Zoe Staines is a Senior ARC DECRA Research Fellow and Leader of the Inequalities and Social Action Research Cluster within the School of Social Science, University of Queensland. She previously held research and policy positions in the Queensland public sector and, more recently, in the not-for-profit sector, as a Senior Policy Officer and Manager of Research. Since completing her PhD in criminology, she has published in the areas of policing, social policy, welfare conditionality, coloniality, gender and employment, and rural/remote crime and governance. Zoe is also Co-Editor of the Australian Journal of Social Issues.
Journal Article: Social science as social action to address inequalities
Staines, Zoe, Smith, Kiah, Plage, Stefanie, Nahar Lata, Lutfun, Fay, Suzanna, Zheng, Zhaoxi, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Beazley, Helen, Kuskoff, Ella, Clarke, Andrew, McGowan, Glenys, Shevellar, Lynda and Prangnell, Jonathan (2023). Social science as social action to address inequalities. Australian Journal of Social Issues. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.272
Book: Introduction to the Social Sciences
Staines, Zoe, Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Binnie, Ned (2023). Introduction to the Social Sciences. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/3e239ee
Conference Publication: Compulsory cashless welfare programs exacerbate inequalities and poverty for women: an intersectional feminist analysis of ‘Compulsory Income Management’ in Australia
Staines, Zoe, Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle, Bielefeld, Shelley, Mendes, Philip and Roche, Steven (2023). Compulsory cashless welfare programs exacerbate inequalities and poverty for women: an intersectional feminist analysis of ‘Compulsory Income Management’ in Australia. Social Policy Association Annual Conference, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 5-7 July 2023.
Unemployment in remote Australia: exploring policy reform impacts
(2020–2023) ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
The COVID-19 Tenant/Resident Support and Analysis Project
(2020–2021) Tenants QLD
Youth Sexual Violence on Cape York and West Cairns
(2020–2021) Cape York Institute
Moving beyond incarceration: Exploring the intentions and impacts of legal debt collection policies on socially-disadvantaged groups in Queensland, Australia
Doctor Philosophy
The Liminal Place: Exploring the experiences of residents in two rural Australian border communities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Doctor Philosophy
Conceptions and experiences of home under residualisation in Brisbane¿s social housing
Doctor Philosophy
Poverty governance and crime
Welfare conditionality in remote Australia
Basic Income
Introduction to the Social Sciences
Staines, Zoe, Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Binnie, Ned (2023). Introduction to the Social Sciences. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/3e239ee
Scott, John and Staines, Zoe (2023). Island Criminology. Bristol, United Kingdom: Bristol University Press. doi: 10.2307/j.ctv35n89qt
Compulsory income management in Australia and New Zealand: more harm than good?
Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Peterie, Michelle, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2022). Compulsory income management in Australia and New Zealand: more harm than good?. Bristol, United Kingdom: Policy Press. doi: 10.46692/9781447361510
Feeling black and blue: Indigenous police liaison officers in the Torres Strait Region
Emzin, Chris, Scott, John and Staines, Zoe (2023). Feeling black and blue: Indigenous police liaison officers in the Torres Strait Region. Policing the global south: colonial legacies, pluralities, partnerships, and reform. (pp. 242-254) edited by Danielle Watson, Sara N. Amin, Wendell C. Wallace, Oluwagbenga (Michael) Akinlabi and Juan Carlos Ruiz-Vasquez. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003126409-22
Whiteness in criminology: Indigenous overrepresentation
Staines, Zoe (2023). Whiteness in criminology: Indigenous overrepresentation. Handbook of critical Whiteness: deconstructing dominant discourses across disciplines. (pp. 1-18) edited by Jioji Ravulo, Katarzyna Olcoń, Tinashe Dune, Alex Workman and Pranee Liamputtong. Singapore: Springer . doi: 10.1007/978-981-19-1612-0_12-1
Barriers To Implementing Compulsory Income Management
Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Peterie, Michelle, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2022). Barriers To Implementing Compulsory Income Management. Compulsory Income Management in Australia and New Zealand. (pp. 46-73) Policy Press. doi: 10.1332/policypress/9781447361497.003.0003
Framing Welfare Conditionality
Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Peterie, Michelle, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2022). Framing Welfare Conditionality. Compulsory Income Management in Australia and New Zealand. (pp. 1-19) Policy Press. doi: 10.1332/policypress/9781447361497.003.0001
Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Peterie, Michelle, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2022). Identity And Emotion. Compulsory Income Management in Australia and New Zealand. (pp. 74-100) Policy Press. doi: 10.1332/policypress/9781447361497.003.0004
Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Peterie, Michelle, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2022). List of Abbreviations. Compulsory Income Management in Australia and New Zealand. (pp. vi-vii) Policy Press. doi: 10.1332/policypress/9781447361497.002.0006
Procedural, Consumer And Contractual Rights, And Access To Justice
Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Peterie, Michelle, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2022). Procedural, Consumer And Contractual Rights, And Access To Justice. Compulsory Income Management in Australia and New Zealand. (pp. 101-124) Policy Press. doi: 10.1332/policypress/9781447361497.003.0005
Recalibrating Social Security And Reimagining Work
Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Peterie, Michelle, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2022). Recalibrating Social Security And Reimagining Work. Compulsory Income Management in Australia and New Zealand. (pp. 168-184) Policy Press. doi: 10.1332/policypress/9781447361497.003.0008
Resistance And Reform: Individual And Collective Agency
Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Peterie, Michelle, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2022). Resistance And Reform: Individual And Collective Agency. Compulsory Income Management in Australia and New Zealand. (pp. 125-146) Policy Press. doi: 10.1332/policypress/9781447361497.003.0006
Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Peterie, Michelle, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2022). Series PREFACE. Compulsory Income Management in Australia and New Zealand. (pp. x-xiv) Policy Press. doi: 10.1332/policypress/9781447361497.002.0009
Voluntary Income Management And Financial Education
Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Peterie, Michelle, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2022). Voluntary Income Management And Financial Education. Compulsory Income Management in Australia and New Zealand. (pp. 147-167) Policy Press. doi: 10.1332/policypress/9781447361497.003.0007
Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Peterie, Michelle, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2022). Why Income Management?. Compulsory Income Management in Australia and New Zealand. (pp. 20-45) Policy Press. doi: 10.1332/policypress/9781447361497.003.0002
Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Peterie, Michelle, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2022). [Untitled]. Compulsory Income Management in Australia and New Zealand. (pp. iii-v) Policy Press. doi: 10.1332/policypress/9781447361497.002.0004
Subjectification, suffering and emotional resistance: life on the Cashless Debit Card
Peterie, Michelle, Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2022). Subjectification, suffering and emotional resistance: life on the Cashless Debit Card. Social suffering in the neoliberal age: state power, logics and resistance. (pp. 149-165) edited by Karen Soldatic and Louise St Guillaume. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003131779-12
Losing sight: social security policy in Australia
Marston, Greg and Staines, Zoe (2021). Losing sight: social security policy in Australia. Social policy in Australia: understanding for action. (pp. 214-237) edited by Alison McLelland, Paul Smyth and Greg Marston. Docklands, VIC, Australia: Oxford University Press.
Marston, Greg and Staines, Zoe (2019). Social policy. Australian politics and policy. (pp. 547-559) edited by Chen, Peter, Barry, Nicholas, Butcher, John, Clune, David, Cook, Ian, Garnier, Adele, Haigh, Yvonne, Motta, Sara and Taflaga, Marija. Sydney, NSW Australia: Sydney University Press.
Marston, Greg and Staines, Zoe (2019). Social policy. Australian politics and policy. (pp. 687-706) edited by Peter Chen, Nicholas Barry, John Butcher, David Clune, Ian Cook, Adele Garnier, Yvonne Haigh, Sara C. Motta and Marija Taflaga. Sydney, Australia: Sydney University Press. doi: 10.30722/sup.9781743326671
Social science as social action to address inequalities
Staines, Zoe, Smith, Kiah, Plage, Stefanie, Nahar Lata, Lutfun, Fay, Suzanna, Zheng, Zhaoxi, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Beazley, Helen, Kuskoff, Ella, Clarke, Andrew, McGowan, Glenys, Shevellar, Lynda and Prangnell, Jonathan (2023). Social science as social action to address inequalities. Australian Journal of Social Issues. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.272
Work and wellbeing in remote Australia: moving beyond punitive ‘workfare’
Staines, Zoe (2022). Work and wellbeing in remote Australia: moving beyond punitive ‘workfare’. Journal of Sociology, 144078332211146. doi: 10.1177/14407833221114669
Responsibilising young benefit recipients: Income management and financial capability in New Zealand
Humpage, Louise, Bielefeld, Shelley, Marston, Greg, Staines, Zoe, Peterie, Michelle and Mendes, Philip (2022). Responsibilising young benefit recipients: Income management and financial capability in New Zealand. Critical Social Policy, 43 (2), 1-22. doi: 10.1177/02610183221106923
Olson, Rebecca E., Ek, Xuan Wen, Staines, Zoe, Goh, Felicia and Marshall, Henry (2022). Imperatives of health or happiness: narrative constructions of long-term smoking after undergoing lung screening. Health, 136345932210991. doi: 10.1177/13634593221099108
Social quarantining in the construction and maintenance of white Australia
Staines, Zoe (2022). Social quarantining in the construction and maintenance of white Australia. Sociology 003803852211290, 1-23. doi: 10.1177/00380385221129046
Roche, Steven, Mendes, Philip, Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle, Bielefeld, Shelley, Staines, Zoe and Humpage, Louise (2021). How effective is conditional welfare support for enhancing child wellbeing? An examination of compulsory income management (welfare payment quarantining) in Australia. Children and Youth Services Review, 131 106254, 106254. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106254
Exploring the politics of strain: crime and welfare in remote Indigenous Australia
Staines, Zoe and Zahnow, Renee (2021). Exploring the politics of strain: crime and welfare in remote Indigenous Australia. Social Policy and Administration, 56 (3), 452-471. doi: 10.1111/spol.12778
Staines, Zoe, Scott, John and Morton, James (2021). 'Without uniform I am a community member, uncle, brother, grandad': community policing in Australia's Torres Strait Region. Journal of Criminology, 54 (3), 265-282. doi: 10.1177/00048658211005516
The trope of the vulnerable child in conditional welfare discourses: an Australian case study
Peterie, Michelle, Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2021). The trope of the vulnerable child in conditional welfare discourses: an Australian case study. Journal of Sociology, 58 (4), 517-534. doi: 10.1177/14407833211008984
Roche, Steven, Mendes, Philip, Marston, Greg, Bielefeld, Shelley, Peterie, Michelle, Staines, Zoe and Humpage, Louise (2021). Examining the adverse consequences of welfare conditionality: a case study of compulsory income management in the regional community of Ceduna, Australia. Social Policy and Society, 21 (3), 1-16. doi: 10.1017/S1474746421000063
Crime, justice and social capital in the Torres Strait region
Scott, John, Staines, Zoe and Morton, James (2021). Crime, justice and social capital in the Torres Strait region. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice (620) 620, 1-13.
Workfare and food in remote Australia: 'I haven't eaten... I'm really at the end...'
Staines, Zoe and Smith, Kiah (2021). Workfare and food in remote Australia: 'I haven't eaten... I'm really at the end...'. Critical Policy Studies, 16 (1), 36-59. doi: 10.1080/19460171.2021.1893198
Mendes, Philip, Roche, Steven, Marston, Greg, Bielefeld, Shelley, Peterie, Michelle, Staines, Zoe and Humpage, Louise (2021). Is conditional welfare an effective means for reducing alcohol and drug abuse? An exploration of compulsory income management across four Australian trial sites. Australian Journal of Political Science, 56 (2), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2021.1884646
Strong communities and justice practices in the Torres Strait
Scott, John, Staines, Zoe and Morton, James (2021). Strong communities and justice practices in the Torres Strait. Journal of Sociology, 59 (1) 144078332110312, 1-21. doi: 10.1177/14407833211031299
Governing poverty: compulsory income management and crime in Australia
Staines, Zoe, Marston, Greg, Bielefeld, Shelley, Humpage, Louise, Mendes, Philip and Peterie, Michelle (2020). Governing poverty: compulsory income management and crime in Australia. Critical Criminology, 29 (4), 745-761. doi: 10.1007/s10612-020-09532-2
Mendes, Philip, Roche, Steven, Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle, Staines, Zoe and Humpage, Louise (2020). The social harms outweigh the benefits: a study of compulsory income management in Greater Shepparton and Playford. Australian Social Work, 76 (1), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/0312407x.2020.1820536
Staines, Zoe, Moore, Charlotte, Marston, Greg and Humpage, Louise (2020). Big data and poverty governance under Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand's "social investment" policies. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 56 (2) ajs4.129, 1-16. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.129
Crime rates and justice innovations in the Torres Strait Islands
Scott, John, Staines, Zoe and Morton, James (2020) Crime rates and justice innovations in the Torres Strait Islands. Centre for Justice Briefing Paper, 5: 1-4.
Charting the place of islands in criminology: on isolation, integration and insularity
Scott, John and Staines, Zoe (2020). Charting the place of islands in criminology: on isolation, integration and insularity. Theoretical Criminology, 25 (4), 136248062091025-600. doi: 10.1177/1362480620910250
'Walking in two worlds': a qualitative review of income management in Cape York
Scott, John, Staines, Zoe, Higginson, Angela, Lauchs, Mark, Ryan, Vanessa and Zhen, Liuissa (2020). 'Walking in two worlds': a qualitative review of income management in Cape York. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 80 (1) 1467-8500.12440, 46-63. doi: 10.1111/1467-8500.12440
Australia’s remote workfare policy: rhetoric versus reality of ‘community’ empowerment
Staines, Zoe (2020). Australia’s remote workfare policy: rhetoric versus reality of ‘community’ empowerment. Critical Social Policy, 41 (1), 026101831989705-24. doi: 10.1177/0261018319897056
Dwyer, Anna, Scott, John and Staines, Zoe (2020). Strangers in a strange land: police perceptions of working in discrete Indigenous communities in Queensland, Australia. Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, 22 (1), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/15614263.2020.1759058
Humpage, Louise, Staines, Zoe, Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle, Mendes, Philip and Bielefeld, Shelley (2020). The complexity of convergence: a multi-dimensional analysis of compulsory income management and social investment in New Zealand and Australia. Policy Studies, 43 (4), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/01442872.2020.1783439
Crime and colonisation in Australia’s Torres Strait Islands
Staines, Zoe and Scott, John (2019). Crime and colonisation in Australia’s Torres Strait Islands. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 53 (1), 000486581986904-43. doi: 10.1177/0004865819869049
An analysis of outlaw motorcycle gang crime: are bikers organised criminals?
Lauchs, Mark and Staines, Zoe (2019). An analysis of outlaw motorcycle gang crime: are bikers organised criminals?. Global Crime, 20 (2), 69-89. doi: 10.1080/17440572.2019.1583107
Staines, Zoe and Moran, Mark (2019). Complexity and hybrid effects in the delivery and evaluation of youth programs in a remote Indigenous community. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 79 (1) 1467-8500.12371, 3-25. doi: 10.1111/1467-8500.12371
Closing the gap requests for Indigenous participation are ironic - at best
Staines, Zoe (2018, 02 09). Closing the gap requests for Indigenous participation are ironic - at best Independent Australia
Staines, Zoe (2018). Ground-level impacts of remote employment policy: social disadvantage under the Community Development Programme. Journal of Australian Political Economy (82), 107-132.
Staines, Zoe and Jose, Fiona (2018). Overcoming social disadvantage by investing in Indigenous teenage mothers—an integrated policy approach. Solutions Journal, 9 (2).
We’re not closing the gap on Indigenous employment, it’s widening
Staines, Zoe (2017, 12 22). We’re not closing the gap on Indigenous employment, it’s widening The Conversation
Lessons from the recent policy experience in the Indigenous community-employment sector
Staines, Zoe (2017). Lessons from the recent policy experience in the Indigenous community-employment sector. Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 20 (3), 229-248.
Managing tacit investigative knowledge: measuring investigative thinking styles
Staines, Zoe (2013). Managing tacit investigative knowledge: measuring investigative thinking styles. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 36 (3), 604-619. doi: 10.1108/PIJPSM-07-2012-0072
Students’ engagement with Facebook in a university undergraduate policing unit
Staines, Zoe and Lauchs, Mark (2013). Students’ engagement with Facebook in a university undergraduate policing unit. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 29 (6), 792-805. doi: 10.14742/ajet.270
Staines, Zoe and Lauchs, Mark (2013). The use of Facebook in tertiary education: a case study of a unit-related Facebook page in a university justice class. Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 10 (4), 285-296. doi: 10.1108/ITSE-05-2013-0008
Career path of a corruption entrepreneur
Lauchs, Mark and Staines, Zoe (2012). Career path of a corruption entrepreneur. Global Crime, 13 (2), 109-129. doi: 10.1080/17440572.2012.678620
Dean, Geoff and Staines, Zoe (2011). Capturing investigative knowledge: methodological scaffolding for measuring thinking styles of police investigators. Ministry of Home Affairs Home Team Journal (3), 120-132.
Creativity in policing: building the necessary skills to solve complex and protracted investigations
Staines, Zoe (2011). Creativity in policing: building the necessary skills to solve complex and protracted investigations. Ministry of Home Affairs Home Team Journal (3), 133-144.
Staines, Zoe, Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle, Bielefeld, Shelley, Mendes, Philip and Roche, Steven (2023). Compulsory cashless welfare programs exacerbate inequalities and poverty for women: an intersectional feminist analysis of ‘Compulsory Income Management’ in Australia. Social Policy Association Annual Conference, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 5-7 July 2023.
Attitudes towards care as remunerable labour
Staines, Zoe, Klein, Elise and Perales, Francisco (Paco) (2022). Attitudes towards care as remunerable labour. The Australian Sociological Association Annual Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 28 November - 2 December 2022.
Compulsory Income Management in Australia and New Zealand
Mendes, Philip, Peterie, Michelle and Staines, Zoe (2022). Compulsory Income Management in Australia and New Zealand. The Australian Sociological Assocation National Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 28 November - 2 December 2022.
Work and wellbeing in remote Australia: considering the potential of a basic income
Staines, Zoe (2022). Work and wellbeing in remote Australia: considering the potential of a basic income. Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) International Congress, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 28-30 September 2022.
Staines, Zoe and Zahnow, Renee (2021). More welfare cash is associated with lower crime: COVID-19 social security changes and crime in remote Indigenous communities in Queensland (Australia). Australian National University Centre for Social Research & Methods Research Symposium, Canberra, ACT Australia, 26 May 2021.
Punitive webs of welfare conditionality and worsening health/wellbeing in remote Australia
Staines, Zoe (2021). Punitive webs of welfare conditionality and worsening health/wellbeing in remote Australia. Healthy Societies 2021, Sydney, NSW Australia, 16 November 2021.
Moving away from punitive 'workfare' in remote Australia, but headed in which direction?
Staines, Zoe (2020). Moving away from punitive 'workfare' in remote Australia, but headed in which direction?. TASA: Sociological insights for the now normal, Melbourne, Australia, 23-26 November 2020.
Crime and justice in the Torres Strait Region
Scott, John and Staines, Zoe (2019). Crime and justice in the Torres Strait Region. Senior Torres Strait Islander Police Forum, Thursday Island, Torres Strait Islands, 19 December 2019. Queensland Police Service.
Staines, Zoe (2019). Demonstrate your impact! The realities of evaluating social outcomes under outcome-focused funding frameworks. AIATSIS National Indigenous Research Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 1-3 July 2019.
Income management and crime: rethinking evidence and theory
Staines, Zoe (2019). Income management and crime: rethinking evidence and theory. Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney, Australia, 9-11 September.
Public sector legislation in Queensland: old or new directions?
Lauchs, Mark and Staines, Zoe (2009). Public sector legislation in Queensland: old or new directions?. IPAA National Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 2009. Institute of Public Administration Australia.
Submission to the Select Committee on Workforce Australia Employment Services
Stambe, Rose, Marston, Greg, Staines, Zoe and Henman, Paul (2023). Submission to the Select Committee on Workforce Australia Employment Services. Canberra, ACT Australia: Parliament of Australia.
Staines, Zoe (2022, 12 12). Tackling gender-based inequality at the nexus of employment, social security, and care: what next for women? The Power to Persuade
Submission to Employment White Paper: supporting a sustainable 'care' economy
Staines, Zoe, Markham, Francis, Altman, Jon and Klein, Elise (2022). Submission to Employment White Paper: supporting a sustainable 'care' economy. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Government.
Altman, Jon, Klein, Elise, Markham, Francis and Staines, Zoe (2021). Submission to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Remote Engagement Program) Bill 2021. Canberra, ACT Australia: Australian Parliament.
Big data as evidence for social investment: a need for critique and caution
Staines, Zoe, Moore, Charlotte, Marston, Greg and Humpage, Louise (2021, 08 27). Big data as evidence for social investment: a need for critique and caution Australian National University Austaxpolicy: Tax and Transfer Policy Blog
To enable healing, there’s a more effective way to Close the Gap in employment in remote Australia
Staines, Zoe, Klein, Elise, Markham, Francis and Altman, Jon (2021, 08 06). To enable healing, there’s a more effective way to Close the Gap in employment in remote Australia The Conversation
Guiding principles for a new livelihood and work program in remote Indigenous Australia
Staines, Zoe, Altman, Jon, Klein, Elise and Markham, Francis (2021). Guiding principles for a new livelihood and work program in remote Indigenous Australia. The Australia Institute 'Remote Access' Research Report Series Canberra, ACT, Australia: The Australia Institute.
Submission to the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) Indigenous Digital Inclusion Plan
Staines, Zoe and Radke, Amelia (2021). Submission to the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) Indigenous Digital Inclusion Plan. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet.
Smith, Kiah and Staines, Zoe (2020, 10 19). Food, work and sovereignty The Sociological Review Blog
The 'hidden costs' of compulsory income management
Peterie, Michelle, Marston, Greg, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley, Staines, Zoe and Roche, Steven (2020, 08 12). The 'hidden costs' of compulsory income management Social Security Rights Review
Compulsory cashless welfare programs harm women and children
Staines, Zoe, Marston, Greg, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Peterie, Michelle (2020, 03 03). Compulsory cashless welfare programs harm women and children The Power to Persuade
'I don't want anybody to see me using it': cashless welfare cards do more harm than good
Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle, Mendes, Philip and Staines, Zoe (2020, 02 26). 'I don't want anybody to see me using it': cashless welfare cards do more harm than good The Conversation
Helping or harming? Compulsory income management in Australia and New Zealand - summary report
Humpage, Louise, Peterie, Michelle, Marston, Greg, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2020). Helping or harming? Compulsory income management in Australia and New Zealand - summary report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: School of Social Science, University of Queensland.
Hidden costs: an independent study into income management in Australia
Marston, Greg, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley, Peterie, Michelle, Staines, Zoe and Roche, Steven (2020). Hidden costs: an independent study into income management in Australia. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: School of Social Science, The University of Queensland.
Staines, Zoe and Smith, Kiah (2020). Submission to House Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs Inquiry into Food Pricing and Food Security in Remote Indigenous Communities (submission number 126). Canberra, ACT, Australia: Parliament of Australia.
Bielefeld, Shelley, Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle and Staines, Zoe (2020). Submission to Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs regarding the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs.
Submission to the Second National Youth Commission Inquiry
Marston, Greg, Staines, Zoe and Holtum, Peter (2019). Submission to the Second National Youth Commission Inquiry. Collingwood, VIC Australia: National Youth Commission.
Bielefeld, Shelley, Peterie, Michelle, Staines, Zoe and Marston, Greg (2019). Submission No 40 to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs, Inquiry into the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card Transition) Bill 2019. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs.
A new inquiry into Indigenous policy must address the root causes of failure
Bond, Chelsea, Macoun, Alissa, Singh, David, Strakosch, Elizabeth and Staines, Zoe (2019, 09 12). A new inquiry into Indigenous policy must address the root causes of failure The Conversation
Submission to Productivity Commission Inquiry into an Indigenous Evaluation Strategy
Bond, Chelsea, Brady, Karla, Hassall, Keryn, Macoun, Alissa, Mukandi, Bryan, Singh, David, Staines, Zoe and Strakosch, Elizabeth (2019). Submission to Productivity Commission Inquiry into an Indigenous Evaluation Strategy. Brisbane, QLD Australia: University of Queensland.
A road to reconciliation: the case for a voice to Parliament
Staines, Zoe and Gordon, Sean (2019, 07 11). A road to reconciliation: the case for a voice to Parliament The Policy Forum
Caught up in CDP's punitive web: what remote women have to win (or lose) on May 18
Staines, Zoe (2019, 04 23). Caught up in CDP's punitive web: what remote women have to win (or lose) on May 18 The Power to Persuade
Crime and justice in the Torres Strait Region
Scott, John, Staines, Zoe and Morton, James (2019). Crime and justice in the Torres Strait Region. Australian Institute of Criminology Research and Public Policy Series Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Institute of Criminology.
Strategic review of Cape York Income Management
Scott, John, Higginson, Angela, Staines, Zoe, Zhen, Liuissa, Ryan, Vanessa and Lauchs, Mark (2018). Strategic review of Cape York Income Management. Department of Social Services: Australian Government.
The Indigenous employment gap is widening and we don’t know how to fix it
Staines, Zoe (2018, 08 29). The Indigenous employment gap is widening and we don’t know how to fix it The Conversation
Australia is missing the Closing the Gap employment target by decades
Staines, Zoe (2018, 02 12). Australia is missing the Closing the Gap employment target by decades The Conversation
We’re not closing the gap on Indigenous employment, it’s widening
Staines, Zoe (2017, 12 22). We’re not closing the gap on Indigenous employment, it’s widening The Conversation
Staines, Zoe (2013). Knowledge management in criminal investigation: empirical examination and re-conceptualisation of dean's investigative thinking styles. PhD Thesis, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology.
Unemployment in remote Australia: exploring policy reform impacts
(2020–2023) ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
The COVID-19 Tenant/Resident Support and Analysis Project
(2020–2021) Tenants QLD
Youth Sexual Violence on Cape York and West Cairns
(2020–2021) Cape York Institute
Moving beyond incarceration: Exploring the intentions and impacts of legal debt collection policies on socially-disadvantaged groups in Queensland, Australia
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The Liminal Place: Exploring the experiences of residents in two rural Australian border communities during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Conceptions and experiences of home under residualisation in Brisbane¿s social housing
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Older private renters and evictions in Queensland, Australia
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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The Creation of Terrorists and Mass Shooters: A Comparative Analysis of Mass Shooting Events in America and New Zealand
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Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.
Poverty governance and crime
Welfare conditionality in remote Australia
Basic Income
Gender and work