Jessica Brown
Jessica’s research at the CIS focuses on population, family policy, welfare reform, disability pensions, parental leave and foreign policy. She has published widely in these areas. Her most recent report looked at Indonesia’s foreign policy in the context of a shifting regional balance of power. In 2010, along with Dr. Oliver Marc Hartwich, she launched the CIS’ Population and Growth series with a report titled Populate and Perish? Modelling Australia’s Demographic Future.
Jessica comments regularly in the media on social policy issues. She has been published in major newspapers such as The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian and the Herald Sun and has appeared on television programs such as Q&A, The Drum, and Today Tonight and on radio programs around Australia.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) from the University of Melbourne, where she majored in Political Science, and has completed a Master of International Studies at the University of Sydney.
Articles by Jessica Brown
We must crack down on the Disability Support Pension
Thanks to an ageing population, Australia is facing a budget black hole. We must cut social spending to plug the…... Read more
Paid leave for dads a useless, cynical waste of money
In a patently cynical attempt to relive its past glory, the Gillard government this weekend used Fathers’ Day to announce…... Read more
Big Australia is coming, like it or not
Listening to the sometimes facile public debate about population growth, it seems that all Australia needs to do to address…... Read more
Population growth is not all about immigration
A growing population is not the result of over-zealous politicians and bureaucrats or big business trying to expand their market.…... Read more
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