jun 2026 04:56 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpfpaawqtt2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mpewrqsq452tNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: the US military suppressed the Diné language in boarding schools - then extracted it as a military weapon. Sulagna Basu analyses this contradiction through the concept of ‘technification’ in settler militarism. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.267201328 Jun 2026 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpewrqsq452thttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mp6cv4cgvn2uNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: Real domestic emissions barely moved in Labor’s first term. Matthew Ryan argues the ALP’s climate approach is a Faustian bargain with private capital — and its ‘tactical fatalism’ on fossil fuels is driving us deeper into overshoot. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.267045026 Jun 2026 06:27 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6cv4cgvn2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mothvpn2zo2iNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: JRG didn’t reshape student choices - it deepened a curriculum crisis already underway. Thompson & Gerard find HASS course offerings at four universities fell by over 60% since 2017, driven by chronic underfunding, not the price signal. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.266418521 Jun 2026 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mothvpn2zo2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3momjw47zmc2xNew in AusJPS: Lindsay Katz, Inessa De Angelis & Rohan Alexander analyse 535,961 statements in Australian parliamentary debates to examine gender, party and interruptions in the House of Representatives. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10361146.2026.264281919 Jun 2026 04:45 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3momjw47zmc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mo2xxuqlf32vNew in AusJPS: Lindsay Katz, Inessa De Angelis & Rohan Alexander analyse 535,961 statements in Australian parliamentary debates to examine gender, party and interruptions in the House of Representatives. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10361146.2026.264281912 Jun 2026 05:09 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo2xxuqlf32vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mo27ug5qtd2fNew in AJPS: Katharine Gelber uses queer autoethnography to analyse donor conception law reform in Queensland, highlighting the emotions and labour behind long-term political change. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10361146.2026.263223511 Jun 2026 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo27ug5qtd2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mnqpxjfscg2qNew in AusJPS: Olli Hellmann examines how history is mobilised in climate and conservation politics, analysing 25,000+ submissions on Aotearoa New Zealand’s Fast-track Approvals Bill. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10361146.2026.264146008 Jun 2026 03:19 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnqpxjfscg2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mnq3ndhf272mNew in AusJPS: Amanda Williams & Vanessa Rose analyse the Morrison government’s “gas-fired recovery”, showing how gas was constructed as central to economic recovery, energy transition and fossil fuel longevity. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10361146.2026.264824607 Jun 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnq3ndhf272mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mnjmsw3djb2qNew in AusJPS: Claire Fitzpatrick examines #ShoutYourAbortion and #RoevWade, asking how hashtags can amplify feminist counterpublics while also revealing the limits of deliberation in hostile digital spaces. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10361146.2026.264947505 Jun 2026 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnjmsw3djb2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mnimfqvq352zNew in AJPS: Katharine Gelber uses queer autoethnography to analyse donor conception law reform in Queensland, highlighting the emotions and labour behind long-term political change. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10361146.2026.263223504 Jun 2026 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnimfqvq352zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mn7kdzkxwt2aNew in AusJPS: Adele Webb, Katharina Esau & Nicole Curato introduce a special issue on transformations in the public sphere, rethinking publicness, deliberation and democracy in platformised media environments. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10361146.2026.265781501 Jun 2026 07:23 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn7kdzkxwt2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mn6k2zsmwp2yNew in AusJPS: Amanda Williams & Vanessa Rose analyse the Morrison government’s “gas-fired recovery”, showing how gas was constructed as central to economic recovery, energy transition and fossil fuel longevity. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10361146.2026.264824631 May 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn6k2zsmwp2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mmxrus5j642sNew 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. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10361146.2026.266418529 May 2026 05:17 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmxrus5j642shttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mmxcimcged2pNew in AusJPS: Claire Fitzpatrick examines #ShoutYourAbortion and #RoevWade, asking how hashtags can amplify feminist counterpublics while also revealing the limits of deliberation in hostile digital spaces. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10361146.2026.264947529 May 2026 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmxcimcged2p