The University of Sydney: Recent submissions
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Spatial Political Economy and the Persistence of Disadvantage: An Analysis of Fairfield in Greater Western Sydney
Published 2026Persistent disadvantage remains a critical challenge for Australian public policy, primarily because traditional responses overlook localised experiences. This thesis investigates why Fairfield became the most disadvantaged ...Open AccessThesis -
A Competency-Based Approach to Assessment of Pharmacist Preceptors in Australia
Published 2026Background: Pharmacy preceptors play a critical role in the professional development of pharmacy students and interns during work-integrated learning (WIL). Pharmacy education providers depend on the capability of preceptors ...Open AccessThesis -
Resilience and adaptation of COTS larvae to development in oligotrophic tropical waters: maternal provisioning and larval cloning
Published 2026-05-19Explanations of crown-of-thorns sea star (COTS, Acanthaster) outbreaks have focussed on the larval stage and the terrestrial runoff – larval starvation hypothesis – whereby eutrophic runoff from floods generate plankton ...Open AccessDataset -
Judicial Application of the ‘realistic possibility of restoration’ test in care and protection proceedings in the Children’s Court of New South Wales
Published 2026When children in New South Wales are removed from their parents by the State, and found to be in need of care and protection, the Children’s Court must decide whether there is ‘a realistic possibility of restoration’. The ...Open AccessThesis -
Improving the efficacy and efficiency of the legal and regulatory framework for protection of retail investors investing in collective investment schemes CIS
Published 2026The history of collective investment schemes (‘CIS’) in Australia is replete with examples of failures of the legal and regulatory regime to the detriment of retail investors. Billions of dollars have been lost by retail ...Open AccessThesis