Publications

Peter Dutton’s approach to referendum on Indigenous Voice straight from John Howard’s playbook

Paul Karp reports in The Guardian (14.1.23) on increasing political partisanship around the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament, likening the Opposition Leader’s criticism of the government’s planned Voice

Australia Day: The contention is inescapable

Historian Henry Reynolds comments once more in John Menadue’s ‘Pearls and Irritations’ blog (23.1.23) on the resurfacing of debate and contention over Australia’s national day being

No more silver bullets: Why Qld remains vulnerable to getting youth crime wrong

Brad Cooper reports for InQld (11.1.23) on the issue of juvenile justice in Queensland, highlighting how ‘credible research continues to show that the ‘tougher’ authorities go on youth crime

1992 Queensland Cabinet Minutes released

On January 1st, Queensland State Archives (QSA) released the 1992 Cabinet Minutes of the Queensland government after expiry of the 30-year embargo period. The Minutes reveal

HILDA finds working from home boosts women’s job satisfaction more than men’s, and that has a downside

Mark Wooden and colleagues write in The Conversation (5.12.22) about the latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey data, pointing to gender inequities arising from workplace

We all know the Great Barrier Reef is in danger – the UN has just confirmed it. Again

Jon C. Day writes in The Conversation (29.11.22) about the latest UN survey of the Great Barrier Reef’s health, noting that Environment ministers from both sides of politics

Queensland police let off with a ‘talking to’ after inquiry’s scathing report

Ben Smee reports in The Guardian (21.11.22) about the release of an inquiry report into the organisational culture of the state’s police service which found embedded racism and

Albanese government’s first budget delivers election promises but forecasts soaring power prices

Michelle Grattan writes in The Conversation (25.10.22) about the newly announced federal budget, delivering on some of Labor’s key election pledges. ‘Treasurer Jim Chalmers has brought down a

A new national plan aims to end violence against women and children ‘in one generation’. Can it succeed?

Anastasia Powell writes in The Conversation (17.10.22) about a new joint plan by federal, state and territory governments to end violence against women and children in Australia within

Why Queensland is still ground zero for Australian deforestation

Michelle Ward and James Watson write in The Conversation (27.1.23) about their research into Queensland’s high rates of broad-scale land clearing which, the authors point out, comes at a

Qld cops in firing line as Fitzgerald hands down report into CCC

Cloe Read and Sean Parnell report in the Brisbane Times (9.8.22) on the release of Tony Fitzgerald and Alan Wilson’s report of their inquiry into the

‘Let the sunshine in’: Damning report urges insight into Qld cabinet calls

Matt Dennien reports in the Brisbane Times (28.6.22) on the release of the final report from Peter Coaldrake’s review of culture and accountability in Queensland’s public sector.