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Diversifying the gender equality lens to include migrant women
Diversifying the gender equality lens to include migrant women

In today’s post, Hyein Cho (@hyein_ellen_cho) and Marie Segrave (@MSegrave) from Monash University (@MonashUni) present a snapshot of their recently launched report on Victorian local councils and gender equality. They detail seven key findings in the report and highlight four of them here.

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Policy and governance, PoliticsPower to PersuadeGender equality, migrants, politics, government, diversity, inclusion, equality
Implementing Trauma-Informed Care in the Proposed National Housing and Homelessness Plan
Implementing Trauma-Informed Care in the Proposed National Housing and Homelessness Plan

Exploring the pressing need for trauma-informed care in Australia's National Housing and Homelessness Plan, Research Fellow Chris Hartley sheds light on the deep links between trauma and homelessness while advocating for a unified, comprehensive approach to address the issue in line with global best practices.

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Lived experience, Politics, Service DeliveryPower to Persuadehousing and homelessness, trauma
Does your bank support gambling? We need to know who sponsors harmful industry associations
Does your bank support gambling? We need to know who sponsors harmful industry associations

We know that alcohol, gambling, tobacco and ultra-processed food products can harm health. But how much do we know about the industry associations representing their interests? In today’s piece, VicHealth (@VicHealth) Research Fellow Jennifer Lacy-Nichols (@JLacyNichols), MPH student Naomi Carr and MPH student Cara Platts (all of the University of Melbourne) discuss some of their research on harmful industry associations.

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Creating using evidence, PoliticsPower to Persuadesocial determinants of health, Policy making, economic policy
From welfare recipients to Labor without love: a response to the Albanese government’s first budget  - part 1
From welfare recipients to Labor without love: a response to the Albanese government’s first budget  - part 1

After the 2022 Federal Government budget, The Antipoverty Centre asked people on Centrelink payments – the real social policy experts – for their reactions. One example: “This budget is an exercise in austerity & cruelty for the poorest, most vulnerable Australians, but for the wealthiest Australians it's an exercise in government handouts.’

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Advocacy, Lived experience, Policy and governance, PoliticsPower to PersuadeLived/consumer experience, Disadvantage, welfare reform, welfare conditionality, welfare-to-work, social justice
Racial Justice: Local action is key 
Racial Justice: Local action is key 

Marcella Brassett from Democracy in Colour argues the national anti-racism strategy cannot be just another tick-a-box, saying “Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) have done our bit for diversity and inclusion ‘way out’ for white people with power. We need to act on every level to make Australia a safe place to live, work, build families and futures for everyone, not just Anglos.”

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Advocacy, Creating using evidence, Issues, Lived experience, Politics, Policy and governancePower to Persuaderacism, behaviour change, civil society, diversity, Equity, first nations, social justice, Lived/consumer experience, Law, migrants, migration, multiculturalism, social inequalities
It's time to put care at the centre of the Australian economy
It's time to put care at the centre of the Australian economy

Our care industries are vital to a healthy, functioning economy. In today’s analysis, Kristine Ziwica (@KZiwica), a journalist with 20 years experience working in Australia, the United States and the UK on human rights and gender equality campaigns, argues that we need to invest in our people and place care at the centre of the Australian economy.

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Finance and economics, Gender, Policy and governance, PoliticsPower to Persuadeeconomy, care work
GENDER, PARTIES AND THE VOTE
GENDER, PARTIES AND THE VOTE

Gender equality and the treatment of women have been persistent political and policy issues throughout the 46th Australian Parliament. In today’s analysis, Associate Professor of International Relations Katrina Lee-Koo (@KateLeeKoo), from Monash University (@MonashUni), explores how gender equality and the treatment of women are likely to shape the vote at Saturday’s election.

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Policy and governance, Gender, PoliticsPower to Persuadegender, Election, Gender equality, politics and democracy, gender pay gap, gendered violence, Gender Inequity