Featured Media
McDonald, Paula (June, 2024). Is it okay to pay young people less? Triple J Hack program, ABC Radio.
Hurst, Bree (May, 2024). Yes, Australia’s big supermarkets have been price gouging. But fixing the problem won’t be easy. The Conversation.
McDonald, Paula and Grant-Smith, Deanna (May, 2024). What does the new Commonwealth Prac Payment mean for students? Will it do enough to end ‘placement poverty’? The Conversation.
Hurst, Bree (April,2024). Supermarkets need to change the way they operate in Australia. But how do we get them to do this? The Conversation.
Hurst, Bree (March, 2024). Are the big supermarkets driving food waste? ABC Radio.
McDonald, Paula (January, 2024). Australia’s child workers are vulnerable to injury, harassment and exploitation. The Conversation.
More Featured Media
Grant-Smith, Deanna (2023). They know all the buttons to press’: Multi-level marketing can damage relationships. The Melbourne Anglican.
Grant-Smith, Deanna (2023). From Avon ladies to nutrition clubs: How much do you really earn in multi-level marketing? The Sydney Morning Herald.
Cathcart, Abby, Laudon, Melinda, Cunningham, Sam (2022). We have developed a way to screen student feedback to ensure it’s useful, not abusive (and academics don’t have to burn it. The Conversation.
O’Brien, Erin (2023). Seven steps to ‘clean up’ cotton industry. Queensland University of Technology.
Media Contacts
Topics: Workplace sexual harassment (prevention, complaints processes, bystanders, perpetrator tactics), unpaid work and internship, digital platform (gig) work, flexible and customised work.
Contact: Professor Paula McDonald
p.mcdonald@qut.edu.au
0412 762 150
Topics: Multi-level marketing, unpaid work and internships, recruitment fraud, employment scams, work-integrated learning, educator wellbeing, gender and transport justice.
Contact: Professor Deanna Grant-Smith
deanna.grantsmith@qut.edu.au
07 3138 2491
Topics: Social licence, social impact, food waste, corporate social responsibility/sustainability/ESG.
Contact: Associate Professor Bree Hurst
Topics: Community Engagement (any context) – including community voice/authentic consultation, community engagement around disasters, stakeholder engagement, reputation (corporate) and stakeholder relationships.
Contact: Professor Kim Johnston
Topics: Social and public policies, socioeconomic inequalities, care work and gender in STEMM workplaces
Contact: Dr Diana Leon-Espinoza
diana.leonespinoza@qut.edu.au