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Library Blog - September 2025

News

This month's news on social change and social inclusion.

‘Are you joking, mate?’ AI doesn’t get sarcasm in non-American varieties of English (The Conversation, 5 August 2025)
The prevalence of and variation in indicators of the quality and safety of long term aged care in Australia, 2019: a cross-sectional population-based study (Medical Journal of Australia, 4 August 2025)
Trends in disability-related inequalities in housing affordability in Australia, 2003 to 2022 (Health and Place, 95, 2025)
Indigenous students want to finish Year 12. They need equal support and resources from schools to do this (The Conversation, 19 August 2025)
Updating family payments for work and shared care (Life Course Centre and the Melbourne Institute, July 2025)

Journals

Academic journals provide a platform for research articles by specialists (academics or practicing professionals) within a discipline to present, scrutinise and discuss research. Recent Journal issues from some of the major publishers are provided below, as an opportunity to inform colleagues about new content.

This month there are new issues of:

American Journal of Evaluation (Vol. 46, Iss. 3, September 2025)
Australian Journal of Social Issues (Vol. 60, Iss. 2, June 2025)
Ethics and Social Welfare (Vol. 19, Iss. 2 2025)
International Journal of Social Welfare (Vol. 34, Iss. 4, October 2025)
Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare (Vol. 52, Iss. 1, Spring 2025)
Social Choice and Welfare (Iss. 1, August 2025)

Podcasts & Streaming

Creative healing practices to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children (Emerging Minds)
From devil horns to deep listening - Maxine Beneba Clark, Debra Dank, Damon Young on the power of communication (Big Ideas, ABC)
Prof. Pat Dudgeon's Groundbreaking Life and Work on Social Emotional Wellbeing
Tackling domestic and family violence as a community (Stronger Together)
The human heart of productivity, and pocket money pay gap (Life Matters, ABC)

PD & Events

Changing public policy: Grattan Academy (Grattan Institute), September/October 2025.
VCOSS Community Sector Summit, Melbourne, 6 October
National Housing Conference 2025: AHURI, Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre, West Australia, 14-16 October.
Scanlon Foundation Research Institute: Australia Social Cohesion Summit 2025, Melbourne, Thursday, 16 October 2025
Victorian Homelessness Conference, Council to Homeless Persons, Ballarat, 27-28 November 2025