Helping Tasmanians of all ages to prevent chronic disease is the focus of a collaboration called the Anticipatory Care Project. The Institute for the Study for Social Change (ISC) is working with a range of partners and four Tasmanian communities to develop strategies to prevent chronic disease and promote healthy living. University of Tasmania Senior […]

This article ‘The Federal election 2019: state of the states’ first featured on The Conversation website on Thursday 11 April 2019 by various authors, including Institute for the Study of Social Change Director Professor Richard Eccleston and University of Tasmania PhD candidate Michael Lester. WE NOW know that the next federal election will take place on […]

Tasmanian women and children experiencing domestic violence are more likely to stay in abusive environments due to difficulties accessing social and affordable housing, the latest Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) report revealed yesterday. Lead author of the AHURI report, ‘Housing outcomes after family violence’, the University of Tasmania’s Research Fellow Dr Kathleen Flanagan, […]

This opinion piece by Institute for the Study of Social Change Research Fellow Dr Lisa Denny, first appeared in the Mercury newspaper on Saturday 6 April. LAST week the Australian Taxation Office released the taxation statistics for almost 14 million Australians who completed a tax return for the 2016-17 financial year. The focus was on the richest and poorest Australian […]

This opinion piece by Institute for the Study of Social Change Director Professor Richard Eccleston and PhD Candidate Lachlan Johnson first appeared in the Mercury on Thursday, 4 April 2019. A CREDIBLE path to a budget surplus next year, significant income tax cuts for middle Australia and a big infrastructure spend – Tuesday night’s Federal Budget was classic pre-election fare. But will […]