Dr James Kite
Academic with Prevention Research Collaboration at Uni of Sydney. Cyclist. Swans fan.
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- Reposted by Dr James Kite“While using the traditional ‘left-right’ lens makes some sense for some policy issues, for most of the big issues paralysing our current federal parliament it is the left-right frame that is causing much of the confusion and paralysis.” - Richard Denniss Read more: theaus.in/4axwXhF
- Reposted by Dr James KiteA callout for Australian Jews: add your name by Friday 9am! We are taking out a full-page newspaper advertisement next week to send a loud message that Herzog is not welcome here – this is your opportunity to add your name at the link below. www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/02/peti...
- Reposted by Dr James KiteOur latest piece in Commercially Determined breaks down 10 common tropes used by industry to sway policy. www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/narrative-.... Curious which you hear most in your policy space.
- “Just because something seems ordered, doesn’t make it right. Political and media classes will always try to shape right-wing anger as legitimate, while continuing to treat pushback as radical.”
- "An openly racist reality TV star with a disdain for rules, and rights, someone with more wealth than 99 per cent of people could imagine, play-acting as an anti-elite. Who would take that seriously? Australia. More than once." @amyremeikis.bsky.social www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
- The government can always afford something when the want to pay for it
- Tell everyone you know HALF A BILLION $ apnews.com/article/trum...
- Turns out you CAN spell ‘investment’ without ‘ethics’. Who knew?
- Reposted by Dr James Kite“The AUKUS agreement is so absurd that it seems laughable one Australian government would sign up to it, but for two governments to be so reckless, strains credulity beyond breaking point. And yet here we are.” - Greg Jericho Read Greg Jericho’s full piece on The Point: theaus.in/4qOAIFp
- The idea that the government spending more is inherently bad is a cancer in Australian media. What matters is what they’re spending the money on!
- Reposted by Dr James KiteLooking forward to the AFR's column on how people on Newstart can avoid mutual obligations
- Reposted by Dr James KiteReducing the cost of your digital academic life thesiswhisperer.com/2026/01/24/r...
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- Reposted by Dr James KiteReposted this earlier but have just read it. It's excellent. academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
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- Just goes to show that policy decisions aren’t really about cost!
- Reposted by Dr James Kite"To date, 757,314 people – the majority children – have died from the funding cuts, according to ImpactCounter, which tracks the effect of USAID cuts via sophisticated modelling tools. That is 88 deaths every hour."
- One Year Later: The Effect of US 'Chainsaw' on Global Health healthpolicy-watch.news/the-human-co...
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- Reposted by Dr James KiteThere’s anecdotal evidence in Australia, where under 16 yos have been excluded from social media, that mental health services are getting more demand for help from this age group
- You couldn’t make this shit up
- Reposted by Dr James KiteWe couldn’t possibly change the date. It’s just not something we do.
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- Reposted by Dr James KiteNew #PhD paper out! 📢 We interviewed 10 social media experts from Australian health departments & 11 young people about social media health communication, focussing on #COVID-19 experiences for future preparedness. More in thread & link : www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #AcademicSky 🛟 🧪 🦘🎓
- These ‘hard men’ are always so incredibly thin skinned
- Reposted by Dr James KiteAustralians are deciding USA is not a place to visit… oddly they still are going to Canada. Almost like there is something specific about the US.. #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
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- Reposted by Dr James Kite"Malinauskas' Adelaide Festival mess reveals a political class disconnected from the people" @amyremeikis.bsky.social www.deepcutnews.com/p/adelaide-f...
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- Screen time on its own is not inherently bad. The study has simple measures but it nonetheless highlights how the social media ban is a blunt instrument for a complex problem.
- "Social media time does not increase teenagers’ mental health problems – study. Research finds no evidence heavier social media use or more gaming increases symptoms of anxiety or depression." www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
- This is fascinating. I get regular requests to be a guest editor from Frontiers and MDPI journals & always ignore them because the workload would be extreme for a very small benefit to me. Never occurred to me that I could just write all the articles myself!
- We've got ISSUES. Literally. We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do? arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563 A 🧵 1/n
- Reposted by Dr James KiteWe've got ISSUES. Literally. We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do? arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563 A 🧵 1/n
- Reposted by Dr James KiteNo sign Australian politicians will leave X after the Grok scandal. Hard to see what if anything could make people who are still posting on there now leave. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- Reposted by Dr James Kite"This is further evidence that the share of Australia’s wealth held by the very rich is increasing.” Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/off-the-charts/2601…
- Interesting time capsule!
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- New paper! In it, we discuss the role that research plays in perpetuating and challenging weight stigma & advocate for systemic change to reduce stigma and promote health onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- More evidence that congestion pricing works! The only way to improve traffic is by getting people out of cars as much as possible
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- Good read on the response to bondi and how it has quickly descended into political point scoring. Albanese is hopeless but the desire to pin guilt on him is, at best, unhelpful. I am worried that the needed changes to gun laws will not happen because of this
- Reposted by Dr James Kite2025 goes down as the ~3rd-warmest year on record (based on ERA5). Like in 2024, every single day this past year was warmer than the average of even the most recent reference period (1991-2020).
- It’s almost like it’s meaningless
- Reposted by Dr James KiteI'm seriously starting to question the credibility of the FIFA Peace Prize.
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- An all too familiar refrain sadly
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- Excellent piece
- You didn’t say there’d be custard
- It’s coming. The pud, the cream, the custard. 2026, Pud Legacy. youtu.be/wA8BgsUkr14
- Reposted by Dr James KiteThe idea that changing a definition to include criticism of Israel as being anti-Semitic and cracking down even further on anti-genocide protests would have in any way made anyone safer is madness. That the Coalition have so comprehensively jumped to blame here is insanity. Who is this speaking to?
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- The case against LTNs: But cars!
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- Incredibly shortsighted - they might save some money in the short term (might), but it will definitely cost more in the long term
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- An excellent summary of my PhD student’s work looking at young men’s help seeking. Conclusion is that we need greater clarity, connection, and compassion. And maybe tasteful and stylish mullets? healthymale.org.au/health-artic...
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- Excellent piece. Well worth the read
- 💯 this. ‘Cutting red tape’ just means businesses cut corners that they shouldn’t cut
- Incredible. Lower speeds, better infrastructure for pedestrians, cyclists, and PT, and traffic calming measures actually work to both reduce car use and make car use safer for everyone
