Not there yet - what gender inequality is costing us — Power to Persuade

In the lead up to International Women’s Day on Sunday 8 March 2026, Dr Jennifer Ervin and Assoc. Prof. Tania King from RMIT University’s Social Equity Research Centre share findings from their researc...

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2025 wrapped - holiday reading from Power to Persuade — Power to Persuade

In 2025, Power to Persuade’s team of moderators sourced and published seventy seven articles that offered insights into the design and delivery of social policy, and its impact on people, ...

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Do High-Consumption Lifestyles Violate Our Ethical Obligations to the Planet? — Power to Persuade

In today’s long-read post, Roger Chao explores the ethical implications of high-consumption lifestyles in countries like Australia in the context of climate change. When do personal convenienc...

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The Australian Government's Contradictory Stance on Undocumented Migrant Workers — Power to Persuade

In today’s post, Evelyn Dowling from RMIT University explains how the exclusion of undocumented migrants from recent Australian legislation intended to address migrant worker exploitation does not ali...

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Buy Now Pay Later as a weapon of violence: Disrupting harm through safety by design — Power to Persuade

This week, both Economic Abuse Awareness Day  and UN Women’s 16 days of activism against gender-based violence are shining a light on economic violence against women. This post by A...

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Human Rights: Reclaiming the Foundational Policy Intent — Power to Persuade

In 2025, Power to Persuade has invited articles on the theme of the relevance of rights for 21st century policy. This post from Everyday Human Rights , an independent, non-political human rights educ...

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Economic Abuse Awareness Day 2025: Fix Child Support — Power to Persuade

To mark  Economic Abuse Awareness Day  in Australia on 26 November 2025, the  Working with Women Alliance  is publishing a report that includes recommendations for the Aust...

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Gender Inequality and Satisfaction with Marriage — Power to Persuade

This week's posts are being sourced by the Life Course Centre ( @lifecourseAust ) to continue the conversation on social and economic disadvantage as part of Anti-Poverty Week 2025 (@AntiPover...

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Gender Inequality and Satisfaction with Marriage — Power to Persuade

This week's posts are being sourced by the Life Course Centre ( @lifecourseAust ) to continue the conversation on social and economic disadvantage as part of Anti-Poverty Week 2025 (@AntiPover...

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Better Sleep Starts at Home — Power to Persuade

This year, Anti-Poverty Week 2025 (12-18 October) continues its campaign to raise awareness and understanding of the causes and consequences of poverty in Australia, and to encourage action to end it....

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Poverty. Place. Policy. — Power to Persuade

On the eve of Anti-Poverty Week for 2025 , David Tennant explores the intersections between poverty, place and policy. David has worked in the not-for-profit community services sector for over th...

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The rights of migrant women in Australia: addressing gendered exploitation in temporary work — Power to Persuade

Temporary work should be a pathway to dignity and opportunity — not a source of risk. In this important piece, Ananya Doundiyal shows how visa settings, employer dependency, and weak enforcement...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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Measuring the hidden costs of disability in Australia — Power to Persuade

Australians with disability and their families are well aware that living with disability can be very expensive – and yet our national poverty statistics and indicators do not take account of the hidd...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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Drugs aren’t the policy problem — Power to Persuade

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...

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

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...

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

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. ...

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

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.

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

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...

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Pain: a neglected disability rights issue?

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

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

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

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