Social media can offer Black African young people in Australia safe spaces to engage in positive expressions of afro-Blackness.
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It’s so tragically familiar. Australia has had dozens of inquiries, reports and reform efforts in child protection, yet terrible things still happen to children known to child protection agencies.
One social housing application assessor told us getting on the priority wait list is so challenging, some applicants abandon the process altogether.
Children who grow up in disadvantaged areas seem to react more strongly to facial expressions showing anger or fear. But social connections between neighbours can help.
What do disadvantaged communities need to weather long COVID? Ask them.
The two biggest states have jointly committed to a huge investment in early childhood education and learning over the next decade. But delivering high-quality universal preschool access won’t be easy.
In parts of Australia that are already very hot, we show how climate change is driving inequities even further – in housing, energy security and health.
A study of thousands of students hospitalised with an injury or illness confirms they are likely to fall behind their classmates. But good management and targeted help with learning cut the risk.
It’s been unusually cold, and energy prices are soaring. That spells trouble for the quarter of Australians who have very cold homes.
Our interviews with ex-automotive workers reveal how economic change interrupts lives, casting people into new worlds of precarious work and long, indefinite journeys in search of security.
Survivors of violence, and those working to support survivors, want to see programs that focus on getting the first response right, every time.
The rate of very high psychological distress is rising most steeply in the middle aged, especially in middle-aged women on low incomes. New funding should match this need.
Our new research suggests that while a break up, on average, reduces men’s disposable household income by 5%, on average women’s household income decreases by almost 30%.
With learn-from-home likely to return during the pandemic or other emergency, it’s important we understand why many migrant families found this mode of education delivery so challenging.
We asked over 1,000 Australians about their mental health concerns. Without being prompted, participants consistently highlighted three: service barriers, financial stress, and social disconnection.
Our analysis revealed the relative attention our news and opinion pieces gave to First Nations peoples began to grow steadily from around 2005, with a huge peak in 2007.
Research shows there can be profound business benefits to hiring people living with intellectual disability.
Australia’s policies prevent the necessary action to not only address cities’ contribution to climate change, but also to protect cities from its impacts.
The federal election presents an opportunity to promote plans for improving national disaster governance and resilience. But the silence on these issues in political debates has been remarkable.
There is little evidence organisations consider digital accessibility by default. It usually happens if they have a senior accessibility champion in their ranks, or when they get sued.
Top contributors
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Alan Morris is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor, Institute of Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney
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Daryl Higgins is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor & Director, Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University
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Deputy Director (Research) Peter Underwood Centre, University of Tasmania
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Director, BehaviourWorks, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Professor of Education, Deakin University
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Senior Staff Specialist, Alice Springs Hospital. Purple House Medical Advisor. Honorary ANU., Australian National University
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Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Stephen Duckett is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne
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Senior research fellow, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Professorial Fellow and Deputy Director (Research), HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Yuwaya Ngarra-li, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Director Social Inclusion and Social Policy Research Unit, Monash University
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Executive Dean, UniSA Business, University of South Australia
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Professor in Justice and Legal Studies, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
