Social Policy Research Centre

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Community services under strain amidst COVID-19

21 Dec 2021

A national survey of community organisation staff reveals the sector is struggling to meet the increasing demand for services.

Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia honours five UNSW academics

09 Nov 2021

New Fellows elected in recognition of their excellence in the social sciences.

Sex, drugs and TikTok: keeping young people safe needs a mature response, not a moral panic

19 Oct 2021

Fears that TikTok is “serving up” drug content to impressionable users have prompted calls for all drug content to be censored on the platform. But that would remove useful health advice too.

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How to cope with your COVID-19 diagnosis

08 Oct 2021

COVID-19 is a global pandemic. So why do we still feel ashamed by catching the virus?

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Who has been hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia?

04 Oct 2021

Research from the UNSW Sydney and ACOSS Poverty and Inequality Partnership looks at income support payments pre-pandemic to the present.

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New report: COVID-19 widens Australia's stark health income gap

12 Aug 2021

UNSW Sydney and ACOSS release a report showing the relationship between income and health, as major inequities in the vaccine rollout emerge.

Poor protections make buying alcohol online easy for minors

04 Aug 2021

The regulation of online alcohol sales worldwide does not meet the same standard as walk-in bottle shops.

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As Sydney’s lockdown continues, what support is available – and needed – for people losing income?

13 Jul 2021

JobKeeper and the Coronavirus Supplement ended earlier this year. But the last few months in have shown the COVID crisis is far from over in Australia.

The $50 boost to JobSeeker makes Australia's payment the second-lowest in the OECD

01 Mar 2021

Any permanent increase is welcome, but there's a long way to go.

The dark side of mobile living movements

12 Feb 2021

Campervans and caravans are in right now, but the reality of mobile living is often not quite what it seems.

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