Select Publications
Conference Presentations
2018, '‘Implementing No Jab, No Pay: Policy Considerations’', presented at Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 25 September 2018 - 27 July 2018
,2018, '‘Supporting Settlement: Balancing Obligations with ‘Putting Australia First’', presented at XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, Canada., 15 July 2018 - 21 July 2018
,2017, 'Reporting on reforms to the NSW Specialist Homelessness Services Program', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, University of New South Wales, 25 September 2017 - 27 September 2017
,2015, 'Determining the impact of child protection reforms: Lessons from the evaluation of Keep Them Safe', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney, 28 September 2015 - 30 September 2015
,2015, 'Putting practice first? Practitioners’ perspectives on the implementation of a child-centred model of child protection practice in NSW', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, UNSW Sydney, Australia, 28 September 2015 - 30 September 2015
,2013, '‘Fostering children’s cognitive development in the preschool years: The message and the uptake', presented at Ciara Smyth, Australian Social Policy Conference, UNSW Sydney, Australia, 16 September 2013 - 18 September 2013
,2011, 'Exploring parental responsibility for children’s cognitive development', presented at Ciara Smyth, Monitoring Parents: Science, Evidence, Experts and the New Parenting Culture, University of Kent, UK, 13 September 2011 - 14 September 2011
,2009, 'Reflections on participatory techniques in young carer research: Some lessons learned', presented at Samia Michail, Myra Hamilton and Ciara Smyth. 2nd International Conference of the International Society of Child Indicators, University of Western Sydney, Australia, 04 November 2009 - 05 November 2009
,2009, 'I’m just helping out the family: profiling hidden young carers', presented at Cathy Thomson, Trish Hill, Ciara Smyth and Bettina Cass, Australian Social Policy Conference,, University of New South Wales 8-10 July, 2009, 08 July 2009 - 10 July 2020
,2009, 'Exploring young carers’ active agency', presented at , Australian Social Policy Conference, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 08 July 2009 - 10 July 2009
,2008, 'Young Carers: Identifying supportive policies and programs - some ideas from the field', presented at Young Carers Workshop, Sydney, 02 December 2008
,2008, 'So that’s how I found out I was a young carer and that I actually had been a carer most of my life.’ Identifying and supporting hidden young carers', presented at Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 09 July 2008 - 11 July 2008
,2008, 'Accessing combinations of informal and formal support services: The case of young carers in Australia: Who bears the costs of care-giving?', presented at Social Care Workshop, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 18 February 2008 - 19 February 2008
,2007, 'Children and young people as active agents: Considering the case of young carers', presented at Academy of Social Sciences in Australia Workshop, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 11 October 2007 - 12 October 2007
,2007, 'The costs of care/the benefits of care: a precarious balance? Considering the case of young carers', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, , University of New South Wales 11-13 July., 11 July 2007 - 13 July 2007
,2005, 'Exploring the dimensions of professionalising fostering: Carers’ perceptions of their fostering role', presented at Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 09 February 2005 - 11 February 2005
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