Associate Professor Ferdi Botha
Principal Research Fellow
Phone number +61 3 9035 4767Email ferdi.botha@unimelb.edu.au
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The rate of sports betting has surged more than 57% – and younger people are betting more
There’s an urgent need to protect younger Australians, and in particular men, at greatest risk of gambling harm. Here is one effective way this can be achieved, writes Dr Ferdi Botha for The Conversation.
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Less about climate change, more on reducing migration: here’s what matters most to Australian voters
We asked thousands of people what issues are most important to them. While the top priorities are the same as in 2022, if we look a bit deeper, what Australians care about is shifting, write Dr Ferdi Botha and Professor A. Abigail Payne.
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Loneliness in the workplace is greatest among men with traditional views about being the breadwinner
Society’s expectations of how a man works and what he earns is a key contributor to how lonely he feels in the workplace, writes Dr Ferdi Botha for The Conversation.
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HILDA 2022 reveals how Australians were affected by the start of COVID-19
A new report reveals how the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Australians, as many of us received government income support, worked from home under lockdown, watched more TV and worried over an uncertain future.