Jane McAdam

Jan 9, 2025 | womensagenda.com.au | Jane McAdam |UNSW Sydney

As devastating fires tear through Los Angeles and homes are destroyed, thousands of people—including Hollywood stars—have had to evacuate. Extreme desert winds combined with drought, amplified by climate change, have fuelled the catastrophe. Former Fire and Rescue NSW Commissioner, Greg Mullins, says that climate change also reduces the window for hazard-reduction burning, as dangerous conditions are emerging far earlier than usual. Climate change does not discriminate. However, its impacts do.

Nov 27, 2024 | womensagenda.com.au | Jane McAdam

The federal parliament has rushed through three immigration bills that, once again, strip people of rights, dignity and humanity. Confiscating phones. Separating families. Banishing people to countries they’ve never set foot in while we pocket some cash. This hysterical reaction panders to the dog-whistling of those who have turned migrant-bashing into a sport, sometimes literally.

Oct 1, 2024 | devpolicy.org | Jane McAdam

In a new policy brief published by the Evacuations Research Hub at the University of New South Wales, Regina Jefferies and I call on the Australian government to create an emergency framework for a more streamlined, equitable, predictable and effective response to humanitarian crises abroad — including a new emergency visa. Australia’s protection response to disasters overseas has been highly varied.

Sep 22, 2024 | thebulletin.net.au | Jane McAdam |Scientia Professor |UNSW Sydney

Written by Jane McAdam, Scientia Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney Recent conflicts in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Sudan and Gaza have displaced large numbers of people. In each case, Australia’s humanitarian response has been different. Some people have been able to acquire a visa and travel to Australia relatively easily; others have been stuck.

Sep 22, 2024 | weekendtimes.com.au | Jane McAdam |Scientia Professor |UNSW Sydney

Written by Jane McAdam, Scientia Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney Recent conflicts in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Sudan and Gaza have displaced large numbers of people. In each case, Australia’s humanitarian response has been different. Some people have been able to acquire a visa and travel to Australia relatively easily; others have been stuck.