New article in @ConversationEDU 📰 A/Prof @NatashaCortis & Dr Megan Blaxland highlight the critical importance of @NatLegalAid for vulnerable Australians and the risks of consistent underfunding.
⬇️ theconversation.com/legal-aid-is-a…
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How has COVID-19 changed people’s approaches to HIV? Drawing on interview data, join us for our upcoming @CSRH_UNSW / @SPRC_UNSW seminar presented by Jaime Garcia-Iglesias (@JGarciaIglesias). @EdinburghUni
🗓️: Tue 11 March | 3pm-4pm | online
⬇️ eventbrite.com.au/e/hiv-and-covi…
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Open Access - Making long-acting treatment work: Tracing connections with extended-release buprenorphine depot through time
Sandra Gendera, Kari Lancaster, @tim__rhodes @carlatreloar
@SPRC_UNSW @CSRH_UNSW @UniofBath @LSHTM
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/da…
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Mark your diaries 🗓️ A new report 'Legal Aid Private Practitioners Census 2024' by A/Prof @NatashaCortis and Dr Megan Blaxland will be launched by the Attorney-General Hon @MarkDreyfusKCMP at a @NatLegalAid event on Thu 27 February.
⬇️ events.humanitix.com/national-legal…
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💬 "Change can start with anyone, at any level… We need more passionate, committed and investigative people who want to make a difference."
Read on to hear from Dr Yuvisthi Naidoo (@YuvisthiN) on social policy, poverty and well-being. #InConversation
⬇️unsw.edu.au/news/2025/02/i…
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🔓Unmet treatment need: The size of the #gap for #alcohol and other #drugs in #Australia
Alison Ritter & @keelinoreilly
@DrugPolicy_DPMP #AOD
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/da…
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The next instalment of our popular short course 'Understanding Poverty, Inequality and Social Disadvantage in Australia' is just around the corner. @YuvisthiN @Bruce_Bradbury
🗓️ 18 Feb - 08 Apr | 37.5 hours across 7 weeks | online 💬@Brotherhoodinfo
⬇️unsw.edu.au/arts-design-ar…
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⏰ Last chance to attend our upcoming seminar on the co-designed project, 'Our Voices, Our Lives, Our Way' (#OVOLOW), a joint initiative between @LGBTIQHealthAu and @NEDA_PeakBody.
🗓️: Tue 11 Feb | 3pm-4pm | online
⬇️eventbrite.com.au/e/co-designing…
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💥 Kickstart 2025 with Professional Development for change-makers 💥
Invest in your professional growth and make a difference with our upcoming short course on poverty, inequality and social disadvantage in Australia.
🗓️: 18 Feb - 08 Apr | online
⬇️ unsw.edu.au/arts-design-ar…
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👏👏👏 @Swinburne is leading a groundbreaking $22.1 million Centre of Excellence.
Special mention to Prof. Karen Fisher (@KarenRFisher) who is part of the Centre’s College of Experts, leveraging @SPRC_UNSW's expertise in #disability employment.
Congratulations to all involved!
Swinburne University of Technology@Swinburne
Swinburne will host Australia’s first Disability Employment Centre of Excellence, announced by @AmandaRishworth today. This groundbreaking initiative aims to enhance economic participation & employment opportunities for people with disabilities. More ➡️ swi.nu/5ifw3
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Creating & sharing digital stories to effect social change was at the heart of the #OVOLOW project.
Join us as we explore the process of co-designing for intersectionality in this #LGBTIQA+ disability initiative.
🗓️: Tue 11 Feb | 3pm-4pm | online
⬇️ eventbrite.com.au/e/co-designing…
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Registrations are now open for the latest edition of the UNSW Social Policy Research Centre 'Understanding Poverty, Inequality and Social Disadvantage in Australia' course.
See below for more details.
UNSW Social Policy Research Centre@SPRC_UNSW
Ready to inspire change in 2025? Don't miss the 3rd instalment of our best-selling short course 'Understanding Poverty, Inequality and Social Disadvantage in Australia' with Dr @YuvisthiN and A/Prof. @Bruce_Bradbury. 🗓️: 18 Feb - 08 Apr | online ⬇️ unsw.edu.au/arts-design-ar…
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Ready to inspire change in 2025?
Don't miss the 3rd instalment of our best-selling short course 'Understanding Poverty, Inequality and Social Disadvantage in Australia' with Dr @YuvisthiN and A/Prof. @Bruce_Bradbury.
🗓️: 18 Feb - 08 Apr | online
⬇️ unsw.edu.au/arts-design-ar…
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🦠 Public Understandings Related to Immunity Systems and the Microbiome: A social research project funded by @arc_gov_au.
📢 Chief Investigators Prof. Deborah Lupton (@DALupton) Vitalities Lab @SPRC_UNSW @CSRH_UNSW & Dr Kerryn Drysdale (@kerryndrysdale) @CSRH_UNSW.
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💬 "Good policy follows the evidence and we know that pill testing services reduces harm."
Prof. Alison Ritter (@AlisonRitter1) shares her support for a new pill testing trial set to roll out at festivals throughout summer. [Timestamp 2:05:20]
⬇️ abc.net.au/listen/program…
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After a big few weeks in Australian drugs policy, it is worth remembering that people who use drugs have a right to health & this includes meaningful participation in policy decisions. New paper by @AlisonRitter1 & Liz Barrett free to access here:
harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
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📃 New article co-authored by Dr Claire Wilkinson (@claireskis_w) et al. @DrugPolicy_DPMP
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs@JSADJournal
Test Purchasing of Same-Day and Rapid Online Alcohol Home Delivery in Two Australian Jurisdictions (new in @JSADjournal 85/6) @RyanJBaldwin @callinan_sarah @claireskis_w @JohnToumbourou @peter_g_miller @DrugPolicy_DPMP @SPRC_UNSW @CAPRAustralia jsad.com/doi/full/10.15…
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