Linda Selvey – The Conversation

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February 5, 2022

The COVIDSafe app was designed to help contact tracers. We crunched the numbers to see what really happened

Florian Vogt, UNSW ; Bridget Haire, UNSW ; John Kaldor, UNSW , and Linda Selvey, The University of Queensland

Instead of making the lives of contact tracers easier, analysis shows the expensive technology missed contacts and added to their workload.

Contrary to popular belief, sex workers were more likely than not to report that their work enhanced their wellbeing. Author supplied

October 19, 2017

New report shows compelling reasons to decriminalise sex work

Linda Selvey, The University of Queensland; Basil Donovan, UNSW ; Jonathan Hallett, Curtin University; Kahlia McCausland, Curtin University, and Roanna Lobo, Curtin University

The study shows the negative effects of sex work’s criminalisation, including a reluctance of workers to go to police and clients using it as an excuse to abuse workers.

Why hasn’t human health been considered in the push for expanded coal facilities? AAP Image/Paul Miller

September 5, 2012

Newcastle’s T4 project puts short‑term profit before health

David Shearman, University of Adelaide and Linda Selvey, Curtin University

A massive expansion of Newcastle’s coal export terminal has been proposed by Port Waratah Coal Services. Approval is likely soon, but the expansion’s effect on human health has been ignored in the project’s…

Smoking is sickening, but coal and coal-fired power stations? Don’t you worry about that. AAP/Greenpeace

March 8, 2012

Something in the air: time for independent testing in coal areas

David Shearman, University of Adelaide and Linda Selvey, Curtin University

Tens of thousands of Australians live and work close to coal-fired power plants. The cocktail of gaseous and particulate pollutants arising from coal power generation is injurious to human health. All…

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