Was great to talk to the Financial Review about one of my favourite topics: how we can read public opinion on social media afr.com/politics/feder…

If advertising money was all it takes to win elections then Clive Palmer would have become Prime Minister in 2022, I told Crikey

Thanks Natasha Mitchell (she/her) looking forward to the panel!

Great panel on accountability last night with 💧simon holmes à court 🦋 Helen Haines MP Shireen Morris and the legendary Andi Durbach, expertly moderated by Natasha Mitchell (she/her). Thanks Justine Nolan and UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute for having me!

James Cameron: "In Star Wars the good guys are the rebels, they're using asymmetric warfare against a highly organized empire, I think we call those guys terrorists today." George Lucas: "When I did it they were Vietcong. That was the whole point."

The right is firing misinformation bullets in its climate war on renewables – here’s a way to fight back. Words Peter Lewis @_Essential_M Image Tom Red Memes #auspol #climatechange #PeterDutton #prebunking theguardian.com/australia-news…

Gidday everyone! ICYMI myself and Milton Mango (my drag bloke persona) both appeared on stage for Dan Ilic's A Rational Fear's live recording at SXSW Sydney! In-person punters got an eye-full of King Milt's chest hair but listeners will have to imagine. arationalfear.substack.com/p/live-from-sx…

I spoke to The Saturday Paper about the biggest danger facing Australia right now: the wholesale import and weaponisation of the #MAGA playbook. “If you think this was about the specific issue of the referendum, you’re missing the point.”

Great to see more focus on the background causes - we obsess about the fact a piece of misinformation is false, hence the rush to correct it as the solution, not the root causes that led it to be effective

A cautionary important thread on how the culture war mongers do their work. The last week shows how Peter Dutton plans to win the next election, assisted by media who moonlight as the LNP PR machine, working in unison with a conservative lobby group funded by billionaires. /1

News from Tesla: we are leaving the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries and resigning from its board. The FCAI has repeatedly made claims about new vehicle efficiency standards that are demonstrably false. We can't stand by that. Here's the letter. drive.google.com/file/d/1OPQafp…

How to win friends and influence people, 2024 edition

A heartfelt thank you everyone who attended last night's workshop on Disinformation: How to Spot It &How to Respond. Your presence and active participation made the event a great success! 🎉 A special shout-out to our presenters, Ed Coper & Lee Constable Ed Coper Lee Constable 🔥

Join us for a fascinating session with Ed Coper, an expert in communications for social impact and the author of Facts and Other Lies: Welcome to the Disinformation Age. 👉 Get your tickets here: events.humanitix.com/fireside-chat-…

Check out our recent Fireside chat with Ed Coper, author of Facts and Other Lies: Welcome to the Disinformation Age. Ed emphasizes that companies must understand people's motivations rather than simply treating customers as solely price-driven and ignoring their deeper values.

A good story can be one of the most dangerous devices in the world. Join Ed Coper Kosta Lucas Megan Phelps-Roper and Fran Kelly in this panel live at Carriageworks, Sydney. SUN 25 AUG // 5:45PM // ABSOLUTELY JUSTIFIED🔥 Book now at festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/absolu… #FODI

"A network of organised disinformation sows doubt, kills policy reform & keep us at odds..Behind it all..a network of industrialists fuelling a noise machine..the global membership of fossil fuel-backed #AtlasNetwork..drives the Trumpian agenda globally." theguardian.com/us-news/commen…

So we've put in a pitch for a podcast session at SXSW this year - but we need votes! We're doing it with friend of the podcast Ed Coper and it will be great. I hope they let me bring some CBCo tins - it better not just be instant coffee and sadness! publicvoting.sxswsydney.com/profile/846982…

The alarm bell I am ringing in today's The Sydney Morning Herald: social licence on renewables cannot be taken for granted. Incredibly, the anti-renewables movement has outspent the federal Liberal Party account this election on social media ads. smh.com.au/national/maga-… #auspol