Jonathon Louth

Political economy, complexity, neoliberalism, community services, homelessness, inequality and everyday lives. Electiony stuff too.

[Jonathon Louth @jonathonlouth]

@andymycock1 @HuddersfieldUni @hudpolitics So sorry to hear this, Andy! Unbelievable. I’ll DM. Hope you are doing okay

[Violence Against Women Journal @VAWJournal]

This study by @catherinermac & @jonathonlouth analyzes interview and focus group data with young, South Australian women and men to explore internalized sexism in their understanding of intimate partner violence. Prevention strategies are discussed. #IPV
https://t.co/sP5KBJW53z

[Jonathon Louth @jonathonlouth]

“That Malcolm Turnbull had to pontificate in the glow of a Zoom screen instead of in the presence of 100 members of his alma mater is neither here nor there. Frankly, the man occupies a deeply irritating presence in Australian political life…” https://t.co/yeUQ7riOsw

[Isabella M Weber @IsabellaMWeber]

Best of times, worst of times: Our graph on the profit margin explosion today on the front page of the @FT, just next to falling life expectancy.

[Peter Cronau @PeterCronau]

Prince Charles sent a thank-you letter to John Kerr after Kerr sacked PM Whitlam:
“I appreciate what you do and admire the way you have performed. Please don’t lose heart. What you did last year was right and the courageous thing to do.”
https://t.co/01j8zdDHyI @RoyalCentral

[Jonathon Louth @jonathonlouth]

“Years of neoliberalism have trained us to believe that we don’t have the ability to legislate price controls for housing”

⁦@MattGrudnoff⁩ on the money, so to speak. Public housing is one of the great levellers that we have abandoned. https://t.co/eviFrTnSLB

[HOMELESS AUSTRALIA @Homeless_AU]

'We felt like we're nothing': increasing voting among Australians experiencing homelessness https://t.co/YJtiPY17BU via @ConversationEDU

[Sophus zu Ermgassen @sophusticated]

Can England build all the homes the govt says we need *whilst* staying within our carbon budget & achieving national biodiversity policy goals?

The answer's 🤯

“A home for all within planetary boundaries” – our new paper in Ecological Economics
https://t.co/LOCRX2zRC9

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

Homeless voters represent a diverse electoral group.

So, can their numbers turn the tide in elections?

Here's what research from @UniversitySA, @Flinders + @UniofAdelaide shows:

@jonathonlouth #Auspol
https://t.co/KiesSMSqiK

[Homelessness Australia @HomelessnessAus]

We the political will, and a hefty dose of ambition, we can #EndHomelessness in Australia.

We need 25,000 social housing properties built every year.

@GuardianAus @JoshButler #HW2022 #BuildSocialHousing
https://t.co/C3AQvfl0F8

[ANU Australian Studies Institute @ANUausi]

"But there is another election bellwether we never hear about: people experiencing homelessness."

Read more 👉 #AUViews https://t.co/9Ujfos3uxT by @jonathonlouth @UniversitySA, Lisa Hill @UniofAdelaide & Veronica Coram @Flinders via @ConversationEDU.

[Jonathon Louth @jonathonlouth]

This connects with a great deal of what has occurred and what needs to to be done across Australian jurisdictions. #HW2022

[Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley]

The history of the housing crisis - and how to solve it - in 2 minutes

[Jonathon Louth @jonathonlouth]

With @lisahil62727054 and Veronica Coram, some words in @conversationEDU on the importance of political belonging for everyone.
'We felt like we're nothing': increasing voting among Australians experiencing homelessness https://t.co/6davb2wT7n #HW2022 #homelessness

[Jonathon Louth @jonathonlouth]

We can end homelessness.
⁦@HomelessnessAus⁩ https://t.co/Luo8fBkELu

[Homelessness Australia @HomelessnessAus]

As rents rapidly rise and the cost of living races ahead of people’s incomes, the need to do more to avoid homelessness is more vital than ever.

We need a plan to #EndHomelessness.

Here's what it should include: https://t.co/imkafkGKRx #HW2022

[Jonathon Louth @jonathonlouth]

Predatory lenders should have been regulated out of the industry a long time ago. There is nothing new here, just the same old legislative loopholes being exploited. https://t.co/yf8zFQPMvd

[Jonathon Louth @jonathonlouth]

New open access article out with Veronica Coram and
@lisahil62727054 on the importance of voting and the electoral behaviours of people experiencing homelessness in Australia.

European Journal of Homelessness -> https://t.co/4jiubXzf79

@FEANTSA #auspol #homelessness #HW2022

[Ben Phillips @benphillips76]

A clip from Don’t Look Up, and then a real TV interview that just happened

[Jonathon Louth @jonathonlouth]

New article on voting and homelessness in Australia: Does My Vote Matter? The Electoral Behaviour and Attitudes of People Experiencing Homelessness

European Journal of Homelessness: https://t.co/OaDsPg2NgK
#homelessness #auspol #elections @Flinders @UniofAdelaide @UniversitySA

[Jonathon Louth @jonathonlouth]

Who benefits from housing tax breaks? Richer, older men.

OECD call to cap tax breaks benefitting the rich https://t.co/lT0YjRqCAN