Social isolation, job losses and economic downturn, not to mention the prospect of lethal illness, will  almost certainly be heightening anxiety for all of us. But for many Australians an extra danger – family violence – also lurks within the home and will be exacerbated by isolation or quarantine.  Family violence is difficult to respond […]

As in many things, Tasmania is experiencing COVID-19 in ways that differ from other states. We knew being an island could give us faster and tighter control of our borders, and we know our demographics make us more vulnerable – physically, socially and economically – to the virus. These differences are evident to those leading […]

Jacqueline De Vries, Data Analyst The full effect of Covid-19 on the Tasmanian economy will not be known for some time to come, but it is likely to induce a recession with a range of impacts on the housing market. If the construction industry remains an essential service and continues to operate through an economic […]

Prepared by Dr Lisa Denny, Institute for Social Change, University of Tasmania The COVID-19 global pandemic has revealed an inconvenient truth for Australia; we have a national economy founded on consumption. In fact, it is both our societal values and underlying political ideologies which are geared to increasing consumption to grow our economy rather than […]