Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE170100801
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$345,000.00
Summary
Rights of migrant workers. This project aims to study rights abuse of temporary and permanent migrant workers in Australia, Canada and New Zealand, three democracies with globally high rates of temporary migration. These countries now host many temporary migrant workers with variant experiences of employment rights. This project will investigate the exploitation of migrant workers’ rights, considering the role of industry sectors, trade union representation, visa rules, access to justice and mig ....Rights of migrant workers. This project aims to study rights abuse of temporary and permanent migrant workers in Australia, Canada and New Zealand, three democracies with globally high rates of temporary migration. These countries now host many temporary migrant workers with variant experiences of employment rights. This project will investigate the exploitation of migrant workers’ rights, considering the role of industry sectors, trade union representation, visa rules, access to justice and migrant characteristics. This project is expected to formulate policy for migrant protection.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE130101131
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$358,890.00
Summary
The public face of the Public Service: the significance of public bureaucratic leadership in Westminster systems. Public service leaders have become a very visible part of modern government. This project investigates whether the trend towards greater public engagement by public servants fundamentally changes our traditional understandings of how a public service operates within the Westminster system of government.
The making and unmaking of Australian public policy: using Historical Institutionalism theory to understand the path from Medibank to Medicare. This new analysis of Australia's tumultuous health reforms between 1972 and 1984 uses newly released documents and the recollections of central actors to improve our understanding of how and why health care reform succeeds or fails.
Political Communication and Media Regulation in Australia. This research joins the study of the Australian media with a new body of international research on political communication. It shows how the Australian experience with the electronic and print media compares with that of other comparable countries. It gives evidence on what standards and expectations Australians apply to the media in the communication of political information. The research indicates what new regulatory principles will be ....Political Communication and Media Regulation in Australia. This research joins the study of the Australian media with a new body of international research on political communication. It shows how the Australian experience with the electronic and print media compares with that of other comparable countries. It gives evidence on what standards and expectations Australians apply to the media in the communication of political information. The research indicates what new regulatory principles will be needed to bring media regulation in Australia to international best standards. It will inform applications of the High Court of Australia's discovery of a new freedom of political communication. Read moreRead less
What counts is what is counted: performance measurement and its consequences. Measuring public sector performance is important as it potentially improves services and saves money, but it has become increasingly time and resource consuming. This project will analyse performance measurement and its consequences, and generate information on how governments can contain its growth and reduce its undesirable consequences.
Activating states: transforming the delivery of 'welfare to work' services to the long-term unemployed in Australia, Great Britain and the Netherlands. With declining unemployment, the possibility of labour force shortages in future years, and an annual expense of $20 billion on income support in Australia, policy makers are concerned with increasing the economic participation of social security recipients. This project will provide policy makers and service providers with important comparative ....Activating states: transforming the delivery of 'welfare to work' services to the long-term unemployed in Australia, Great Britain and the Netherlands. With declining unemployment, the possibility of labour force shortages in future years, and an annual expense of $20 billion on income support in Australia, policy makers are concerned with increasing the economic participation of social security recipients. This project will provide policy makers and service providers with important comparative assessments of the way policies designed to promote economic participation are executed by frontline staff and will provide essential data for designing policy which is more effective in assisting the unemployed to find sustainable paid employment. It will address the National Research Priority of promoting and maintaining good health through strengthening Australia's social and economic fabric.Read moreRead less
Discovering the fundamental metrics of political behaviour: African-Americans and their White Neighbours in an era of revolutionary change. Newly freed from slavery, African-Americans first voted in the 1870s; remarkably, their names and individual political choices still survive in the records of one American state. Using innovative software to track voters and map social networks, this project will reveal the dynamics of black and white voting in this era of revolutionary change.
Understanding the Antipodean 'Fair Go'. There is bipartisan support for the 'fair go' in Australia and New Zealand, but what does the fair go actually mean? This project aims to generate new knowledge about the role of the fair go in political debate and policy making. It will examine the values that have been historically connected to the fair go. It will assess how the public and politicians currently understand the fair go and will investigate how the fair go has influenced public policies. E ....Understanding the Antipodean 'Fair Go'. There is bipartisan support for the 'fair go' in Australia and New Zealand, but what does the fair go actually mean? This project aims to generate new knowledge about the role of the fair go in political debate and policy making. It will examine the values that have been historically connected to the fair go. It will assess how the public and politicians currently understand the fair go and will investigate how the fair go has influenced public policies. Expected outcomes include the first systematic analysis of one of the most pervasive and enduring social and political ideas in Australia and New Zealand. This will give policymakers a better understanding of citizens’ values and will build knowledge about how values shape public policies.Read moreRead less
Increasing innovation and flexibility in social service delivery. This project will use a comparative methodology to investigate how contracted social services require careful regulation to ensure service effectiveness and improved organisational capacity. The outcome will include a practice model for understanding the relationship between regulation, contract structure and forms of service delivery innovation.
Is Australian agricultural policy making still 'exceptional'? Investigating the population of issue niches in the Australian agricultural policy domain. Agriculture is an important part of Australian economic, social and cultural life. So too is the notion that public policy in all areas, agriculture included, should be formulated on the basis of consultation and input from the fullest possible range of interests and groups. This research will reveal the degree of competition and cooperation bet ....Is Australian agricultural policy making still 'exceptional'? Investigating the population of issue niches in the Australian agricultural policy domain. Agriculture is an important part of Australian economic, social and cultural life. So too is the notion that public policy in all areas, agriculture included, should be formulated on the basis of consultation and input from the fullest possible range of interests and groups. This research will reveal the degree of competition and cooperation between interests over agricultural policy issues in Australia. In so doing, it provides an important window on the public policy process which in turn should simulate public debate about agricultural policy making specifically and Australian political processes generally.Read moreRead less