Dr Lucie Newsome is a lecturer in the Business School at the University of New England, Armidale, NSW. She holds a PhD in political science and a Master of Governance and Public Policy from the University of Queensland and a Bachelor of Economic and Social Sciences from the University of Sydney. Her research activities focus on the influence of gender in politics, policy and business, particularly agribusiness. She has published in academic journals including the Australian Journal of Political Science, the Australian Journal of Politics and History and the Australasian Agribusiness Review. Formerly, Dr Newsome has held senior policy and project roles in the New South Wales and Queensland Governments.
Experience
–present
Lecturer, University of New England
Education
2014
University of Queensland, PhD
2009
University of Queensland, Master of Governance and Public Policy
2004
University of Sydney, Bachelor of Economic and Social Sciences
Publications
2019
Gender and Citizenship in Australia: Government Approaches to Paid Parental Leave Policy 1996–2017, Social Politics
2018
Taking stock: Identifying the growing agricultural service sector in Australia, Australasian Agribusiness Review
2017
Female leadership and welfare state reform: the development of Australia’s first national paid parental leave scheme, Australian Journal of Political Science
2017
The rise and fall of paid maternity leave policy in the years of the Keating Government, Australian Journal of Politics and History