By Emeritus Professor Deborah Jane Brennan

Journal articles

Brennan DJ; Mahon R, 2011, 'State structures and the politics of childcare', Politics and Gender, 7, pp. 286 - 293

Brennan DJ, 2007, 'Babies, budgets and birth rates: work and family policy in Australia, 1996-2006', Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society, 14 (1), pp. 31 - 57

Brennan DJ, 2007, 'The ABC of child care politics', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 42 (2), pp. 213 - 225

Brennan D, 2005, 'Children and families: Forty years of analysis and commentary in the Australian Journal of Social Issues', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 40, pp. 73 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.1839-4655.2005.tb00959.x

Brennan DJ, 2005, 'Forty Years of Research on Children and Families', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 40, pp. 73 - 90

Cass B; Brennan DJ, 2003, 'Taxing Women', eJournal of Tax Research, 1

Cass B; Brennan D, 2003, 'Taxing women: The Politics of Gender in the Tax-transfer System', eJournal of Tax Research, Vol. 1, pp. 37 - 63

Cass B; Brennan D, 2002, 'Communities of support or communities of surveillance and enforcement in welfare reform debates', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 37, pp. 247 - 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.1839-4655.2002.tb01120.x

Baird M; Brennan DJ; Cutcher L, 2002, 'A Pregnant Pause in the Provision of Paid Maternity Leave in Australia', Labour and Industry, 13

Cass B; Brennan DJ, 2002, 'Communities of Support or Communities of Enforcement and Surveillance in Welfare Reform Debates', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 37, pp. 247 - 262

Bernstein RH; Brennan D; Cherney BJ; Friedman E; Mattingly AG, 2000, 'Panel discussion. Solutions to health care issues.', Managed care (Langhorne, Pa.), 9, pp. 26 - 30

Conference Papers

Brennan DJ, 2009, 'Women in the Bear Pit', in Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, Macquarie University, Sydney, presented at Australian Political Studies Association, Macquarie University, Sydney, 28 September 2009 - 30 September 2009

Purcal C; Cass B; Hamilton M; Thomson CM; Brennan DJ, 2009, 'From support to prevention: policies and services for young carers', Sydney, presented at Australian Social Policy Conference: An Inclusive Society? Practicalities and Possibilities, Sydney, 08 July 2009 - 10 July 2009

Brennan DJ, 2008, 'Playing the Market: Public Agendas and Private Profits in Child Care', in Proceedings of Dilemmas in Human Service Provision, University of East London, London, presented at Dilemmas for Human Services, London, 11 September 2008 - 12 September 2008

Conference Presentations

Purcal C; Cass B; Brennan DJ, 2012, 'Grandparents raising grandchildren: impacts of lifecourse stage on the experiences and costs of care', presented at UK Social Policy Association (SPA) Annual Conference, York, UK

Chappell L; Brennan DJ; Rubenstein K, 2011, 'Australian Intergovernmental Relations: A Gender and Change Perspective', presented at Research Roundtable, Faculty of Law, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia

Cass B; Brennan DJ; Thomson CM; Adamson E; Hamilton M; Purcal C, 2011, 'Experiences of young carers and young adult carers: Life-course stage dimensions of caregiving and the implications for policy and practice', presented at Social Policy Association Annual Conference, Lincoln, UK

Cass B; Brennan DJ; Thomson CM; Adamson E; Hill T; Purcal C; Hamilton M, 2011, 'The life-course stage dimensions of care-giving by young people: experiences, perspectives and implications for policy', presented at Workshop Research and Policy on Care in Liberal and Social Democracies: Australia, the UK and Finland, Sydney

Jenkins B; Brennan DJ; Cass B; valentine K, 2010, 'The information-related needs of grandparent kinship carers in Australia: a cross-jurisdictional analysis’', presented at Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies 2010 Conference, Sydney, 02 August 2010 - 04 August 2010

Helyar S; valentine K; Skattebol J; Adamson E; Brennan DJ; Bevan K; Woodruff J, 2010, 'Because children and families matter: delivering on the national reform agenda', presented at 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, 07 July 2010 - 09 July 2010

Jenkins B; Brennan DJ; Cass B; valentine K, 2010, 'Information provision and kinship care: incorporating grandparent kinship carers as aged citizens and as a vulnerable user group', presented at 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, 07 July 2010 - 09 July 2010

Skattebol J; Blaxland M; Brennan DJ; Purcal C, 2010, 'Progressive policies? Australian early childhood policy and low income families', presented at Mapping Families – Practices and Concepts of Children, Parents and Professionals, Bielefeld, Germany

Skattebol J; Blaxland M; Purcal C; Brennan D, 2009, 'Integrated services: voices and silences from Australian history', presented at NIFeTY, Melbourne

Cass B; Brennan D; Thomson CM; Hill T; Michail S; Purcal C; Smyth C, 2008, 'Young Carers: Identifying supportive policies and programs - some ideas from the field', presented at Young Carers Workshop, Sydney, 02 December 2008

Reports

Pascoe S; Brennan DJ, 2018, Lifting our Game: Report of the review to achieve educational excellence in Australian schools through early childhood interventions, Victorian Government, Melbourne, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26501, https://education.nsw.gov.au/early-childhood-education/whats-happening-in-the-early-childhood-education-sector/lifting-our-game-report/Lifting-Our-Game-Final-Report.pdf

Hamilton M; Kintominas A; Brennan D, 2018, The Temporary Sponsored Parent Visa, Migrant Grandparents and Transnational Family Life, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/5d8aaa906ffc4

Cortis N; Brennan D, 2016, Aligning Practice with Vision: Developing SDN’s Pathways Approach, 2013-15, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Australia, Sydney, SPRC Report 09/16, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/25972, https://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/media/SPRCFile/Aligning_Practice_with_Vision__Developing_SDNs_Pathways_Approach__FINAL.pdf

Cortis N; Blaxland M; Brennan D; Adamson E; Blaxland M; Brennan D; Adamson E, 2014, Family Day Care at the Crossroads: Quality and Sustainability in Uncertain Times, Social Policy Research Centre, 24/2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/25879, http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/unsworks_39280

Cortis N; valentine K; Brennan D, 2014, Becoming and being an integrated organisation: the experience of SDN Children’s Services [baseline report 2014], 17/2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/25887, http://www.sdn.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Becoming-and-being-an-integrated-organisation-the-experience-of-SDN-Ch....pdf

Jenkins BL; Blaxland M; Adamson E; Brennan D; Purcal C; Skattebol J, 2014, Insights into child care and early education: Dandenong and surrounds, Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, 5/2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/25889, https://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/media/SPRCFile/Insights_into_child_care_and_early_education__Dandenong.pdf

Brennan D; Adamson E, 2014, Financing the Future: An equitable and sustainable approach to early childhood education and care, Sydney, 01/14, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/25832, https://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/media/SPRCFile/Financing_the_Future.pdf

Purcal C; Adamson E; Brennan D; Blaxland M; Jenkins BL; Skattebol J, 2013, Insights into child care and early education: Caboolture, Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, 21/2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/25892, https://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/media/SPRCFile/Insights_into_child_care_and_early_education__Caboolture.pdf

Jenkins BL; Adamson E; Blaxland M; Brennan D; Purcal C; Skattebol J, 2013, Insights into child care and early education: Fitzroy, 23/2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/25896, https://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/media/SPRCFile/Insights_into_child_care_and_early_education__Fitzroy.pdf

Purcal C; Adamson E; Blaxland M; Brennan D; Jenkins BL; Skattebol J, 2013, Insights into child care and early education: Marrickville, Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, 24/2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/25894, https://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/media/SPRCFile/Insights_into_child_care_and_early_education__Marrickville.pdf

Adamson E; Brennan D; Blaxland M; Jenkins BL; Purcal C; Skattebol J, 2013, Insights into early child care and education: Elizabeth Grove, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/25893, https://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/media/SPRCFile/Insights_into_child_care_and_early_education__ElizabethGrove.pdf

Brennan D; Cass B; Flaxman S; Hill T; Jenkins B; McHugh M; Purcal C; valentine K, 2013, Grandparents raising grandchildren: towards recognition, respect and reward, 14/2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/25903, https://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/media/SPRCFile/Grandparents_Raising_Garndchildren__Towards_Recognition_Respect_and_Reward.pdf

Brennan DJ, 2013, Review of NSW Government Funding for Early Childhood Education, NSW Department of Education and Communities, Sydney

Zhu A; Brennan DJ; Adamson E; Whiteford P, 2011, Leave Patterns of Australian Mothers, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Cass B; Brennan DJ; Thomson CM; Hill T; Purcal C; Hamilton M; Adamson E, 2011, Young carers: Social policy impacts of the caring responsibilities of children and young adults, Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney

Brennan D; Blaxland M; Tannous K, 2009, A Strategic Assessment of the Children’s Services Industry, Government of South Australia, Adelaide, http://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/media/File/Report_StrategicAssessmentofChildrensServicesIndustry.pdf

Brennan DJ, 2009, Building an International Research Collaboration in Early Childhood Education and Care: Background Materials for a Workshop funded by the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY), Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, 13/09, http://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/media/File/Report13_09_EarlyChildhood_Education_and_Care.pdf

Working Papers

Adamson E; Skattebol J; valentine K; Brennan DJ; Katz I; Helyar S; Woodruff J; Bevan K, 2009, Because children and families matter: Delivering on the National Reform Agenda,, UnitingCare Australia, Canberra., http://dx.doi.org

Brennan DJ; Press F; Blaxland M; Purcal C; Ner S, 2008, Building an International Research Collaboration in Early Childhood Education and Care: Background Materials for a Workshop Funded by the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY), SPRC, UNSW, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org

Other

Baldassar L; Hill E; Hamilton M; Brennan D; Dymond T; Withers M; Stevens C; Kintominas A, 2020, Submission to the Select Committee on Temporary Migration on the impact temporary migration has on the Australian economy, wages and jobs, social cohesion and workplace rights and conditions, https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Temporary_Migration/TemporaryMigration/Submissions

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