UNSW Arts & Social Sciences

We should listen to coronavirus experts, but local wisdom counts too

02 Apr 2020

COVID-19 presents a social as well as a medical crisis, and we will need many different kinds of expertise to survive it.

'Pandemic drones': useful for enforcing social distancing, or for creating a police state?

01 Apr 2020

While 'good drones' have been valuable in this pandemic, using drones to embed new systems of surveillance could be a dangerous and slippery slope.

Lessons of the epidemic for small government

30 Mar 2020

The coronavirus emergency is a brutal reminder that we pay a price for deregulating society in pursuit of profit.

Australia's unemployment welfare system is described as punitive by critics. Image: Shutterstock.

Australia’s welfare system remains punitive through pandemic

27 Mar 2020

Vulnerable groups who receive unemployment benefits in Australia face punitive payment conditions that have been challenged due to COVID-19.

Schools are moving online, but not all children start out digitally equal

27 Mar 2020

For some children, learning online will be little more than an inconvenience. For others it will magnify their learning disadvantage. This move is a mass social experiment never done before.

Coronavirus supplement: your guide to the Australian payments that will go to the extra million on welfare

26 Mar 2020

Australia's unemployment benefits are now middle of the pack, but the package treats two-income couples badly.

The COVID-19 crisis highlights the vulnerable existence animals endure

Pets: the voiceless victims of the COVID-19 crisis

25 Mar 2020

Reports of companion animals starving or being killed as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak highlight the vulnerable existence animals endure at the whim of humans.

Social protection and the viral recession

20 Mar 2020

So far, Australia’s help for people displaced, self-isolating or ill has been far from generous.

Support for vulnerable reaches new low, survey finds.

COVID-19: Survey shows support for vulnerable reaches new low

20 Mar 2020

A UNSW survey shows community services are already struggling with demand.

National Day of Action against bullying and violence

The long-term negative effects of bullying

20 Mar 2020

Children who are bullied are at risk of experiencing poor outcomes for up to four decades after exposure.

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