The inner suburbs are home to large numbers of workers in jobs vulnerable to the pandemic. If they're forced to seek cheaper housing in outer suburbs, the urban divide will widen.
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Western Sydney's growth-driven boom had ended before COVID-19 hit. Some neighbourhood unemployment rates were 2-3 times the metropolitan average, with female workforce participation as low as 43%.
Children growing up in the most disadvantaged suburbs also lack the social opportunities to develop skills and aspirations that would improve their prospects in life.
If education really is for all, more must be done to help people of all ages to access it.
Indonesian politicians and public figures say Indonesians have a low interest in reading. But people in disadvantaged areas defy this perception; they always welcome new books with joy.
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Professor, College of Business, Government & Law, Flinders University
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Director, Centre for Western Sydney, Western Sydney University
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Director, Access and Open, The Open University
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Researcher, Research and Development Agency of Indonesian Education and Culture Ministry
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Professor and Director of Urban Planning & Design, Monash University
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Senior Research Fellow, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
