Organisation

The Australian Sociological Association

Conference paper

The framing of federal domestic violence policy responses

This paper analyzed the Australian Government's response to the 2010 Report on Family Violence produced the by Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) which, at the time, represented one of the most significant documents framing the problem of domestic violence in Australia (Bacchi 2009). By focusing...
Conference paper

Social wellbeing, locality and ageing: a snapshot of the social lives of older people in rural Australia

The older population in Australia (65+) is expected to double in coming decades, creating many multi-faceted implications for Australian society. The sociology of ageing suggests that older people experience their social world in a distinct way that is uniquely shaped by their memories, historical life...