James Walker

@kittypurrzog @USPS At @USPS regret to inform you the time sensitive document has been “John” Denvered youtu.be/SneCkM0bJq0?si…

I priority mailed time-sensitive document through @USPS from Seattle to Denver and it's now gone from Seattle to Tacoma to Anchorage to Sarasota to Ybor City, Florida. Is this letter on spring break? wtf is happening

@kevinbonham Go to end and work you way back Or perhaps keep Doing what your doing, eating your Brussel Sprouts and Squash first before a 🧁 dessert of Local Gov and Party Submissions

Well mostly not in the next ten anyway. Srsly. Going out for a few hours, inhaling all these in one dose could be fatal.

I've started reading the submissions on the draft AEC boundaries for Tasmania and after the first ten I am feeling much starved of nourishment. #politas aec.gov.au/redistribution…

Wowsers Over 90 Submissions to the @AusElectoralCom proposed changes to the Tasmanian federal electorate boundaries aec.gov.au/redistribution… #politas

I got to see Petrol & Diesel price controls in action visiting Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 in 2003. The Results: - No availability - Flourishing black market (at huge mark ups) - Associated racketeering - Industry & transport paralysis Things might be grim now but they can always get worse

@bj_stansfield @Lyn_Cleaver @ellen_rosella @PollPositionPod @grok @swegen31 Wow…..I was way out with Don Draper

Congratulations @Lyn_Cleaver and @ellen_rosella for correctly guessing tomorrow's @PollPositionPod special guest. Less so Mr @grok who falsely claimed it was Jeremy Rockliff. Should be a great chat, so much to talk about. #politas @swegen31

@shwood today it happened only I didn’t take you’re opening advice

Seems to be some ballyhoo in the commentary on @AusElectoralCom proposed #politas redistribution. Page 12 of the report is the most telling graph of why southern electorates need major adjustment #politas

@DrClimate Think of it more as the non discontiguous proliferation option

Holy shit the AEC went for the nuclear option! #politas aec.gov.au/redistribution…

@MattWelch Sheeeeeeeeeet I’ve shared so many @reason videos in the last five years

Well, this is fucking awful. washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

Merger musings taking a chunk of #politas attention this week Lots of calls for more reports, studies etc A reminder that the most in depth, widely consultative process ever was completed earlier this #lgtas term futurelocal.tas.gov.au

That’s it? Just 10 responses to ideas on @AusElectoralCom #politas redistribution submissions aec.gov.au/redistribution…

@shannon_wells Helps if there was another submission from someone with a similar name You on the other hand would surly have less issues with name confusion

The #politas redistribution ideas on AEC boundaries are now up with two weeks to comment aec.gov.au/redistribution…

@DrClimate @kevinbonham Thanks Damien, I hope we can come through the process next year with logical and durable changes

@jwalkerclarence Your (and Doug Chipman's) south-east (Franklin), south-west (Clark), north-east (Bass), north-west (Braddon), middle (Lyons) model is nice - could probably be added as a 5th option to @kevinbonham's overview. kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2025/10/tasman…

Hurry Hurry POLIDORKS the Round 1 submissions for the #politas AEC redistribution ideas close 6pm sharp tonight aec.gov.au/redistribution…

@bj_stansfield Less opposition more Gary

Continuity without change #politas #fontcast

@KosSamaras I see the perennially played US card and raise you Ireland, Canada and New Zealand. The latter is the closest equivalent democracy to Australia and has better contests of ideas come election time.

My opinion piece in the Financial Review. Our compulsory voting system rewards the centre and it rejects imported fringe politics from the U.S. "Our compulsory voting system, unique among major English-speaking democracies, creates a gravitational pull toward the centre that the Coalition has failed to navigate. While voluntary voting systems allow parties to win by mobilising their base, Australia’s system demands broad appeal. You cannot win by firing up 30 per cent of the population – you must speak to the disengaged, the moderate, and the undecided. This structural reality bolts Australia to the centre, rewarding parties that build broad coalitions rather than those that retreat to ideological purity. The Coalition’s recent flirtations with culture war politics imported from voluntary voting systems fundamentally misunderstand this Australian reality. While such tactics might energise a base in the United States, here they alienate the suburban families who decide elections." Link to the full essay in this thread.

Sub prime says hello… Just remember when this bites, there will be nowhere for you to hide. Unthinkably irresponsible cosmetic policy which fails to address or acknowledge the root problem. 👇🏼

@DaveTaylorNews And they know it too

The home deposit scheme increases prices because it increases demand without a subsequent supply increase. Just basic economics.

@shannon_wells With a partly 4 of 13 party room votes Just one misstep will see the ALP caucus go ROGUE-ON-JOSH