On 29 January 2019 the Federal Government commenced a trial of the Cashless Debit Card (CDC) in the Hinkler region, which includes Hervey Bay and Bundaberg. The broad objectives of the trial are to decrease substance abuse and gambling, as well as promote ‘socially responsible behaviour’. The Explanatory Memorandum for the Bill introducing the CDC in the Hinkler region emphasised the call of ‘community stakeholders’ for the card to address ‘high youth unemployment and intergenerational welfare dependence as well as the high use of alcohol, drugs and gambling.’
Despite government rhetoric of a community backed CDC trial in the Hinkler region, empirical evidence presents a more complex picture of stakeholder perspectives. In the recently released government commissioned qualitative report on the CDC in the Hinkler region, undertaken by the Future of Employment and Skills Research Centre (FESRC) at the University of Adelaide, a more nuanced view of Hinkler stakeholders emerges. This report is based on 74 stakeholder interviews and 66 interviews with people who were or were about to be put on the card, with many interviewees reporting ‘that they were opposed to the trial of the CDC.’ Importantly, the most frequently mentioned problems were about the limited ‘labour market’ and ‘lack of employment opportunities’ within the Hinkler region.
This qualitative report shows that while some stakeholders wanted the CDC in their community, others were very much opposed to the introduction of the card. The views highlighted in the report show that there were sensible reasons why many stakeholders were concerned about the CDC. Those opposed to the CDC considered that the card would be socially divisive, would fail to address the underlying causes of substance abuse for people with addiction issues, and would do nothing to generate desperately needed jobs in the region.
The qualitative report also reflects important cardholder concerns about increased shame and stigma brought about because of the CDC program, with many cardholders reporting ‘that they were reluctant to use their card as they feared being looked down upon or’ targeted with ‘negative comments by retail and hospitality staff, and also their fellow customers.’ For numerous CDC holders, their worst fears on this front have been realised, as confirmed by other independent academic research.
The Federal Government’s updated Bundaberg and Hervey Bay CDC website states that the CDC was introduced because of ‘calls for the card from key stakeholders in the region to address social issues such as high youth unemployment and intergenerational welfare dependence’ (emphasis added). This tweak raises further questions. Who was considered to be a ‘key’ stakeholder? Which stakeholder views were deemed irrelevant and why? How did the government decide which stakeholder voices to listen to and which to ignore in their consultation process? Does ‘key’ stakeholder merely correlate with ‘elite’ stakeholder? The diverse stakeholder perspectives captured in the FESRC qualitative report suggest that there was strenuous support by some and equally rigorous opposition by others to the introduction of the CDC. Interviews with CDC holders undertaken as part of independent academic research indicate a lack of consultation with those most likely to be directly affected by the program.
Framing the introduction of the CDC as a response to community calls for the card has always been problematic, as it reflects homogenising views of community cohesion that square poorly with the complexities of social stratification operating within trial sites. In her seminal work Justice and the Politics of Difference, Iris Marion Young (2011: 227) explains that ‘the ideal of community denies and represses social difference, the fact that the polity cannot be thought of as a unity in which all participants share a common experience and common values.’ In short, the language of ‘community’ can obfuscate the experience of exclusion and domination.
My field work in the Hinkler region, undertaken as part of the ARC Discovery Project Conditional Welfare: A Comparative Case Study of Income Management Policies (DP180101252), confirmed that Hinkler is a diverse rather than homogenous community. Social stratification within Hinkler was evident during multiple field work trips to the region, where I observed incidents reflecting social tension about the CDC program. For example, during CDC protests in Bundaberg and Hervey Bay I observed some passers by shout from their cars at protestors: ‘get a job you bludgers!’ The tragic irony was that many of these people in receipt of social security who were protesting against the CDC were already employed — they were under-employed rather than unemployed. They were not unwilling to work but were experiencing a shortage of adequately paid employment opportunities in the region. Nevertheless, their status as government income support recipients attracted criticism from some segments of the community.
During my Hinkler field work, some elite stakeholders who wanted the CDC introduced evidently saw themselves as part of a cohort of ‘normal’ community members, in contrast to those in need of social security payments. The latter were described as living an entitled existence in defiance of community norms, as the following stakeholder interview highlights:
Facilitator: What do you think the community thinks about people who are subjected to the cashless debit card?
Interviewee: Most people who I deal with, hang out with et cetera, think that people should get out and have a go. I think the age of entitlement is really pissing a lot of us normal people off; the real people, I guess. If that makes sense.
Facilitator: Mm hm.
Interviewee: I think the silent majority will think that it should go further. I think the silent majority think that there should be protesting, and I think the silent majority wants more accountability with those who are on welfare.
This elite stakeholder interview is revealing. It evidences a perplexing belief that it is possible to ascertain precisely what the ‘silent majority’ think — despite their silence. It also ascribes a positive value to homogeneity within the community, reflected in the reference to ‘us normal people’. The picture of normality portrayed in this account is one of reliance on paid employment, with those experiencing greater socio-economic security through sufficient paid employment described as ‘the real people’. Yet adequately paid secure employment is increasingly scarce. So where does this leave people subject to the CDC? They are to be constrained under the CDC indefinitely, even if this creates significant problems for them in terms of basic bill payment, because obtaining an exit from the CDC is proving difficult for the majority of applicants.
Although there is no evidence that the CDC achieves the government’s expressed aims when applied across broad social security cohorts, and can in fact cause further harm to numerous participants, Minister for Families and Social Services Anne Ruston announced that all CDC trials would be extended until 31 December 2020. However, the opportunity cost of funding the CDC is significant. Arguably these funds would be better deployed in generating jobs for those experiencing unemployment, under-employment, and socio-economic stress due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in providing a dignity promoting social security system. If ever there was an opportune time to start re-thinking perceptions of normality it is now.
Griffith University, the Paul Ramsay Foundation and Queensland Corrective Services will collaborate on an important new project looking to transform the lives of mothers in custody and their children.
“Prison doesn’t cause all the challenges these families face, but it does present an opportunity to start working with mothers and their children,” Professor Dennison said.
“Typically, mothers enter prison because of a devastating lifecycle of disadvantage and serious adversity that gets worse when they leave.
“Their children experience much of this adversity too, as well as additional strains like grief and trauma from separation, housing and school instability, stigma, and entrenched social exclusion.
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“Women are the fastest growing segment of Australia’s prison population and although there are no nationwide figures on the number of mothers in prison, estimates show more than half have dependent children aged 15 and under, while 85% of women entering prison have been pregnant at some stage in their lives.
“Addressing the needs of these women and their families requires the transformation of correctional approaches in Australia to reduce recidivism and break the devastating and enduring intergenerational cycle of disadvantage.”
The research team includes expertise from the Griffith Criminology Institute and the University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery, working closely with Queensland Corrective Services on the project.
“In this pioneering program of research and action we will use co-creation with corrective services systems, community service providers, policy makers, prisoners, and their families to develop an evidence-informed, holistic system of practice which will make a difference,” Professor Dennison said.
“We will identify and address system gaps and design wrap-around services for women and their children that are proportionate and adaptive to their needs.
“The model will provide continuity of care through extended support for women and their children well beyond release, so they can achieve real and sustainable change.”
Queensland Corrective Services Commissioner Peter Martin said that women in prison overwhelmingly identify as being victims of domestic and family violence.
“We are aware that women have a vastly different trajectory leading to incarceration than men, with common features of poverty, childhood abuse and abusive relationships,” he said.
“We also know that having a parent in prison makes a child many more times likely than their peers to end up incarcerated themselves.
“This is why Queensland Corrective Services is taking a trauma-based approach to women in prison as a part of the Women’s Estate project.
“We are excited to be partnering with Professor Dennison and her research team to identify ways to better support women prisoners and their children to try to break that cycle of incarceration.”
The first stage of the Griffith-led project has been made possible through a partnership with the Paul Ramsay Foundation, whose mission to break cycles of disadvantage in Australia is closely aligned to Griffith’s values.
The challenges facing children whose mothers are in custody are unique, tragic and lead to multiple elements of deep disadvantage,” Paul Ramsay Foundation CEO Professor Glyn Davis AC said.
“With the right partners we know we can do better for these vulnerable children and give them a better chance in the lottery of life.”
Over the next 18 months the project team will work closely with stakeholders to design a co-ordinated delivery of programs in custody and the community and prepare to trial them in a Queensland correctional centre.
“Our long-term goals are to see an improvement in key areas that contribute to entrenched disadvantage,” Professor Dennison said.
“By developing strong partnerships and using an holistic approach to bring government and the not-for-profit sector together with researchers, experts in the community and families with lived experience of incarceration, we can break the cycle of disadvantage and incarceration, create conditions for families to thrive, and demonstrate more effective, sustainable service provision.”
Griffith University Vice Chancellor and President Professor Carolyn Evans acknowledged the generosity of the Paul Ramsay Foundation and said the project would draw on Griffith’s world leading research strengths in both criminology and criminal justice, and nursing and midwifery, to help a sector of the community which was often invisible.
“Griffith has always had a strong sense of social justice and this important project, backed by Ramsay’s philanthropic vision and commitment, will address what is a growing problem of disadvantage”.
Social Marketing @ Griffith researchers are casting a wide net for opinions to propel a collaborative project to rebuild low stocks of snapper and pearl perch in Queensland.
PhD candidate Carina Roemer is on a mission to rebuild Qld’s snapper and pearl perch stocks with input from the recreational fishing sector.
PhD candidate Carina Roemer is calling on all recreational fishers, charter boat operators and other stakeholders to take part in a short online survey that closes 14 June 2020.
“We encourage everyone in the recreational fishing sector to respond and make their voices heard. By working together, we can create greater value for everyone,” she said.
Griffith University is working with the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) to find solutions that will rebuild fish stocks which dropped below national recommended levels and minimise further changes to fishing rules.
Ms Roemer is an experienced collaborative researcher having worked with sugar cane growers and government departments to identify barriers to adopting sustainable, low impact fertiliser practices.
The Fishing for change project is supported by funding from the FRDC on behalf of the Australian Government and is being implemented by Currie, Social Marketing @ Griffith, Queensland’s Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, and the Centre for Marine Socioecology.
The Griffith Criminology Institute will partner with Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) to develop a new training curriculum, which will position the state as leaders in evidence-based corrections.
The new training program will fulfil key recommendations of the Queensland Parole System Review (QPSR) to review and implement training for Community Corrections officers, investing in reforms to Queensland’s correctional system.
Griffith’s Dr Lacey Schaefer said the University was excited to be joining forces with QCS on such an impactful project.
“The training packages being developed adhere to evidence-based best practices in corrections, bringing officers the knowledge and skills that they will require to be advanced practitioners,” Dr Schaefer said.
“The professional development opportunities this brings for officers will have important consequences for their wellbeing and performance, with subsequent benefits for offenders and their communities.”
As a sought-after community corrections consultant, Dr Schaefer is well-placed to develop the training packages for QCS staff. She has worked for several years designing correctional interventions, providing training for corrections agencies, and developing and administering offender rehabilitation programs.
Dr Schaefer previously designed and administered the Environmental Corrections trial and the Triple-S: Social Supports in Supervision trial in partnership with Queensland Corrective Services. These projects produced recidivism reductions and improved client satisfaction.
The development of the new training curriculums for existing and commencing staff draws on the lessons learned from these community corrections initiatives, which are based on the research evidence-base of what works best in community corrections case management.
Dr Schaefer is eager to see the results of evaluations of the impacts of the new training packages.
“Bringing the research evidence into the daily practices of Community Corrections officers, I am confident that these training reforms will have several positive effects for Queensland,” Dr Schaefer said.
QPSR program lead, Deputy Commissioner Community Corrections and Specialist Operations, Paul Stewart said the partnership would ensure QCS officers were well equipped to undertake their critical role in crime prevention and ensuring community safety.
“This curriculum is an investment in our exceptional and dedicated workforce, who work with the most difficult and challenging members of society every day to keep our community safe.
“Griffith University is recognised as a world leader in the criminology field and has the largest community of criminologists in Australia, including many of our own officers.”
With approximately 80 academic and research staff members aligned with the Griffith Criminology Institute (GCI), the project has scope to draw from a deep breadth of experience and resources. Many GCI members are recognised nationally and internationally as leaders in their fields, with a range of awards and research grants reflecting their strengths.
“The University will work alongside the Community Corrections Training team at the QCS Academy, whose role is to encourage superior community corrections practices that enhance public safety and prevent reoffending,” Deputy Commissioner Stewart said.
The project will support the effective case management of offenders through a new evidence-based practice curriculum, including structured on-the-job training, specialised education for specific roles, and professional development.
Although the project is focused on Community Corrections, many of the developed training modules will benefit officers across the agency.
The new training curriculum is expected to start in 2021.
Scientists from Griffith University, the Queensland Museum, University of Melbourne and the Northern Territory Government have described a colourful new velvet gecko in the Northern Territory.
This species only occurs in the top end on Groote Eylandt, Australia’s third largest offshore island in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
The Groote Eylandt Velvet Gecko, Oedura nesos, is a large and colourful species with white bands and yellow spots that lives in rock crevices.
The young of the species are even more striking than the adults, with black and bright white bands.
Lead researcher Dr Paul Oliver from the School of Environment and Sciencesaid: “This species was formerly confused with another similar gecko we described in 2016, but we had some clues that it might not be the same.”
“Fortunately, we were able work with researchers from the Northern Territory Government and Traditional Owners and rangers from the Anindilyakwa Land Council to get material for genetic analyses and pictures of the animal in life.”
Dr Graeme Gillespie, from The NT Department of Environment and Natural Resources, who led the work on Groote Eylandt, emphasises that these discoveries highlight the biological significance of Northern Australia’s Islands.
“These islands are critically important refuges for many threatened species like northern hopping mouse and brush-tailed rabbit rat, that are declining on the mainland.”
“We are now discovering that many of them also have their own endemic species that are found nowhere else, and have been completely overlooked until now.”
Chris Jolly from University of Melbourne further emphasised how our understanding of lizard diversity in the top end is continuing to improve.
“I am writing a field guide on reptiles of the Northern Territory, and the list of species is growing so rapidly, I’m struggling to keep up!”
“In the past year alone, nine new species have been described from the Northern Territory.”
“It’s both exciting, and really important, because it means we are continually improving our understanding of the region’s biodiversity.”
Isolation has become the norm during COVID-19 but while it’s proven difficult for many, none have been more at risk than victims of domestic violence.
For people who face violence at the hands of a loved one, the office can be a safe place as well as provide resources and privacy to access expert help and services undetected.
Shaan Ross-Smith is the director of MATE (Motivating Action Through Empowerment) at Griffith University, a program that teaches bystanders how to prevent violence and problematic behaviour, and she stresses the important role workplaces have to play in this space.
Shaan Ross-Smith
“Survivors say knowing their employer genuinely cares — they’re not just ticking a box or worrying about good governance — but they genuinely care is hugely important,” Ross-Smith said.
“COVID-19 took everyone by surprise,” she added.
“The first thing I’d recommend is making sure that your organisation’s domestic violence policy is robust against these new working conditions.”
While having the policy in place is key, as co-worker or a manager, there’s more to do. An effective bystander recognises what is happening, provides support and vitally, refers the victim to a relevant organisation that can give the expertise required.
What you can do
During COVID-19, there are key ways colleagues can continue to recognise and support victims of domestic violence in the workplace:
Have regular one-on-one video catchups to connect meaningfully while physically isolated.
Ask colleagues about their support network to gauge how isolated they are, as well as enquiring about how they’re going with technology to get a sense of their ability to access to it.
Task team members with researching local domestic violence and mental health services and have them report back in a team meeting. Additionally, have the team present on the company’s domestic violence policy.
Do individual research about local providers and services and share findings publicly on social media — sending a message to networks.
Guarantee ongoing employment, if it is possible. Economic independence and the ability to go to work can be critical.
If someone is reluctant to continue working from home, allow them to return to the office as soon as possible.
Resources
During the month of May, Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month, MATE have held free webinars that can be accessed at any time on the MATE website. MATE offers workplace training in recognising and referring victims and perpetrators of domestic violence — find out more about the services on offer at the MATE website.
If you or someone you know is at risk, you can contact DVConnect on 1800 811 811 or 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732.
Anna Mahon is pursuing her dream of studying visual arts at Griffith University thanks to a generous bursary for young artists from the bush.
She hails from Alpha, a tiny drought-stricken town in Central Queensland with just over 300 residents. As one of five kids, moving to Brisbane to study seemed out of reach.
A helping hand
A work by Anna Mahon, inspired by her hometown in Central Queensland
The Bursary supports high achieving students from regional and remote areas of Queensland who want to study fine art at the QCA.
It isdesigned to cover the costs of equipment and materials, contribute to accommodation expenses and give students an opportunity to focus on their creative development during their first year of study.
“My family has never been in the position to indulge in luxuries and studying at university was just another bill on the pile,” Anna said.
“This bursary has taken the stress off my family, and will make a profound difference to my education. I’m so honoured and grateful to Art in Bark.”
A whole new world
Anna said her studies at QCA had opened up a whole new world, learning from renowned artists and joining a community of students who shared her passion for painting.
Anna is currently studying online due to COVID-19 and said she was eagerly anticipating the return to campus.
“Despite the fact we’re learning remotely,I have already learnt so much and improved monumentally,” she said.
“Just being in a community of like-minded artistic people has been such a fulfilling experience.”
The power of art
Anna decided to follow her dream of becoming an artist after seeing her first major exhibition last year by renowned Australian painter Del Kathryn Barton.
“The exhibition by Del Kathryn Barton knocked my socks off and showed me the intense effect an artist can have on their audience,” she said.
“Whether my studies lead to a career as a curator or a monster truck airbrush artist, I want to try and capture all the weirdness and beauty of life through art.”
Supporting artists from the bush
Art in Bark is a non-profit association founded in 1973. It aims to encourage appreciation of native flora and fauna and promote the creation of this uniquely Australian artform, which features works made of the colourful, textured bark of Melaleuca trees.
Art in Bark President David Leisemann said the group was keen to support young artists from regional Queensland.
“A lot of the inspiration for our work comes from the bush, so we were keen to help a young artist come to the city and complete their studies at the QCA,” he said.
“It’s wonderful for our members to see the difference our gift can make to a young artist.”
For more information about supporting the fine arts at Griffith, click here.
Griffith Business School (GBS) academics have proposed a range of measures to solve Australia’s financial crisis in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
GBS Dean (Academic) Professor Fabrizio Carmignani stressed policies were needed now in order to flatten the recession curve.
“We are facing a deep recession with very large social and economic costs,” Professor Carmignani said.
Professor Carmignani said evidence showed that with countries like Sweden, who did not adopt containment measures like those in Australia, were still headed for a recession as deep as those that had.
“The containment measures are necessary,” he said.
“What we need to do now is to absorb as much of the social and economic costs we are observing.”
He said four key priorities need to be addressed: strengthening the capacity of the healthcare system; ensuring workers stay employed and collect wages as much as possible; ensuring businesses that are solvent but illiquid do not go bankrupt; and ensuring and maintaining the liquidity of the banking system.
Professor Carmignani suggested reform by rethinking the role of fiscal policy and more investment in the labour market.
“It’s important we finally realise fiscal policy is a tool to achieve the greater good… not just to balance the budget no matter what,” he said.
“There is also an opportunity for investment in the labour market through active and forward-thinking policies that support the structural transformation of the Australian economy — like policies that support the mobility of workers across sectors.”
Finally, he said there is a need to develop a vision for sustainable and long-term inclusive growth in Australia, but not by choosing a sector that will drive economic growth in Australia in the future.
“These types of choices usually fade,” he said.
“What we need to do instead is to develop a vision to support and encourage innovation and entrepreneurship.
“There will inevitably be failures, but failures are not a problem.”
“It’s part of an evolutionary process, at the end of which successful innovation will emerge, new innovative sectors will emerge and will be driving the type of sustainable and inclusive growth we need long term.”
Griffith Business School’s Professor Tony Makin said the COVID-19 pandemic would likely change the way many things were done in the future.
“I think we can safely say Australia will never be quite the same as a result of this crisis.”
The economics professor said there were many reforms that could be considered, including raising the GST.
“Australia’s GST rate is relatively low compared to other advanced economies, as Australia is more heavily dependent on direct taxes — income taxes — than indirect taxes such as the GST,” Professor Makin said.
“I think there is a strong case for raising the GST perhaps to 20% across all items.”
Professor Tony Makin.
He also suggested other income taxes could be targeted at the higher end of the income scale, including inheritance taxes and wealth taxes.
“But we wouldn’t want to be targeting anyone that was badly affected by the crisis,” he said.
Professor Makin said company tax should not be an option, given Australia’s current rate for large companies is part of a problem when it comes to relatively low investment.
“There’s now net equity investment abroad, which means that we’re just not attracting investment here,” he said.
“One of those reasons is that our company taxes are way out of kilter compared to other economies.”
Professor Makin said also said there needed to be expenditure scrutiny for areas where there is overlap between the Federal and State governments.
More than 100 people tuned in to listen to Griffith University experts Professor Fabrizio Carmignani and Professor Tony Makin, and University of Queensland’s Associate Professor Renuka Mahadevan speak in an online forum organised by GBS, named COVID-19: The Australian Government’s Macroeconomic Response.
A Griffith University-led collaboration has called for a more strategic protection of land to meet biodiversity targets, set out in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
In findings published in One Earth, Dr Alienor Chauvenet from the School of Environment and Science and colleagues from the University of Oxford, The Nature Conservancy, the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Queensland, University of Tasmania, and other international universities, compared the impact of land acquisition practices on ecosystem protection worldwide.
They found that using the right prioritisation strategy more than double the number of ecosystem types adequately protected by 2030, relative to business as usual, at no added expense.
“To save species from extinction, conservation is racing to establish new protected areas before natural habitats are lost,” Dr Chauvenet said. “But this needs to be done strategically.”
She said as the earth’s natural assemblages of communities of plants and animal species are organised into major ecosystem types or ecoregions, “the more diverse ecoregions we protect, the more likely we are of safeguarding a broad array of biodiversity.”
For this reason, the CBD has set international targets for protected areas to ensure a set percentage of each global ecoregion is protected. As this study’s business as usual projections show, we are currently not on target to meet this requirement.
“We developed a suite of simple strategies to prioritise ecoregions for protection, then compared them to each other, and a business as usual approach,” Dr Chauvenet said.
“Our computer models determined that despite the same annual budget for protected areas as business as usual, up to 260 more ecoregions would meet CBD protection targets by 2030.”
“By simply prioritising ecoregions that are the closest to meeting the CBD’s target areas for protection, we get the greatest bang for our buck in terms of ecosystem protection and representation.”
“With CBD targets for biodiversity currently being renegotiated, this work aims to inform international policy,” Dr Chauvenet said.
“A more representative global protected area system, will ensure the greatest biodiversity protection”
Griffith Business School’s Professor Paul Simshauser AM has been named the new Chief Executive of the government-owned Powerlink, further cementing Griffith’s close engagement with industry.
Pro Vice Chancellor (Business) Professor David Grant said Professor Simshauser’s new position was reflective of the hard work and dedication he had put into being an industry thought leader, and proof of the Business School’s longstanding ties with industry.
Professor David Grant with Professor Paul Simshauser AM
“Paul has made significant contribution to Griffith Business School over a number of years, as a Professor of Economics with us, as Chair of the Policy Innovation Hub Advisory Board, as member of the GBS Strategic Advisory Board, and as a member of the AFE Advisory Board,” Professor Grant said.
“Griffith Business School is extremely proud of our 2016 Outstanding Alumnus of the Year winner Professor Paul Simshauser and his many achievements. I am especially delighted to be able to congratulate Paul on his new appointment as Chief Executive of Powerlink Queensland.”
Professor Simshauser was previously the Director-General of the Queensland Department of Energy & Water Supply, Executive General Manager Energy Markets at the ASX-listed integrated renewable energy company Infigen Energy, and Chief Economist at one of Australia’s largest energy utilities, AGL Energy.
“Powerlink is one of Australia’s largest electricity utilities with a long and proud history of serving Queensland – its people and the economy. It is an honour and privilege to have been appointed its third Chief Executive,” Professor Simshauser said.
“The nature of Powerlink’s business places it at the centre of the current energy industry transition. Queensland’s energy transition is significant by global standards and, in my assessment, Powerlink has all the ingredients to emerge as a truly world-class electricity transmission network utility. I’ll be very focused on making sure that we do.”
As he begins his new appointment on June 1, Professor Simshauser’s first set of duties will be navigating the impact of COVID-19 on the energy sector. “Like all sectors of the economy, the near term outlook for demand, its implications for operational planning and the shape of the recovery which follows, is likely to dominate,” he said.
“He has worked in the energy industry (both the public and private sectors) for over 25 years and we have greatly benefited from his thought leadership and research in the field of energy economics,” said Professor Grant.
“He is an exceptional scholar and highly regarded industry leader and his experience and new position brings access to an extensive network throughout the energy industry, government, academia, regulatory and policymaking institutions.
“We are thrilled to see Paul’s work recognised by his new appointment and are looking forward to seeing how he can further impact and shape the future of the energy industry.”
Alongside his new role, Professor Simshauser will continue to perform applied energy economics and energy policy research at Griffith, supervise postgraduate students, chair the Policy Innovation Hub and act as a key member of the GBS and AFE advisory boards.
Queensland Corrective Services Commissioner Peter Martin said that women in prison overwhelmingly identify as being victims of domestic and family violence.
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The development of the new training curriculums for existing and commencing staff draws on the lessons learned from these community corrections initiatives, which are based on the research evidence-base of what works best in community corrections case management.
