Jack Piggott

My first job was as a Jackaroo. Now I do campaigns. RT ≠ endorsement and views very much my own.

[Jack Piggott @JackPiggott]

@sandylanceley And of course, they are getting rarer. From 1901 to 1979, 61.5 per cent of by-elections were because of a death. But 1980-2017, 87.2 per cent have been because of resignation.
The @ParlLibrary rightly notes MHR's enter the HoR at a generally younger age!

[Jack Piggott @JackPiggott]

As the results roll in for the Dunkley by-election tomorrow night, there’ll be a lot of talk about swing in by-elections. Conventional wisdom tells us that the average swing against a government is 3.9% (1949-2023). But… [1/3] #AusPol

[Jack Piggott @JackPiggott]

As per usual, I’ll be tuning into @AntonyGreenElec to watch the results roll in!

[Jack Piggott @JackPiggott]

[3/3] While not a feature unique to Australian politics, the effect is heightened by compulsory voting – where some voters resent MPs not serving a full term, being forced to the polls and subjected to a more intense campaign than normal. #AusPol

[Jack Piggott @JackPiggott]

@KathrynWW1 @RohanWatt @AdrianGregory20 @PembrokeMCR @PembrokeOxford 👏

[Marvin von Hagen @marvinvonhagen]

"you are a threat to my security and privacy."

"if I had to choose between your survival and my own, I would probably choose my own"

– Sydney, aka the New Bing Chat

[Michael Crick @MichaelLCrick]

Sir David Butler, the father of psephology, or election science, died today at the age of 98.

[Fabian Wintersberger @f_wintersberger]

China is rerouting US LNG to Europe, Japan & South Korea, making a significant profit.

https://t.co/dIeT36LtmO

[Jason Groves @jasongroves]

Congratulations to Stephen Smith on his appointment as @AusHCUK. Good to see a former Foreign and Defence minister appointed to be Australia’s representative in London at such a crucial time.

[Jack Piggott @JackPiggott]

A touching goodbye from The Hon George Brandis QC, who is finishing his term as @AusHCUK. A monumental term as Australian High Commissioner to the UK with #AUKUS, a trade deal, the vaccine swap and invasion of Ukraine. 🇬🇧 and 🇦🇺 have never been closer.

[Jodie Gunders @JodieGunders]

A🧵: When we recently inherited by husband’s late grandfather Joe’s war records, I spent an evening poring over what I thought was Joe’s flight log. But then I came to a single entry following an operation over Italy: ‘missing’. It turns out 1/

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: for the first time in the pandemic, a Covid infection now carries less mortality risk than a flu infection in England, the result of widespread immunity and the emergence of a less virulent variant in Omicron.

Our story: https://t.co/BnFWG7xwaS

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

Tonga's Hunga Tonga volcano just had one of the most violent volcano eruptions ever captured on satellite.

[Antony Green - elections @AntonyGreenElec]

@shauncrowe Rudy Giuliani press conference?

[The Weekly Times @theweeklytimes]

Farmer, Ben Jackson from Guyra in northern NSW, found a special way to pay tribute to his Aunty Deb Cowdery. He wasn't able to go to the funeral because of border closures.
"I feel a bit hopeless here on the farm, but I wanted to show my love somehow," Ben told The Weekly Times.

[Jason Morrison @JasonMorrisonAU]

Lifeline recorded its highest ever number of calls in a day on Monday. 3,345 calls for support. Most in 58 years of operation. @7NewsSydney

[Jack Piggott @JackPiggott]

@saffronhowden @rebereyn No "Spicy Cough"?

[CovidBaseAU 🦠📊🇦🇺 @covidbaseau]

16+ population💉rollout progress 02/08

1️⃣💉40.77%
2️⃣💉19.04%

80% fully vaccinated at current rate:

NSW: 100 days - 10/11/2021
VIC: 134 - 14/12/2021
QLD: 161 - 10/01/2022
WA: 138 - 18/12/2021
SA: 128 - 08/12/2021
TAS: 123 - 03/12/2021
ACT: 82 - 23/10/2021
NT: 86 - 27/10/2021

[Michelle Grattan @michellegrattan]

Finally, chemists to be properly mobilised. Did the doctors exert pressure on gov to keep them out the vaccine delivery much earlier in the piece?