Report
Doing better for vulnerable young parents and their children: an exploration of how technology could catalyse system transformation
The aim of this project was to explore the service and information needs of vulnerable young parents who are the beneficiaries of social services and welfare programs.
Report
Australia, poverty, and the Sustainable Development Goals: a response to the Australian government’s review of its progress on the SDGs
The Australian government recently delivered its first Voluntary National Review on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. ASAP Oceania has coordinated experts on several aspects of poverty to write brief, accessible responses to what the government writes about poverty (understood in a broad, multi-dimensional sense) in this review.
Report
Measuring Australia's digital divide: the Australian digital inclusion index 2018
Digital inclusion is based on the premise that everyone should be able to make full use of digital technologies – to manage their health and wellbeing, access education and services, organise their finances, and connect with friends, family, and the world beyond.
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 on two specific sites of purported 'policy reform' in response...
Report
Relationships matter: the social and economic benefits of community playgroups
Community playgroups have significant social and economic benefits not just for children but also for their parents, particularly mothers, finds this report. Relationships Matter: The Social and Economic Benefits of Community Playgroups, funded by Playgroup Australia and undertaken by RMIT University’s Centre for Urban Research (CUR), identifies the benefits playgroups afford parents across the social...