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Shona Bates
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Shona M. Bates
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Report
Scoping study for research into prevalence of child sexual abuse in Australia
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (the Royal Commission) is inquiring into how institutions have engaged with and responded to allegations and instances of institutional child sexual abuse. Key to this inquiry is the need to generate an understanding of the extent of child sexual abuse in Australia. Determining the prevalence...
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What do people with intellectual disability think about their jobs and the support they receive at work?
This study focused on the perceptions and perspectives of people with intellectual disability working in open employment with support from Disability Employment Services (DES); supported employment through Australian Disability Enterprises (ADEs); and social enterprise employment.
Case study
Opportunities for information sharing: case studies
The NSW Department of Premier & Cabinet engaged the Social Policy Research Centre at University of New South Wales to develop three case studies that identified the challenges to sharing information appropriately, and the opportunities for better personal information sharing between government agencies and non-government organisations.
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Arthritis and disability
Executive summary: Arthritis Australia commissioned the Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) at UNSW Australia to carry out research on the lived experience of people with arthritis related conditions. This report outlines the methods, findings and implications of the research. Arthritis is the second leading cause of disability and the most common cause of chronic pain...
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Voluntary income management in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands
This report found there are indications that income management may have made a modest contribution to addressing some of the challenges, but cannot alone make significant inroads into the social problems within the The Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara community.