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Australia's Migration Strategy: An Effective Response to Migrant Worker Exploitation?

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A series of publicised migrant worker injuries and deaths has drawn attention to the issue of migrant worker exploitation (MWE) in Australia. In response, the Australian Government has included ‘Tackling Worker Exploitation’ as a key area of its Migration Strategy which it introduced in 2023. However, it is unclear how effective the Strategy’s
Evelyn Dowling, Alexandra Ridgway
wiley   +1 more source

Primary health care-oriented reforms: the political economy dynamics underlying health-system shifts across nine countries. [PDF]

Health Policy Plan
Kalita A, Croke K, Barbazza E, Sparkes S, Cosmas L, Hassany M, Jurgutis A, Matheson D, Wa Mukalay AM, Partapsingh VA, Sabri B, Schenck M, Syed S, Tangcharoensathien V, Yelgezekova Z, Dalil S, Khalid F.   +16 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How Are Australian Local Governments Responding to the Homelessness Crisis? Findings From a National Study

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australian local governments are facing intensifying pressures to respond to worsening visible homelessness. This paper presents one of the first national studies on how local governments are responding to these pressures, and the first since the onset of the post‐pandemic housing crisis.
Andrew Clarke, Joelle Moore, Fatemeh Aminpour, Katya Eagles   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combined signals of scientific and social consensus best mobilize action on societal challenges even if government and industry oppose. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Sabherwal AC, Sparkman G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Public Attitudes Toward Compassionate Release of Older People From Prison: Findings From a National Survey in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid increase in older people in prison populations worldwide is generating significant health, cost, and human rights pressures on custodial systems. Compassionate release for older, frail inmates is a potentially effective response, yet little is known about public support for this approach.
Ye In (Jane) Hwang, Natasha Ginnivan, Amanuel Kidane Hagos, Tony Butler   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Abortion in Africa: diverging paths of DR Congo and Nigeria under the Maputo Protocol. [PDF]

BMJ Glob Health
Makelele AM, Kalyoko BM, Shimilimo A, Solomon MT, Mambo SB, Bampoque I, Obajimi GO.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Australian Activists as Storytellers in Digital Spaces: Acquiring Skills, Producing Content and Getting the Message Out

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As modes of activism rapidly evolve, activists—both seasoned and emerging—must increasingly navigate a hybrid terrain of both digital and non‐digital engagement. This paper draws on the personal narratives of 16 nascent activists based in Australia to explore how they develop competencies related to digital storytelling, which is critical to ...
Garth Stahl, Miri Yemini, Claire Maxwell, Yating Hu, Benjamin Adams, Sarah Bergen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetically modified rice in Iran: scientific progress, policy constraints, and prospects for sustainable food security. [PDF]

GM Crops Food
Kiani G.
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Shelter is a Dignity’: Rental Racism, Stress and Housing (In)justice

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's private rental sector is in crisis, and culturally and racially minoritised renters face compounded harms through both covert and everyday direct forms of rental racism. Drawing on five community‐based focus groups in Melbourne (n = 37), the paper explores how racism manifests across the rental pathway and how it structures the ...
Erika Martino, Ilan Wiesel, Ang Li, Rebecca Bentley   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

EUPopLink Country Report - Italy. [PDF]

Open Res Eur
Lorimer M.
europepmc   +1 more source