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Visa, Voice, and Vulnerability: How Immigration Status Shapes Access to Justice for Chinese Women Facing Domestic Violence — Power to Persuade

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Visa, Voice, and Vulnerability: How Immigration Status Shapes Access to Justice for Chinese Women Facing Domestic Violence — Manjin Zhang in Power to Persuade
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Australia’s immigration system should be a source of safety — not another barrier — for women seeking protection from domestic and family violence. In this powerful piece focused on how immigration st...

Efficiency isn’t enough: Robodebt and doing the right thing — Power to Persuade

Power to Persuade @powertopersuade.bsky.social · Jul 25

In today's post Dr Sarah Ball looks at the case of Robodebt and the importance of the public service doing the right thing, not just the thing right.
www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/doingth...

Robodebt highlighted how a government initiative, designed and delivered by the public sector, could cause profound harm to vulnerable people. For many of us interested in Australian social policy a c...

Could it happen to us? Government approaches to learning from the Robodebt crisis — Power to Persuade

Power to Persuade @powertopersuade.bsky.social · Jul 24

In today's post @danielcaseycbr.bsky.social explores how government communicated internally about the lessons to be learned from Robodebt.
www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/learnin...

The literature on policy diffusion is replete with examples, theories and frameworks about how ‘good’ policy travels. Many industries (such as healthcare and air transport) are built around learning f...

Indigenous mothers deserve better: Fixing Australia’s maternal health divide — Power to Persuade

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Power to Persuade @powertopersuade.bsky.social · Jul 3

From @sueolney.bsky.social & @sophieyates.bsky.social's new article in the Australian Economic Review - why we need to measure the hidden costs of living with disability in Australia www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/measuri...

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Power to Persuade @powertopersuade.bsky.social · Jul 2

Shanza Shafeek discusses Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander maternal health inequality, some promising initiatives to address it, and outlines urgently needed reforms to boost Indigenous-led and culturally safe models of care www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/indigen...

Shanza Shafeek , fourth-year Law and Arts (Sociology) student at Monash University, discusses Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander maternal health inequality, some promising initiatives to address i...

Barriers and Enablers of Not-For-Profit Innovation in Australia — Power to Persuade

Power to Persuade @powertopersuade.bsky.social · Jun 27

Barriers and Enablers of Not-For-Profit Innovation in Australia: Mike Davis, General Manager of Innovation at Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand, discusses intention, structure, and a willingness to experiment — Power to Persuade www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/barrier...

A practical, tested framework for innovation in the NFP space that is grounded in real-world experience, not just theory.

It’s time to rethink what multicultural policy actually means — Power to Persuade

Power to Persuade @powertopersuade.bsky.social · Jun 27

It’s time to rethink what multicultural policy actually means: Maedeh Aboutalebi Karkavandi, Senior Research and Evaluation Analyst at Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand, shares practitioner insights — Power to Persuade www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/its-tim...

In preparing a submission to the Victorian Government’s Multicultural Review, Good Shepherd staff uncovered rich insights about the experiences of multicultural communities and the role of commun...

Connection and stories as a model for empowering communities — Power to Persuade

Power to Persuade @powertopersuade.bsky.social · Jun 6

When communities are empowered to respond creatively to children’s needs, magic is possible.
www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/connect...

In this post, Karina Harback shows why “Inspire Connections” offers more than just time with horses—it’s a striking example of what becomes possible when communities are empowered to respond creativel...

No Wrong Door: Why Every Family Deserves a Wendy in the First 1,000 Days — Power to Persuade

Power to Persuade @powertopersuade.bsky.social · Jun 6

Reflecting on the transformative impact of one woman’s care and belief in her, Bernadette Black makes a powerful case for reimagining the way Australia supports families in their earliest, most vulnerable days.
www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/no-wron...

Bernadette Black AM, CEO and Founder of SEED Futures, shares her deeply personal journey from teenage motherhood to national systems change advocate. Reflecting on the transformative impact of one wom...

What can the new parliament do to address entrenched disadvantage? — Power to Persuade

Power to Persuade @powertopersuade.bsky.social · Jun 6

In a world where even after-school chess is expected to polish a child’s critical thinking résumé, the pressure to prove every moment's utility has reshaped how we talk about education. But what if children themselves have a different idea?
www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/what-co...

Power to Persuade @powertopersuade.bsky.social · May 25

In our latest blog post, Health Justice Australia's Policy Advocacy Lead, Giulia Fabris, calls on the new parliament to invest in integrated service approaches
www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/what-ca...

Giulia Fabris, Policy Advocacy Lead at Health Justice Australia, discusses what is needed to move from recognising persistent social problems to implementing solutions.

Drugs aren’t the policy problem — Power to Persuade

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Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · May 16

In this piece in @powertopersuade.bsky.social, I challenge the flawed assumption at the heart of drug policy: that the drugs themselves are the problem. Heavy drug use is often a coping strategy for distress. Reducing harm requires care not criminalisation
www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/drugs-a...

In this post, Dr Kathryn Daley, Associate Director, Social Equity Research Centre, RMIT University & Deputy Chairperson, Youth Workers Australia argues for a supportive approach to drug use associ...

Navigating crisis management and administrative burdens: lessons from the NDIS during COVID-19 — Power to Persuade

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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social · May 8

🚨 Blog post w Power to Persuade @powertopersuade.bsky.social 🚨

I summarise my recent paper (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...).

BUT: I really wanted to highlight how people with disability co-produce policy successes despite gov inaction.

Pls share widely 🙏

Our blog today also considers a crisis - perhaps the biggest social and administrative crisis in recent times- Covid-19. Nicholas Bromfield writes about his latest paper on NDIS’s response, highlighti...

"If we all speak, they cannot deny what is happening to us": the power imbalance in mutual obligation for young jobseekers — Power to Persuade

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Power to Persuade @powertopersuade.bsky.social · Apr 29

"If we all speak, they cannot deny what is happening to us": the power imbalance in mutual obligation for young jobseekers — Power to Persuade via @antipovertycentre.org www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/mce7r45...

This week's posts are being sourced and moderated by the Antipoverty Centre ( @antipovertycent ) to spark thinking and discussion about welfare conditionality ahead of the federal election. ...

Community housing – an option supporting disability housing and interdependence — Power to Persuade

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Power to Persuade @powertopersuade.bsky.social · Apr 16

Dr Rae West of @mdi-unimelb.bsky.social on how community housing is increasingly becoming an option for people with disability trying to find affordable housing www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/communi...

In this article, Dr Raelene West discusses community housing for people with disability exploring housing options, noting that a home is made of more than bricks and mortar.

Justice, truth and reparations: victim’s rights in Colombia through transitional justice — Power to Persuade

Power to Persuade @powertopersuade.bsky.social · Mar 16

In this post, Dr Louis Monroy-Santander @loumonroe.bsky.social discusses victims’ rights in post-conflict reconstruction efforts in Colombia and pre-conditions for sustainable peace. www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/justice... @s-jfenton.bsky.social

Colombia’s quest for addressing its violent past, dealing with a long history of human rights atrocities and seeking rights redress for more than 9 million victims of its internal armed conflict has l...

Pain: a neglected disability rights issue?

Power to Persuade @powertopersuade.bsky.social · Mar 6

Exciting event coming up at Melbourne Uni, 4pm Tuesday 11 March, online and in-person - lecture by international disability rights campaigner and academic Professor Tom Shakespeare on chronic pain as a disability rights issue events.unimelb.edu.au/event/44949-...

The Research Alliance for Youth Disability & Mental Health and the Melbourne Disability Institute welcome Professor Thomas Shakespeare to Melbo...

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How policy intentions shift: Research on NDIS implementation — Power to Persuade

Power to Persuade @powertopersuade.bsky.social · Feb 21

Also on the blog - from disability rights to fights for entitlements, and from investment to cost containment - Eloise Hummell shares results of her @ausjpa.bsky.social paper on NDIS policy drift (with Michele Foster, Kylie Burns and Sue Harris Rimmer) www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/how-pol...

As the NDIS faces significant ongoing reforms, it can be useful to look back at where we’ve come from – from disability rights to fights for entitlements, and from investment to cost containment, El...

NDIS reforms aim to make the scheme fairer. But we’ve found the groups struggling to gain access

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Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · Feb 16

Got the chance to work on this important research that shows inequalities in being eligible for the NDIS using the NDIS's own data.

theconversation.com/ndis-reforms...

Factors like age, gender and where you live can make it more likely an applicant will be rejected.

theconversation.com

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Power to Persuade @powertopersuade.bsky.social · Feb 21

This week on Power to Persuade, Maria Katsonis discusses the complexity of including lived experience in mental health reform, warning that organisations and policymakers must be willing to share power if the promise of lived experience is to be realised www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/lived-e...

Lived experience in mental health reform: Valued voice or hollow gesture? — Power to Persuade

Today Maria Katsonis , a mental health advocate with lived experience of mental health issues, discusses the complexity of including lived experience in mental health reform, warning that organisat...

Access regulation – Radical antitheses — Power to Persuade

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El Gibbs @bluntshovels.bsky.social · Dec 3

Great piece from Dr Rae West on @powertopersuade.bsky.social about access barriers and failures of law and regulation to change much of it

www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/access-...

On this International Day of People with Disability, Dr Raelene West points out that access to the built environment is still problematic. Dr West is a Research Fellow at the University of...

Our vision for 2025 — Power to Persuade

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Power to Persuade @powertopersuade.bsky.social · Feb 14

Our vision for 2025 — Power to Persuade www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/our-vis...

This year Power to Persuade will continue to bring you articles on a variety of topics related to social policy, written by experts involved in designing, implementing, studying and/or navigating soci...