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There’s a widespread belief that people who breach their bail conditions do so deliberately, but the real causes are often much more benign.
Researchers tracked power outages after 8 major storms to see how wealth corresponded to recovery time.
Unrealistic criteria and poor communication are causing people who need it most to lose an important income support.
The latest findings add to the understanding of how social disadvantage such as poverty and low-quality, unsafe housing can affect early child development.
One social housing application assessor told us getting on the priority wait list is so challenging, some applicants abandon the process altogether.
What do disadvantaged communities need to weather long COVID? Ask them.
The mental health impact of the pandemic has not affected everyone equally. An equitable approach to mental health promotion, prevention and treatment can help ensure equitable access to services.
An initiative to address a skills gap in science, technology, engineering and mathematics may be actually narrowing the pool of students who consider a career in STEM.
Less than 15% of the most disadvantaged people in Australia exit poverty from one year to the next. We need to design policy to tackle this.
Shape-shifting bodies. Cracking voices. Hairs sprouting in new places. Why do some children enter puberty early?
Past attempts to help Latrobe Valley workers weather economic changes haven’t made a difference, so the closure of Hazelwood presents a challenge.
David Cameron has tried to claim the clothes of social justice for the Conservatives. It’s time he took them off.
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Associate Teaching Professor of Business and Economics, Georgetown University
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Associate Professor of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Karl Mannheim Chair of Sociology of Education, UCL
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Associate Professor and Visiting Academic, Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Senior Lecturer, Humanities and Social Sciences, Federation University Australia
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Professor, Urban Housing and Homelessness, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Social Policy & Undergraduate Programme Lead for Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy Programmes, Loughborough University
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Senior Lecturer in Management, Federation University Australia
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Nicolas Herault is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Bordeaux Schoool of Economics, Université de Bordeaux
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Flinders University
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Associate Professor in Housing and Communities, University of Tasmania
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Assistant Professor, Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Professor, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, Environmental Science, Federation University Australia
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Lecturer, Arts, Design & Architecture, UNSW
