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Ms Mel Powersmith

PhD Candidate
School of Social Science
m.powersmith@uq.edu.au

Publications

Conference Papers (3)
Seminar Paper (1)
Newspaper Article (1)
Generic Documents (3)

Conference Papers

Powersmith, Mel (2024). A critical phenomenology of ‘home’ under social housing and welfare residualisation. The Australian Sociological Association Conference, Perth, WA Australia, 25-29 November 2024.
Powersmith, Mel (2024). Experiences and Assertions of ‘Home’ Under Residualisation in Brisbane’s Social Rented Sector. Joint APNHR - AHRC Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 21-23 February 2024.
Coonan, Jaiden, Fisher, Melissa, O'Connell, Kristin and Powersmith, Mel (2023). Plenary Panel - What is expertise? Social change as social policy. Australian Social Policy Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 11-13 September 2023.

Seminar Paper

Guerra-Tão, Nícolas and Powersmith, Mel (2024). Critical perspectives on social housing policy in Melbourne & Brisbane. Centre for Urban Research Seminar Series. Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University.

Newspaper Article

Powersmith, Mel (2023, 03 14). Unstable housing has held me back all my life – Australia needs a genuine safety net The Guardian

Generic Documents

Powersmith, Mel (2024). Submission: climate impacts and tenure residualisation in social/public housing. Everybody's Home.
O'Connell, Kristin and Powersmith, Mel (2023). Second-class tenants: Antipoverty Centre submission to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee inquiry into the worsening rental crisis.
Powersmith, Mel (2023). Taking stock: Perspective on the housing future fund Antipoverty Centre issues paper. Antipoverty Centre.
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