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Research Paper for Action for Public Housing Glebe (A4PH): What are the implications of the growth of community housing for social housing tenants concerning security of tenure as well as public oversight and tenancy freedom in NSW?
Published 2024This paper examines the socioeconomic impacts of Community Housing Providers (CHPs) on social housing tenants in New South Wales (NSW), with a focus on security of tenure, tenant freedoms, and public oversight. It finds ...Open AccessReport, Research -
Research Paper for Australian Centre for International Justice: What are the political, social and other factors that led to the establishment of a specialised unit for international crimes investigations in overseas jurisdictions?
Published 2024This research paper examines the potential for establishing an international war crimes unit in Australia by analyzing the creation and operation of similar units in Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, and ...Open AccessReport, Research -
Research Paper for Australian Human Rights Commission (Disability Discrimination Commissioner): Disability Discrimination in Air Travel
Published 2024Passengers with disabilities in Australia face persistent barriers to air travel, with complaints rising by 78.6% in the past decade. Issues include mobility aid mishandling, inconsistent assistance animal policies, and ...Open AccessReport, Research -
Research Paper for Australian Human Rights Commission (Disability Discrimination Commissioner): The Right of Persons with Disability to Inclusive Education
Published 2024This report advocates for a fully inclusive education system in Australia, in line with international human rights law and the country’s obligations under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). ...Open AccessReport, Research -
Research Paper for Australian Human Rights Commission (National Children's Commissioner): Effective support and early intervention approaches to offending behaviour by children and innovative international responses to serious offending by children and young people
Published 2022This literature review outlines the arguments for raising the age of criminal responsibility for children in Australia from 10 years to at least 14 years of age. It advocates for systems reform so that young offenders are ...Open AccessReport, Research -
Research Paper for Australian Human Rights Commission (Racial Discrimination Team): Developing a community centred, engagement framework for policy reform
Published 2023This submission examines existing literature on human rights-based approaches to guide the AHRC in the development of its Anti-Racism Framework. Specifically, it reviews available literature in five comparable jurisdictions: ...Open AccessReport, Research -
Research Paper for Domestic Violence NSW: Development of minimum standards and best practice for women’s refuge management and service delivery in NSW
Published 2023This report addresses the ongoing threat of domestic and family violence (DFV) to the wellbeing of women and children in New South Wales (NSW) and globally, emphasising the critical role women’s refuges play in ensuring ...Open AccessReport, Research -
Research Paper for First Nations Foundation: Australian First Nations Customers’ Experiences with Financial Services: An Analysis of Cultural Safety, Inclusive, and Exploitative Practices by Australian Banking and Credit Institutions
Published 2024This report for the First Nations Foundation, examines the cultural safety, inclusivity, and exploitative practices of Australian financial institutions and their impact on First Nations peoples. It compares traditional ...Open AccessReport, Research -
Research Paper for Legal Aid New South Wales: Oversight of community housing providers, focusing on avenues for tenants to seek review of community housing providers’ policy decisions
Published 2024This research paper examines the oversight of Community Housing Providers (CHPs) in New South Wales (NSW) and across other Australian states and territories, focusing on transparency, tenant rights, and decision review ...Open AccessReport, Research -
Research Paper for Legal Aid New South Wales: Raising the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility and alternatives to prosecuting young children
Published 2024This research report examines the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Australia, particularly in New South Wales (NSW), where it stands at 10 years—among the lowest in OECD countries. By analyzing progressive juvenile ...Open AccessReport, Research -
Research Paper for Legal Aid NSW: Civil detention for high risk offenders
Published 2023This report investigates alternative approaches to post-sentence preventive detention, focusing on the locations where such sentences are served and the policies in two domestic and four international jurisdictions. It ...Open AccessReport, Research -
Research Paper for National Tertiary Education Union: Reforming University Governance
Published 2023This report analyses and compares governance systems across universities in New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria, focusing on the University of Sydney (USYD) and the University of Melbourne (UniMelb) as representative ...Open AccessReport, Research -
Research Paper for Red Cross Red Crescent Global Migration Lab: Humanitarian Aspects of Labour Migration in the Asia Pacific
Published 2024This report examines the humanitarian challenges of international labour migration in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, evaluating current responses and recommending actions to improve migrant worker safety, rights, and ...Open AccessReport, Research -
Research Paper for the Australian Human Rights Commission: Adaptation to the 2021 Guidelines for Addressing Spectator Racism in Community
Published 2023Sport plays a pivotal role in Australian culture; however, it can also serve as a site of discrimination, particularly for non-white and Indigenous athletes who face racism and harassment. This paper examines the anti-racism ...Open AccessReport, Research -
Research Paper for The Ethics Centre: The Ethics and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence
Published 2025-03-27This paper examines the regulation of ethical artificial intelligence (AI), addressing key challenges in fairness, transparency, and data privacy as AI becomes increasingly embedded in healthcare, finance, and government. ...Open AccessReport, Research -
Research Paper for the Red Cross Red Crescent Global Migration Lab: Operational models of cross-border collaboration on humanitarian action
Published 2023This report examines the collaboration between government bodies, international organizations (IOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and humanitarian agencies in providing aid to vulnerable migrants along the Central ...Open AccessReport, Research -
Research Paper for Transforming Justice Australia and Open Circle: Developing a National legislative framework or guidelines for the use of restorative justice in response to sexual violence in Australia
Published 2024Presently, there is no national legislative framework for the application of restorative justice (RJ) in sexual violence settings in Australia. Due to Australia’s federal system, RJ opportunities are inconsistently available ...Open AccessReport, Research