Marija Taflaga
@marijataflaga.bsky.social
Political Scientist at The Australian National University. Political Tragic, co-host of the Democracy Sausage podcast
theconversation.com/change-or-di... me, Zareh Ghazarian and @matteobonotti.bsky.social on the liberal party. We're edited a new two volume book on party and we apply some of the findings to the party's present circumstances
Change or die: how the Liberal Party’s long resistance to reform has left it fighting for life
The Liberals never gave members the same scope to be involved and influence policy as Labor did. Now, they are paying the price for it.
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Had a great chat about Angertainment with @markgkenny.bsky.social and @marijataflaga.bsky.social on Australia's best #auspol podcast, tune in wherever you usually do that for podcasts
ANU Australian Studies Institute@anuausi.bsky.social · 4w agoIs social media now a more powerful force reshaping Australian democracy than any politician, party, or policy? Hear from author of 'Angertainment' @edcoper.bsky.social on the latest ep of #DemocracySausage w/ @markgkenny.bsky.social & @marijataflaga.bsky.social. 🎧👉 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra...
Can Keir Starmer's leadership survive & who are the likely contenders? Elizabeth Ames joins @markgkenny.bsky.social & @marijataflaga.bsky.social on the latest ep of #DemocracySausage 🌭🎙️ to unpack the dynamics ahead of the UK’s upcoming Council elections in May. 🎧👉 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra...
This week on #DemocracySausage 🌭🎙️ @markgkenny.bsky.social & @marijataflaga.bsky.social sit down with Professor Nicholas Biddle to dig into Australia's fiscal paradox and make sense of the observations of Australian voters in this 'age of pessimism'. #auspol 🎧👉 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra...
Following up from last night's shocking Four Corners, great analysis from Dr @marijataflaga.bsky.social, Dr Francis Markham and Distinguished Professor Keith Dowding on the broken governance structures that lead to these scandals. thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Lessons from ANU for Australia’s university governance crisis
The Australian National University (ANU) has spent the past eighteen months in a state of rolling crisis. The headline issues are now familiar. In October 2024, a large projected deficit was announce...
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📚 BOOK LAUNCH 📚 What really happened in the 2025 election? Hosted by renowned journalist Nick Bryant, join leading experts for the launch of 'Landslide: The 2025 Australian Federal Election'. 🗓️ 16 April ⏰ 6 pm 📍National Library of Australia Register 👇 www.library.gov.au/whats-on/eve...
Landslide: The 2025 Australian federal election | National Library of Australia (NLA)
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia hosts the launch of Landslide, published by ANU Press and edited by Marian Sawer, Jill Sheppard, and John Warhurst. Join veteran journalist Nick Bryant ...
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How has the preferential voting system masked the decline of the major parties and why is the decline worse for the Liberals and Nationals? 🗳️ #AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️ @shaunratcliff.bsky.social @marijataflaga.bsky.social @markgkenny.bsky.social 👉 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra...
#AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️Member for Reid, Sally Sitou, joins @marijataflaga.bsky.social and @markgkenny.bsky.social to discuss her political journey, migration, grievance politics and areas of reform needed to improve social cohesion. Listen Now: ausi.anu.edu.au/news/democra...
#ICYMI #DemocracySausage🎙️ Political scientist @jillesheppard.bsky.social joins @marijataflaga.bsky.social @markgkenny.bsky.social to discuss the politicisation of a tragedy and the deep divisions within the federal coalition and conservative parties in Australia. 🎧 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/first-d....
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....
is anyone actually surprised?
Daniel Kim, MD, DrPH@socialepi.bsky.social · 9mo agoSocioeconomic roots of academic faculty Tenure-track faculty are up to 25 times more likely to have a parent with a Ph.D. Moreover, this rate nearly doubles at prestigious universities and is stable across the past 50 years. #AcademicSky
it's only been more than three decades Source: The Guardian search.app/W918U
Australian governments ‘turning their backs’ on soaring Indigenous incarceration, former minister says
Robert Tickner says there are ‘no excuses for the failure to implement’ recommendations from the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody
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"For months we have been repeating the same cycle....We’re like high-school seniors rehashing a first date." Exactly. Just move on. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: The art of no deal: Canada’s only winning move is not to play
The only objective in these negotiations should be to keep them going, for as long as we can
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The dishonesty around the use of Robodebt in prosecuting the government’s Freedom of Information secrecy drive is galling in the extreme. I set out some facts that deflate the specious claims being used as cover. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
‘Absurdist leaps of logic’: Robodebt misused in FOI reforms
I am furious. Angry, certainly, about the federal government’s proposed freedom of information laws, which mock the very idea of transparency, but seething especially about the justification for them,...
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Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
Fuel problems in russia are getting bigger and bigger🔥🔥
Fascinating: "Declining Fertility in Wealthy Nations" (AKA the Baby Bust that nobody anywhere seems to be able to do much about). www.nber.org/digest/20251...
“Characterising [Julie Bishop’s] leadership as "chaotic", Mr Sheldon asked if she would apologise for several governance failures which he described as "an absolute shemozzle and ... an unmitigated stuff-up".” www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908613...
'Absolute shemozzle': embattled ANU head faces probe
Foreign minister-turned-chancellor of a top-tier university Julie Bishop has faced senators to discuss governance issues that have plagued...
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“Ms Bishop had to take the exact dollar figure on notice, but said the “resignation package was what she was entitled to under the contract of engagement as vice-chancellor.” Ms Bishop said Prof. Bell was paid part of her salary for a period of time rather than giving notice.” tinyurl.com/4ma8ujkr
Lavish ANU Perth office to close, Bishop reveals at Senate estimates
Rebekah Brown tried to change Renew ANU but didn't have the authority, Senate estimates hears.
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VCs are “not interchangeable” with people who run banks or mining companies ... “Yet the current approach prices them as though they could walk into the C-suite of a listed company – a fiction that drives pay packages ever higher.” @marijataflaga.bsky.social and @francismarkham.bsky.social
Times Higher Education (THE)@timeshighered.bsky.social · 10mo agoInstitutional autonomy ‘not threatened’ by proposal to more than halve executive pay, Australian academics say, as universities insist councils should maintain control https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/regulate-inflated-v-c-salaries-australian-senators-told
Great paper on the state of political science osf.io/preprints/os... by @guygrossman.bsky.social et. al. We have become more diverse, more quantitative, and more collaborative.
