Beautiful obit of Richie Beanaud by Gideon Haigh: theaustralian.com.au/sport/cricket/… (I don't follow cricket but read everything Gideon writes)

Vale Peter Walsh, former Labor senator and Hawke government minister. He spoke quietly but he always had a big stick

Victoria has a new MLC weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/politics/…

The was a lucid and cerebral Economou on 名無しさん on Sunday but it wasn't me (obviously) Sam Economou

Now: Dr Nick Economou Dr Nick Economou talks Shorten and asylum seeker policy+ more #PoliticsSchmolitics Yoda Speaks Properly

Channeling Malcolm Tucker, the great Ben Chifley & the Cold War concept of MAD in MPs' expenses row. My latest: theaustralian.com.au/opinion/blogs/…

Latest NAPLAN results show drop in literacy skills which could be related to our fixation with technology. More: ow.ly/QPYsy

Great pic: Election night tally room, 25yrs ago, with Don Chipp, Bob Hawke, George Negus, Andrew Peacock, Fred Daly

Lost my bet on Abbott surviving: $60 donation to #WorldAnimalProtection : student Steve was right after all

#OnThisDay 1903: Edmund Barton quit to join the High Court and Alfred Deakin became Australia's 2nd prime minister.

Zareh Ghazarian: How does the Senate voting system impact minor parties? Check out my new book publishing.monash.edu/books/mps-9781… #auspol Monash University Publishing

And now, something from the Canadian election (is Antony Green there?) facebook.com/TunisTribune/v…

We're going back in time for the #Dismissal1975, starting tomorrow. Subscribe or follow! x.com/MoAD_Canberra/…

My election predictions might be rubbish, but I got the Melbourne Cup winner: well done Michelle Payne

6/12 #partyshow 2015 News and #aupol Year in Review with Dr Nick Economou, Michael Bachelard and Stephen Hall

Sad to hear about the passing of Professor John Legge: great scholar, and lovely man. We at Monash University will miss him

A few thoughts on Senate electoral reform theconversation.com/senate-voting-…

Very sad to hear of passing of former Dean of Arts, Homer Le Grand.

First Murray Ball and now John Clarke ...

Sad to hear about the passing of Professor Colin Hughes. He taught us so much about Australian elections.