INSIGHTS16 September 2026
The Four Kinds of AI Turning Up in Campaign Work
Every pitch says AI, but AI is at least four things. Sorting a product into its real category is the fastest due diligence a small team can do.
Resources
INSIGHTS2 September 2026
From Viral Moment to Volunteer Roster
A viral doorknocking video becomes rostered pre-poll shifts within a week. Cheap automation closes the gap between attention and capacity.
INSIGHTS19 August 2026
The Answer Engine Is the New Front Page
Voters, journalists and funders now ask AI assistants about you before they ever visit your website. Being the answer is becoming a comms discipline.
INSIGHTS22 July 2026
Deepfakes, Impersonation, and the Verification Habit
Synthetic media is now cheap in both directions. On the verification habit, the limits of detection tools, and the fake clip in the final week.
INSIGHTS24 June 2026
The Data Centre Question
Trimming your own AI footprint is the easy half. The data-centre buildout arrives as a live planning fight in the communities progressives organise.
INSIGHTS27 May 2026
Movement-Owned, Self-Hosted, or Off-the-Shelf
Who holds your data, who profits from your use, and what happens when the vendor is acquired: the questions beneath every tool-selection spreadsheet.
AI PRACTICES9 September 2026
Start Small: A Deliberate First Fortnight with AI
The fastest way to learn what AI can do for your organisation is to give it one job, run it for a fortnight, and judge the result honestly.
AI PRACTICES26 August 2026
What AI Actually Costs a Campaign or Community Organisation
Free tiers, a working baseline near A$30 a seat, the line member data draws, and the quiet costs that never appear on a pricing page.
AI PRACTICES5 August 2026
Keeping Member Data Out of the Machine
What never belongs in a consumer chatbot, why the electoral roll answers to a different law, and when self-hosting earns its keep.
AI PRACTICES8 July 2026
Writing an AI Policy Your Team Will Actually Follow
A one-page policy people remember beats a binder nobody opens. Five things to name, and the rhythm that keeps them current.
AI PRACTICES10 June 2026
The Human Stays Responsible
AI drafts, summarises and suggests, but accountability never transfers. On oversight, primary sources and the defamation stakes.
CAMPAIGN WORKFLOWS14 September 2026
The 6am Clips, Rebuilt
The early-morning clip grind becomes a de-duplicated, triaged daily read — and the editor's judgment becomes the product.
CAMPAIGN WORKFLOWS31 August 2026
Opposition Research in Hours, Not Weeks
A research workflow that moves from Hansard to a usable brief in a day — with every citation opened, read and checked.
CAMPAIGN WORKFLOWS12 August 2026
Draft Fast, Check Hard
One reference document, one disciplined accuracy pass — and a single briefing becomes a memo, an opinion piece and a week of social content.
CAMPAIGN WORKFLOWS15 July 2026
Every Language in the Electorate
Machine translation can reach every language the Census says your electorate speaks — once a community reviewer has signed off.
CAMPAIGN WORKFLOWS17 June 2026
Audit Your Email Program in an Afternoon
Turn a year of your own fundraising sends into a dataset, and let an assistant surface the patterns the team can no longer see.
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