Accounting Department

The cleaning industry has long held a reputation for exploitation of its workers – providing pay and conditions below legal entitlements. This research explores the improvement of working standards in the cleaning industry; working with industry to implement a pricing tool for better transparency in contracting. 

How are the profit-making motives of multi-site, corporatised aged care providers impacting the quality of care delivered to some of Australia’s most vulnerable? This research delves into resident complaints and hospitalisations to uncover the detrimental impact of corporatisation on our aging community.

To improve retention and program performance outcomes for university students, it is important to understand their transition to university. Connecting with first-year students, this project seeks to understand the variables affecting commencing student belonging and their transition experience within subjects.