by Elizabeth Humphrys | May 16, 2022 | Anti-politics
As the pandemic eases, confidence in major parties and traditional politicians is returning to earlier trends of disaffection and distrust. By Simon Copland and Elizabeth Humphrys. Originally published in The Guardian on 4 May 2022. At the upcoming federal election,...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Apr 21, 2022 | Australian Economy, Climate Change, unions
This week the first journal article based on my research with the United Workers Union, conducted with James Goodman and Freya Newman, was published in Economic and Labour Relations Review. The United Workers Union is one of the largest blue-collar...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Oct 18, 2021 | Australian Economy, Climate Change, unions
I was recently a guest on the On the Job podcast, hosted by Francis Leach and Sally Rugg, discussing a report I cowrote with Freya Newman for the United Workers Union . From the podcast show notes… As the COP26 climate change talks in Glasgow loom...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Sep 20, 2021 | Australian Economy, Climate Change, unions
In September, Freya Newman and I launched the final report on our project investigating the impact of high heat and climate change on members or the United Workers Union (UWU). The launch was part of the Australian Council of Trade Unions’ (ACTU) Climate Safety...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Mar 6, 2021 | Australian Economy, Australian History
My research collaborator Sarah Gregson and I recently published an article about the impact of the collapse of the West Gate Bridge on the families of those killed, focussing on how the main social welfare agency dealt with the widows. From our West Gate Project...
