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A housing affordability crisis in regional Australia? Yes, and here’s why


The newly released annual Demographia report on housing affordability has found – once again – that Australia has some of the least affordable housing markets in the world. Sydney was ranked as the second-least-affordable housing market behind Hong Kong. This news came just a day after incoming NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced that improving housing...
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Safe and sound: the safety of young people in residential care


This research report presents the findings of a study that explored the safety of young people in residential care. Commissioned by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, this study aimed to understand what young people believe institutions are doing to identify, prevent and respond to sexual abuse and problematic sexual behaviours...
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Caring for our frontline child protection workforce


Frontline child protection work is highly stressful, emotionally taxing and, at times, can result in secondary trauma. Additionally, statutory child protection organisations consistently experience high turnover and staff shortages, creating adverse workplace cultures and extra stress for their workforce. Consequently, there is a growing recognition of the need to develop organisational strategies to foster the...
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Bullying and harassment in Australian workplaces: results from the Australian workplace barometer 2014/15


Bullying was measured using both a widely accepted international definition and the Australian definition used by Safe Work Australia. The prevalence rates using the international and the Australian definitions were similar: 9.7 per cent and 9.4 per cent of Australian workers respectively reported they had been bullied in the last six months.
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Psychosocial safety climate and better productivity in Australian workplaces: costs, productivity, presenteeism, absenteeism


Addressing psychosocial hazards that contribute to human capital costs is an innovative strategy that could improve productivity while also making substantial improvements to the well-being of workers.