Organisation
University of Wollongong
Report
Placing skills in context
This report presents a detailed analysis of Wollongong’s labour market as part of research on economic transitions and the spatial aspects of industrial restructuring. It explores how technological change impacts skills, work practices, and occupational gender divisions. Wollongong was selected as a case study city for studying economic transition due to its historical dependence on...
Journal article
‘Get your own house in order’: qualitative dialogue groups with non-vaccinating parents on how measles outbreaks in their community should be managed
Communities with high levels of vaccine rejection present unique challenges to vaccine-preventable disease outbreak management. This paper sought perspectives of non-vaccinating parents to inform public health responses in such communities.
Report
Debt, duress and dob-ins: Centrelink compliance processes and domestic violence
This report, looking at Centrelink debts and domestic violence, shows that survivors of domestic violence, usually women, are unfairly held solely responsible for social security debts in situations where the debt was the direct result of their partner’s or ex-partner’s threats, physical violence or coercion.
Report
Strong communities strong kids: NSW Aboriginal Child & Family Conference 2019
The NSW Aboriginal Child & Family Conference put the focus firmly on strategies for involving Aboriginal youth, families and communities in developing services and policies that lead to system change.
Conference paper
What lies beneath? Exploring the material influence of the underground on urban development in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie
Drawing on two case studies from the NSW Northern Coalfields, this paper considers economic value, government regulation, public perceptions, and urban development consequences, linking underground materiality with aboveground urban outcomes.