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This literature review traces the development of the policy of income management in Australia, be... more This literature review traces the development of the policy of income management in Australia, beginning with the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) in 2007 to the cashless debit card (CDC) trials in various locations. The review draws on grey literature to address each phase of the policy including rationale, evaluations and exemptions. An Addendum updated the review to November 2020, with the trials on the cusp of being made permanent, which would herald a new phase of welfare conditionality in Australia. An additional update was made in September 2021.
This review is a resource for Professor Leanne Weber's ARC Future Fellowship research, 'Globalisation and the Policing of Internal Borders'.
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Rift Valley Institute, 2020
over the last 50 years, the various conflicts afflicting South Sudan have caused massive displace... more over the last 50 years, the various conflicts afflicting South Sudan have caused massive displacements of people. latest estimates suggest there are more than 1.5 million internally displaced people (idPs) within the country’s borders, with another 2.2 million refugees displaced outside the country, as a result of the most recent conflicts.1 Policymakers generally see these populations as highly vulnerable—being less able to provide for themselves and their families away from their original homes—and at risk of involvement in cross-border conflict dynamics. Thus, responses by state actors to these movements tend to focus on managing potential conflict, providing humanitarian assistance for displaced communities, and supporting, facilitating or (in some cases) forcing populations to return to their home areas.
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"There are times we belong here, and there are times that we don't. And...we don't want to belong... more "There are times we belong here, and there are times that we don't. And...we don't want to belong here only when we're doing positive things. We want to belong here not matter what.'
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Sudan Studies for South Sudan and Sudan, 2018
A South Sudanese community has lived in Australia since the late 1990s. Despite this long residen... more A South Sudanese community has lived in Australia since the late 1990s. Despite this long residence, tensions over belonging and identity have intensified in recent years in response to ongoing acculturation stress, overt racism and the community’s complex relationship with their homeland and its seemingly intractable conflict. This article discusses how a ‘deficits discourse’ (Dumbrill, 2009) which sees refugees as
needy service recipients during settlement processes has contributed to the ‘othering’ of African migrants in Australia. The authors write that this othering is based on recent, sustained racism, including the criminalising of young Africans, especially South Sudanese youth (Chingaipe, 2017). They conclude that despite the othering that South Sudanese Australians experience on a daily basis, there is a growing resistance to marginalisation and exclusion within the community.
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Final report on the transnational South Sudan Diaspora Impacts Project (Juba, Melbourne & Cambridge)
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This article will show that oral histories of South Sudanese 1 women elders, living in the
Austr... more This article will show that oral histories of South Sudanese 1 women elders, living in the
Australian diaspora, contain accounts of state crime perpetrated against Sudan's southern
population during that country's second civil war (1983-2005) by the Government of
Sudan (GoS). Crimes include genocidal attacks on rural communities that involved killings,
rape, and enslavement. The bombing of displaced civilians, extrajudicial killings, unlawful
imprisonment, and mass killings at border crossings were also mentioned (Maher, 2014).
Green and Ward (2013) found that oral histories of members of civil society organisations
(CSO) contain histories of state crimes during civil conflict, and are therefore a potentially
rich source of knowledge for researchers. Here, I posit that the oral histories of female
survivors of civil conflict are an equally rich, but a largely untapped, source of information.
The oral narratives of these women have much to offer our understanding of gendered
resistance to state crimes during civil wars.
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This is the opening pages of my thesis including the Abstract, Acknowledgements and Table of Cont... more This is the opening pages of my thesis including the Abstract, Acknowledgements and Table of Contents
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Understanding Diaspora Development Lessons from Australia and the Pacific, 2022
One of the challenges of diaspora framing is the distance it imposes between those “at home” and ... more One of the challenges of diaspora framing is the distance it imposes between those “at home” and those “out there”. However, while physical distance cannot be ignored, mentally many migrants live contemporaneously in multiple locations, enabled by fluid boundaries and ever easier communication across continents. This creates an experience of “everyday transnationality” for those connected to these thick webs of connection and support, webs that are hard for those outside of them to appreciate. These networks enmeshing friends, family and communities are placed under pressure—and thrown into question—during major events, especially conflicts or emergencies. South Sudan’s global diaspora networks have been built by, transformed through, and strained under decades of civil wars and conflict-induced disasters, the most recent wave of which began in 2013 just two years after the country achieved independence. Between 2018 and 2020, the Rift Valley Institute undertook collaborative research with Juba and Monash Universities to explore the impact of the conflict on families in Juba, across South Sudan’s boundaries and in Melbourne’s suburbs. The Diaspora Impacts Project (DIP 1 and DIP 2) explored how the conflict (and concomitant economic crisis) significantly increased regional demand for diaspora personal and financial support and also how it re-politicised kinship systems and personal actions, placing social and familial networks under considerable strain.
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This review is a resource for Professor Leanne Weber's ARC Future Fellowship research, 'Globalisation and the Policing of Internal Borders'.
needy service recipients during settlement processes has contributed to the ‘othering’ of African migrants in Australia. The authors write that this othering is based on recent, sustained racism, including the criminalising of young Africans, especially South Sudanese youth (Chingaipe, 2017). They conclude that despite the othering that South Sudanese Australians experience on a daily basis, there is a growing resistance to marginalisation and exclusion within the community.
Australian diaspora, contain accounts of state crime perpetrated against Sudan's southern
population during that country's second civil war (1983-2005) by the Government of
Sudan (GoS). Crimes include genocidal attacks on rural communities that involved killings,
rape, and enslavement. The bombing of displaced civilians, extrajudicial killings, unlawful
imprisonment, and mass killings at border crossings were also mentioned (Maher, 2014).
Green and Ward (2013) found that oral histories of members of civil society organisations
(CSO) contain histories of state crimes during civil conflict, and are therefore a potentially
rich source of knowledge for researchers. Here, I posit that the oral histories of female
survivors of civil conflict are an equally rich, but a largely untapped, source of information.
The oral narratives of these women have much to offer our understanding of gendered
resistance to state crimes during civil wars.
Conference Papers by Sara Maher
Thesis Chapters by Sara Maher
Books by Sara Maher
This review is a resource for Professor Leanne Weber's ARC Future Fellowship research, 'Globalisation and the Policing of Internal Borders'.
needy service recipients during settlement processes has contributed to the ‘othering’ of African migrants in Australia. The authors write that this othering is based on recent, sustained racism, including the criminalising of young Africans, especially South Sudanese youth (Chingaipe, 2017). They conclude that despite the othering that South Sudanese Australians experience on a daily basis, there is a growing resistance to marginalisation and exclusion within the community.
Australian diaspora, contain accounts of state crime perpetrated against Sudan's southern
population during that country's second civil war (1983-2005) by the Government of
Sudan (GoS). Crimes include genocidal attacks on rural communities that involved killings,
rape, and enslavement. The bombing of displaced civilians, extrajudicial killings, unlawful
imprisonment, and mass killings at border crossings were also mentioned (Maher, 2014).
Green and Ward (2013) found that oral histories of members of civil society organisations
(CSO) contain histories of state crimes during civil conflict, and are therefore a potentially
rich source of knowledge for researchers. Here, I posit that the oral histories of female
survivors of civil conflict are an equally rich, but a largely untapped, source of information.
The oral narratives of these women have much to offer our understanding of gendered
resistance to state crimes during civil wars.