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%.
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Young people from working class backgrounds in socially deprived areas are far less likely to choose, or have the opportunity, to study languages at secondary school, than their more affluent peers.
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.
Community gardening improves people's health, and our new study has found it does wonders for disadvantaged groups living in social housing.
Australian cities generally minimise negative attributes such as crime, segregation and violence, but developing positive attributes such as inclusivity appears more challenging.
Women have further abortions are not treating it "like contraception" but have good reasons that are often beyond their control
The neediest suburbs get a much poorer deal in Sydney than in Melbourne. A new study provides a suburb-by-suburb breakdown of state investment, including what facilities and services have been funded.
Shape-shifting bodies. Cracking voices. Hairs sprouting in new places. Why do some children enter puberty early?
With the winding back of government support for housing, 'gateway' suburbs that have in the past accepted and supported recent immigrants are becoming increasingly unaffordable.
Reintroducing selective education will not solve deep economic and social inequalities.
New research finds almost a million Australians are living in poor or very poor-quality housing, with more than 100,000 in dwellings regarded as very poor or derelict.
Recognising the symptoms of the dispossessed will prevent crimes against humanity.
Where you live affects your health and life expectancy. This makes it possible to map health outcomes against train stations, so that you can readily see the inequalities across cities like Melbourne.
Rather than redressing inequality, universities are exacerbating it. They need to take radical steps to turn this around and offer better education across the socio-economic spectrum.
There are still many Australians who don't have regular access to the internet. We must do more to bridge the digital divide and accommodate a diversity of technologies.
The Conversation is running a series, Class in Australia, to identify, illuminate and debate its many manifestations. Here, Nicholas Biddle outlines how students’ low aspirations can lead to poor outcomes…
Improving health services in the juvenile justice system and the community could reduce the risk of youth offenders repeating…
Women who live in poorer areas, are older mothers, smokers or are Aboriginal have a higher risk of having a premature birth…
Starting school early improves disadvantaged children’s learning, according to a new study from the University of New South…
Disabled people are severely marginalised and among the poorest in developing countries. Having a disability increases the risk of poverty, and being poor also increases the risk of getting a disability…
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Francine V. McNiff Professor of Criminology, University of Melbourne
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Honorary Associate, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Public Health, University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Director of the Centre for Women’s Mental Health at the Royal Women’s Hospital and Professor of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne
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Science Communications at Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
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Professor, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Foundation Chair in Primary Health Care, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology, School of Education, La Trobe University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, University of New England
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Professor, College of Business, Government & Law, Flinders University
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Professor Epidemiology & Equity in Public Health & Director, Institute Health Transformation, Deakin University
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Honorary Professorial Fellow, Melbourne CSHE, University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Centre for Urban Transitions and Director, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Swinburne Research Centre, Swinburne University of Technology
