A new report on the ongoing impact of the pandemic on social service providers in Victoria found jobs and labour force participation are far from fully recovered.
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As lockdowns ease and those who are double-vaccinated gain extra freedoms, we’re likely to see a greater divide between the rich, who tend to have higher vaccination rates, and the poor.
A one-off premium for moving to a challenging school, or another part of the country, is a lacklustre response to a big shortage. It’s also been tried before.
This generation faces wicked problems without simple, single solutions. We need to move beyond the short-term, issue du jour approach that has dominated government responses in recent decades.
A new mapping project shows where different types of disadvantage are most prevalent. The picture is more varied and complex than many people think.
There is a large and widening gap between the richest and poorest Australians in terms of risk of dying before the age of 75, according to a study tracking the trend from 2006-16.
By year three, children identified as having difficulties when they start school, are around nine months behind their peers in learning.
Fracking in Pennsylvania has led to disadvantages in state school districts.
Current policy to manage and protect people from flooding disadvantages those who are most vulnerable.
Grammars have received a £50m funding boost, while at the same time many primary and secondary schools are resorting to Amazon Wish Lists to fund basic supplies.
Children in the north of England are more likely to finish school with poorer grades and are less likely to go on to further education.
Not all women have the capacity, or freedom, to speak out about their experiences of sexual violence – be it in the workplace or at home.
Instead of trying to help people with disability overcome their limitations, we should be harnessing their strengths in the workplace. This will improve their health and mental well-being.
New research has found growing up in a disadvantaged neighbourhood can have negative effects on children’s brain development.
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Honorary Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow and Co-Director, HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Center for Community Child Health Royal Children's Hospital; Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne; Theme Director Population Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor, University of Sydney; RMIT University
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Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Sharon Bessell is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Course Director in the Carnegie School of Education, Leeds Beckett University
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Professor of Adolescent Health The University of Melbourne; Director, Royal Children's Hospital Centre for Adolescent Health; and Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Associate professor in Social and Political Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, POLIS@ANU Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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Research Fellow in Health Policy, Mitchell Institute for Education and Health Policy, Victoria University
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Professor, Department of Economics & SoDa Laboratories, Monash Business School, Monash University
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Warumungu Elder and Director of the Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation, Tennant Creek, Indigenous Knowledge
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Suicide Prevention Australia Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, The University of Melbourne