by Elizabeth Humphrys | Jan 11, 2021 | Anti-politics, Australian Economy
In the Summer 2020/2021 issue of the Journal of Australian Political Economy, I published an article on anti-politics with Simon Copland and Luke Mansillo. We examine potential evidence for anti-politics in electoral fragmentation in Australia. We use the approach...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Nov 25, 2020 | Climate Change, unions
As part of a UTS research team, I have released a new report with the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work, looking at the impacts of heat stress on workers in Australia. Prepared by UTS researchers as part of the Too Hot to Work Project, the report outlines...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Oct 20, 2020 | Australian History
For the 50th anniversary of the West Gate Bridge Disaster — on 15 October 2020 — my collaborator Sarah Gregson and I worked with comics-journalist and cartoonist Sam Wallman, and writer and editor Jacinda Woodhead. A piece based on our research and the story of the...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Aug 11, 2020 | Accord, Australian Economy, unions
The May issue of the journal Labour History carried a roundtable discussion of my book How Labour Built Neoliberalism. The special section ‘Assessing the Accord and Labour’s Role in Neoliberalism’ (paywalled) features contributions from Frank Bongiorno...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | May 27, 2020 | Australian Economy
This article was originally written for the members of the NSW Nurses & Midwives Association, and published in The Lamp on May 25, 2020. Not only is it pretty nasty to suggest a freeze to the wages of nurses, midwives and other healthcare workers while they are on...
