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Unemployment support will be slashed by $300 this week. This won't help people find work

21 Sep 2020

New analysis shows there is considerable scope to increase JobSeeker payments before they might hinder people's motivation to find paid work.

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Are the kids alright? Social isolation can take a toll, but play can help

17 Sep 2020

Some children are not socially engaging with their peers in the way they did before the pandemic. It's understandable if parents are worried.

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PhD students need support at the best of the times. How can you help in a pandemic?

16 Sep 2020

Life for graduate students can be hard work and often isolating, and COVID-19 piled on the pressures. That's when having an academic leader and program dedicated to supporting them proved its worth.

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After COVID, we'll need a rethink to repair Australia's housing system and the economy

14 Sep 2020

The fallout from COVID-19 for housing and homelessness just adds to the urgency of fixing the long-standing ills of the housing market. The well-being of Australia's economy and people depends on it.

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Refugee women and girls championing fight against human rights violations

11 Sep 2020

Adjunct Associate Professor Eileen Pittaway and Dr Linda Bartolomei are fighting for gender equality in international refugee law and policy.

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'Soft' skills and parental support key to navigating Year 12 during COVID-19

03 Sep 2020

Adaptability, aspirations and parents will help school leavers perform during the pandemic, say UNSW education experts.

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Income and wealth inequality in Australia was rising before COVID-19

02 Sep 2020

A new report by UNSW Sydney and ACOSS provides a baseline to measure the pandemic’s impact on an already widening income and wealth gap.

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Why you should learn a musical instrument

28 Aug 2020

Learning music has many benefits, but not in the ways you might think.

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Community service workers warn of dire consequences of planned cuts to JobSeeker

26 Aug 2020

The impact of increased income support during COVID-19 has been viewed as overwhelmingly positive in a new survey of community service workers.

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Let's heed the warnings from aged care. We must act now to avert a COVID-19 crisis in disability care

21 Aug 2020

Residential disability care faces many of the same challenges as aged care. Paying close attention to these could help us avert a COVID-19 crisis in Victoria's disability accommodation.

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