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/3my6nsrynph23New in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: in Mā’ohi Nui/French Polynesia, pride in military service and the legacy of nuclear testing sit inside claims for sovereignty. Claudia Ledderucci on how military intimacy complicates Indigenous futures. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.265781918 Oct 2026 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3my6nsrynph23https://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mxx4geadb42oNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: the electorate isn't fragmenting – it's realigning. Jill Sheppard clusters AES data from 1998–2025 and finds the Liberal professional-class base shrinking and the right splitting in two. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.270479415 Oct 2026 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxx4geadb42ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mxn2k6fjhh2xNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: what makes a politician read as 'authentic'? Pandanus Petter & Cosmo Howard use Bob Katter to show how truthfulness, ideological consistency, regional identity and props blend into a performance. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.270480811 Oct 2026 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxn2k6fjhh2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mxfj5jhehq2xNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: Hanson and Roberts perform the 'Aussie Battler' – but Emily Foley & Josh Sunman find the working-class identity One Nation stages is thin and contradictory, an electoral tool, not a pro-worker agenda. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.268090508 Oct 2026 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxfj5jhehq2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mx3hboxe4n22New in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: what would Indigenous economic sovereignty require of Australian states? Rachael McDonald compares the US, NZ and Victoria, and finds treaty the foundation for economic self-determination. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.270479504 Oct 2026 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx3hboxe4n22https://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mwtzajesle2aNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: owners vote centre-right more than mortgage holders, who vote that way more than renters. Ferran Martinez i Coma & Francisco Perales track 25 years of AES data – and the gap is widening. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.270101501 Oct 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtzajesle2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mwjxeec2vv2nNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: 'failing forward' in the university sector. Greg McCarthy on how the Albanese government's higher education reforms keep colliding with the neoliberal foundations they're built on. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.270101127 Sep 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjxeec2vv2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mwcfxuqcfu2xNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: Labor's first term on temporary migration went from reform to retreat. Emily Foley argues social democratic impulses can't beat neoliberal ones once migration becomes politically salient. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.268293724 Sep 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwcfxuqcfu2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mvye44va6i2nNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: how secure is a postal ballot? Katharina Kretschmer & Lisa Hill observed the 2024 Victorian local elections end to end – receipt, sorting, counting, storage – and find integrity protocols robust. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.268089820 Sep 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvye44va6i2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mvqspv3kw52nNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: the Greens lost three inner-city seats in 2025 yet their vote held up – because it's growing in the suburbs. Nathan Fioritti & Stewart Jackson ask if its targeting strategy has caught up. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.264947117 Sep 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqspv3kw52nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mvgqtfylft2zNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: does partisanship run on loving your party or hating the other one? In three studies, Michael Dare, Daniel Druckman & Frank Mols find in-party liking drives loyalty – but policy preferences underpin both. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.271291413 Sep 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvgqtfylft2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mv77gxuc2z2uNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: 'woke' does more than describe – it works as a master signifier that scrambles the discourses it attaches to. Jim Jose on the woke discursive formation and how the term weaponises progressive argument. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.270101910 Sep 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv77gxuc2z2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3muv5kyqmow25New in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: why did Labor win so big in 2025? Sarah Cameron & Ian McAllister find a Coalition vote long eroded by generational change and a modern gender gap, then finished off by campaign leaders and issues. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.271494806 Sep 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3muv5kyqmow25https://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3munm67pbea2bNew in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts, military rule runs through land, law and everyday administration, not just conflict. Binota Moy Dhamai argues peace requires the 1997 Accord and Jumma self-determination. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.269142703 Sep 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3munm67pbea2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ausjpolsci.bsky.social/post/3mudueb7vay26New in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: Morrison rejected a duty of care to kids on climate; Albanese invoked one to ban under-16s from social media. Judith Bessant, Philippa Collin & Nina Montero on two governments dodging binding duties. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2026.272000531 Aug 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:rpy75ymuiyegiyjspsw7hm7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudueb7vay26https://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/3momjw47zmc2x