WESTIR PUBLICATIONS
This page is a collection of publicly available research briefs and publications produced by WESTIR Limited. Please remember to reference WESTIR Limited's authors when using information from these publications.
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WHO WORKS WHERE & HOW DO THEY GET THERE? – MARCH 2011
Occasional Paper No. 6 details the Journey to Work patterns of the people who live and work in Greater Western Sydney (GWS). A total of 779,908 jou...Read more -
WESTIR DSS Issues Paper Response – November 2023
As part of the Australian Government’s election commitment for a stronger, more diverse and independent community sector, the Department of Socia...Read more -
VISITORS TO THE POWERHOUSE MUSEUM IN 2015 – 2015
WESTIR requested data on visitor numbers from the Powerhouse Museum. Not all visitors to the Powerhouse supply their postcode so it was not possibl...Read more -
USING FACEBOOK TO CONNECT WITH YOUR COMMUNITY WEBINAR 2018
WESTIR Limited attended a free webinar called ‘Using Facebook to connect with your community’ in June 2018, run by Leep. The presenter was Anne...Read more -
UNDERSTANDING CRIME AND CRIME STATISTICS IN WESTERN SYDNEY – JUNE 2016
Understanding crime in a society involves the examination of a range of factors. While crime statistics are useful tools in building up our knowled...Read more -
THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY AND LEGAL SERVICES COVERING GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY IN ADDRESSING INSTITUTIONAL CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: POST-ROYAL COMMISSION TO PRESENT – DECEMBER 2021
Child sexual abuse is a complex social problem. In Australia, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (the Royal Co...Read more -
THE LSAC & LSIC RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2013
The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) & Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) Research Conference 2013 was held in Melbou...Read more -
THE IMPORTANCE OF PLACE-BASED COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS IN DISASTERS: REFLECTIONS FROM THE WELLBEING PROJECT
In August 2023, North West Community Services Inc. (NCWS) initiated The Wellbeing Project - My Liveable Neighbourhood, targeting communities in Bla...Read more -
THE AUSTRALIAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (TASA) ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2013
The annual conference of The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) was hosted by the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash Universi...Read more -
STATISTICS FOR NON-STATISTICIANS COURSE 2018
WESTIR Limited attended a short course over two evenings called ‘Statistics for Non-Statisticians’ in August and September 2018. The course was...Read more
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