Megan Bedford is a Research Associate in the Social Policy Research Centre.
Publications
Journal articles
Saunders P;Bedford M, 2018, 'New estimates of the costs of children', Family Matters, pp. 19 - 27
Saunders P;Bedford M, 2018, 'New minimum healthy living budget standards for low-paid and unemployed Australians', Economic and Labour Relations Review, vol. 29, pp. 273 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1035304618781149
Griffiths M;Sawrikar P;Muir K, 2009, 'Culturally appropriate mentoring for Horn of African young people in Australia', Youth Studies Australia, vol. 28, pp. 32 - 40
Saunders P;Naidoo Y;Griffiths M, 2008, 'Towards new indicators of disadvantage: Deprivation and social exclusion in Australia', Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 43, pp. 175 - 194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.1839-4655.2008.tb00097.x
Hill T;Thomson C;Bittman M;Griffiths M, 2008, 'What kinds of jobs help carers combine care and employment?', Family Matters, vol. 80, pp. 27 - 32
Reports
Bedford M;Skattebol J;Newton BJ;Milligan V, 2018, Improving Educational Outcomes for Young People in Social Housing: Strive Scholarships - Final Report, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/5bd63d0901395
Saunders P;Bedford M;Brown J;Naidoo Y;Adamson E, 2018, Material Deprivation and Social Exclusion Among Young Australians: A child-focused approach, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/5bd2aacfb0112
Saunders PG;Bedford M, 2017, New Minimum Income for Healthy Living Budget Standards for Low-Paid and Unemployed Australians: summary report, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.4225/53/5994e24f82386
Saunders PG;Bedford M, 2017, New Minimum Income for Healthy Living Budget Standards for Low-Paid and Unemployed Australians, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, SPRC Report 11/17, http://dx.doi.org/10.4225/53/5994e0ca804a4
Skattebol ;Saunders PG;Redmond ;Bedford ;Cass, 2012, Making a difference: building on young people’s experiences of economic adversity (final report), 6/2012
Hilferty F;Mullan K;Eastman C;Griffiths MJ;Chan SE;Heese K;Katz I, 2010, Brighter Futures Early Intervention Evaluation - Interim Report 4, Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, SPRC Report, Report 3/10, http://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/
Tannous KW;Hilferty F;Griffiths MJ;Mchugh MH, 2009, Brighter Futures Early Intervention Program: Interim evaluation, Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, SPRC Report, 11/2009, http://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/
Muir K;Mullan K;Powell A;Flaxman S;Thompson DA;Griffiths MJ, 2009, State of Australia's young people: a report on the social, economic, health and family lives of young people, Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.4225/53/59a633a17e851
Sawrikar P;Griffiths MJ;Muir K, 2008, Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) young people and mentoring : the case of Horn of African young people in Australia, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) young people and mentoring : the case of Horn of African young people in Australia, https://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/media/SPRCFile/40_Report_NYARS_CALD_Nov08.pdf?forceDownload
Saunders PG;Naidoo YS;Griffiths M, 2007, Towards new indicators of disadvantage: deprivation and social exclusion in Australia, 12/2007
Conference Presentations
Naidoo YS;Saunders PG;Bedford M, 2017, 'A child-centred approach to measuring child poverty: initial findings of a NSW Study', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, UNSW, Sydney, 25 - 27 September 2017
Sawrikar P;Griffiths MJ;Muir K, 2008, 'Culturally appropriate mentoring for young Horn of Africans in Australia', presented at Challenging Boundaries: Social Policy Association conference, Edinburgh, 23 - 25 June 2008
Sawrikar P;Griffiths MJ;Muir K, 2008, 'Mentoring for Horn of African young people in Australia', presented at Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies Conference and the 2008 Management and Leadership Institute, Sydney, Australia, 18 - 20 August 2008
Saunders PG;Naidoo YS;Bedford M, 2007, 'Left Out and Missing Out – Deprivation and Social Exclusion in Australia', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, UNSW, Sydney, 11 - 13 July 2007