Anne O’Brien

Anne O’Brien is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of New South Wales. She has written widely on the history of poverty, welfare, gender, religion and Indigenous rights. She is currently completing a history of homelessness and people experiencing homelessness in Australia, 1900 to the present.

Recent articles by Anne O’Brien

Its time to break the impasse on rent controls

Its time to break the impasse on rent controls

Rent controls may be off the immediate political agenda, but they are very much an issue for the nearly 30% of voters who rent. As more and more people face deep poverty and homelessness, the ethical imperative for revisiting rent controls is impelling. And yet, the recent negotiations between the government and the Greens revealed a conceptual stalemate crying out for attention.

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