There is an air of crisis in Australia and the international community about youth unemployment (for 15-24year olds) that has remained persistently high in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. But it is often overlooked that youth unemployment has been very high since the late 1970s, when the levels were not that different from what…

It was a moving experience yesterday to provide a comment for the Conversation on the impact of the Whitlam Government in social policy in the article: Gough Whitlam’s life and legacy: experts respond While my last post lamented how difficult it remains for single parents, my reflections on Whitlam’s legacy in terms of  establishing the single…