Helen Masterman-Smith

Charles Sturt University · School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Social dimensions define whether wildlife disease is considered a problem, society’s response to wildlife disease, and the available solution space for wildlife health problems. Wildlife disease can have interacting environmental, human health, economic and sociocultural impacts on society, but the way in which society constructs wildlife disease a...

Social dimensions define whether wildlife disease is considered a problem, society’s response to wildlife disease, and the available solution space for wildlife health problems. Wildlife disease can have interacting environmental, human health, economic and sociocultural impacts on society, but the way in which society constructs wildlife disease a...

Many nations claim to be pursuing a ‘green growth’ model in response to global economic and climate crises including ambitious green jobs projections. The rural dimension of this issue requires closer attention. This article draws on secondary sources and Australian Bureau of Statistics data to critically analyse green jobs projections based on the...

The notion that employment is a precondition for personal wellbeing and social inclusion is almost sacrosanct in Australian culture. Yet, the working and living conditions of Australia's low paid workers tells a different story. While labour market participation is a cornerstone of the Federal Government's Social Inclusion Agenda, it is recognized...

The global economic crisis has delivered a boost to ?green collar? employment in wealthy nations through sizeable injections of public stimulus funds. It is therefore timely to question what this means for relations between labour, capital and the ecosystem. This article offers a critical analysis of political economic and policy aspects of the gre...

A body of mainly socialist feminist literature has emerged since the 1980s concerning the existence of a political culture distinctive to working class women. These views rest upon a broader understanding of political economy as necessarily encompassing the contradictory elements of everyday life. Gibson-Graham approach the inter-relationship of ca...

This paper examines new qualitative findings from a national study of low paid services employment in Australia, within the context of the new WorkChoices legislation. For many, low paid jobs entail financial hardship, unsocial hours, job insecurity, hidden subsidies to highly profitable industries through unpaid labour and out-of-pocket expenses,...

This article examines the extent, implications and significance of low pay in Australia today by bringing the voices of low paid workers and new statistical data to the issue. The evidence shows that one in four employees is low paid and that many are experiencing considerable hardship on and off the job as a consequence. Questions of dignity and f...

The Federal Government's new industrial relations regime, which took effect last week, has important implications for the low paid in the Australian labour market. The Federal Government has argued that its new regulations in favour of the individualization of the employment relationship, lower minimum standards and greater economic emphasis in the...