Power to Persuade

Here’s a selection of our most-read posts published this year, and some posts to discover, while our volunteer team takes a short break. We wish you happy and safe holidays— Power to Persuade powertopersuade.org.au/blog/2025-wrap…

Do High-Consumption Lifestyles Violate Our Ethical Obligations to the Planet? — Roger Chao in Power to Persuade powertopersuade.org.au/blog/do-high-c…

The Australian Government's Contradictory Stance on Undocumented Migrant Workers — Evelyn Dowling in Power to Persuade powertopersuade.org.au/blog/the-austr…

Buy Now Pay Later as a weapon of violence: Disrupting harm through safety by design — Associate Professor Vivien Chen ⁦@MonashBusiness⁩ in Power to Persuade (republished with permission for Economic Abuse Awareness Day) powertopersuade.org.au/blog/buy-now-p…

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 discusses the relevance of human rights frameworks as a tool for policy makers — Power to Persuade powertopersuade.org.au/blog/human-rig…

On Economic Abuse Awareness Day, the Working with Women Alliance is releasing a report with recommendations for government to make the child support system safer. ⁦⁦ Terese Edwards ⁦@terese_smfa⁩ & Prof Kay Cook explain why — Power to Persuade powertopersuade.org.au/blog/economic-…

Gender Inequality and Satisfaction with Marriage. Alysha Gray from The University of Queensland and ⁦@lifecourseAust⁩ explores the social and economic impacts of unequal relationships⁩ - Power to Persuade ⁦⁦⁦@AntiPovertyWeek⁩ powertopersuade.org.au/blog/gender-in…

Better Sleep Starts at Home - research from Dr Shannon Edmed and Professor Simon Smith from ⁦@UQ_News⁩ and ⁦⁦@lifecourseAust⁩ on sleep as an indicator and mechanism of disadvantage - Power to Persuade #antipovertyweek powertopersuade.org.au/blog/better-sl…

Poverty. Place. Policy. David Tennant explores the intersections on the eve of Anti-Poverty Week 2025 — Power to Persuade powertopersuade.org.au/blog/poverty-p…

The rights of migrant women in Australia: addressing gendered exploitation in temporary work — Ananya Doundiyal in Power to Persuade powertopersuade.org.au/blog/the-right…

Visa, Voice, and Vulnerability: How Immigration Status Shapes Access to Justice for Chinese Women Facing Domestic Violence — Manjin Zhang in Power to Persuade powertopersuade.org.au/blog/visa-voic…

"Simply put, we need visionary policy that commits to significantly raising public housing stock," say Cordelia Attenborough and Elroy Dearn in today's Power to Persuade blog: powertopersuade.org.au/blog/decades-i….

In today’s post, Professor Hannah Badland from RMIT University explores why neighbourhoods matter for the health of children with disability, an area largely overlooked in Australian disability policy. powertopersuade.org.au/blog/submissio… @ResearchRMIT

Today’s post by @SimonCopland explores the rising influence of global anti-feminist and far-right movements, and why our current strategies to prevent them are falling short. powertopersuade.org.au/blog/counter-o…

Children with incarcerated parents face unique challenges. Read Dr Vicky Saunders' insights into how systems often overlook these impacts and what can be done to better support affected children. powertopersuade.org.au/blog/invisible…

Why is sociology essential to social policy?🤔 As Athena Charanne Presto argues, ignoring sociological insights, especially when it comes to gender and care policy, leads to decisions that are anything but neutral. powertopersuade.org.au/blog/why-socio…

We are also definitely talking about a breach of the legislative authority granted to DSS/Services Australia to 'provide benefits' in the first place if anyone wanted to pay a barrister twice as much to go after that one

New post @simonecasey explains why not shutting down the TCF, including payment suspensions, is a form of administrative evil because providers interests have been prioritised over the rights of people routinely subject to abusive provider practices.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/profit-ov…

New on the blog: Enhancing ambition on climate policy through co-design - @belle_workman & Kathryn Bowen @MCFunimelb walk us through their experience of co-designing healthier climate policies (and share the toolkit!) powertopersuade.org.au/blog/enhancing…

New on the blog - How to Improve Decision Making in Public Administration – Reflections from the NDIS from Andrew Joyce & @fibuick @CSIsocialimpact & @UNSW powertopersuade.org.au/blog/how-to-im…